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General Dynamics continues modernizing submarine combat control systems

General Dynamics Information Systems has been given contract modifications to continue its modernization efforts for AN/BYG-1 combat control systems used on U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy submarines.

By Richard Tomkins
General Dynamics is continuing to support modernization of submarine combat control systems. (U.S. Navy photo/Photographer's Mate Airman Rob Gaston)
General Dynamics is continuing to support modernization of submarine combat control systems. (U.S. Navy photo/Photographer's Mate Airman Rob Gaston)

FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The AN/BYG-1 combat control systems used on U.S. and Australian submarines will continue to receive modernization support from General Dynamics.

The continued services come under two contract modifications to General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems worth a combined total of $50 million.

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"We are dedicated to helping the U.S. and Royal Australian Navies advance their mission with cost-effective, innovative, agile and reliable solutions," said Mike Eagan, vice president and general manager of the Integrated Platform Solutions line of business at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. "By introducing our open architecture framework into these legacy systems, we can quickly insert relevant technologies onto the submarine's open platforms to meet the fast-changing mission needs of today's fleet."

General Dynamics has worked on the AN/BYG-1 modernization program since 2003, leveraging commercial off-the-shelf software and hardware upgrades to integrate improved tactical and weapons control capabilities.

Among its achievements is the establishment of an AN/BYG-1 common processing baseline for a variety of submarine classes, it said. Among them the U.S. Navy's Los Angeles, Seawolf, Virginia and SSGN-class submarines and the Royal Australian Navy's Collins-class submarines.

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