AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. military aircraft are being equipped with BAE laser warning sensors to detect enemy threats under a $17.7 million contract from Alliant Techsystems.
Under the contract, BAE provides components for the AAR-47 Missile Approach Warning System, part of the ongoing U.S. Navy road map of airborne protection and system improvements for U.S. Navy, Air Force, Army and foreign allied fleets.
"With more than 16,000 systems delivered to date, this award continues our support to Alliant Techsystems and the Navy team," said David Millspaugh, director of Product Support for Soldier & Vehicle Solutions in Austin, Texas. "We are very proud of our long heritage of protecting the warfighter by providing the components for the AAR-47 Missile Approach Warning System."
Minnesota-based Alliant Techsystems provides integration and delivery of the AAR-47 system to the military.
The sole-source award to BAE's Austin facility is for the Naval Air Systems Command's production and spares requirements.
Deliveries will begin in July 2011 and run through November 2012, BAE said.
