Science Applications International Corp. of Reston, VA announced on September 19 that it won a task order on the Joint Range Extension Support contract from the Australian Department of Defence.
“We’re proud to partner with the
Australian Department of Defence on this important initiative,” said David
Armstrong, vice president and general manager of SAIC’s Navy and Marine Corps
Information Warfare Operation. “Providing support to tactical data links
improves interoperability and flexibility for our allies.”
On this contract, SAIC will provide the Australian military with
technical support, software updates, configuration management and training on
the JRE solution. For more than 20 years, SAIC’s JRE solution has reliably
delivered secured voice and data networks, such as Link 16 and long-haul data
and communications exchange. The U.S. Department of Defense has relied on JRE
to provide a common tactical picture for coalition and allied forces under combat
conditions while also feeding this information to a common operational picture.
The JRE software solution enables militaries to send and receive
information over or between tactical data links as well as relaying tracking
data for friendly, adversarial, and even unknown aircraft, vessels, and
vehicles.
Coalition operations involve the use of many types of communications
networks and protocols among the military forces of multiple nations, including
the DoD-developed Link 16 network. Our JRE data link gateway serves as the
interface for these different military tactical data links, integrating them to
let coalition and allied partners see and understand the global battlefield in
order to plan and coordinate their efforts more effectively.
The contract has a three-year base period of performance with two, one-year options.
Source: SAIC
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