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L3Harris Receives $182 Million Video Data Link IDIQ
September 19, 2024 | L3Harris TechnologiesEstimated reading time: 1 minute
L3Harris Technologies has received an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $182 million from the U.S. Air Force to deliver advanced situational awareness capabilities.
Partnering with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, this contract will enable L3Harris to provide economies of scale for the U.S. Department of Defense and allied nations when procuring critical Video Data Link (VDL) technology, including the ROVER® 6S and Tactical Network ROVER® (TNR) 2 wideband ISR handheld transceivers.
Designed for air, surface and maritime use, the ROVER 6S provides real-time, full-motion video and other data for situational awareness, surveillance, convey overwatch operations and other situations where eyes-on-target are required. The TNR 2 handheld transceiver provides a multi-megabit, bi-directional data link capability to the most disadvantaged users – dismounted ground combat troops.
“Coordinating with the Air Force as partners to leverage existing tools and authorities drives greater value for domestic and international customers on an exponential scale,” said Lauren Barnes, President, Broadband Communications Systems, L3Harris. “The collaboration allows the Air Force to work directly with numerous organizations modernizing their video data link capabilities to determine schedules that best meet their needs and coalition forces as a whole.”
This award is the third consecutive, five-year VDL IDIQ L3Harris has received under the program. Delivery of vital data access through the VDL III program furthers the company’s support of customers’ Combined Joint All-Domain Command-and-Control requirements, which also includes membership in the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System Digital Infrastructure consortium, continued success in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program and ongoing production on resilient communications’ devices and systems for the U.S. Army, Marine Corps and allies around the world.
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