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United States : Harris Corporation Awarded Contract to Support Boeings MQ-25 Unmanned Tanker for the US Navy
Publish Date : 13-May-2019
Harris Corporation has been awarded a contract by The Boeing Company to partner with Boeing AvionX in supplying the mission management open systems processor for the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling program. Harris and Boeing have invested substantial R&D to develop affordable, high-performance solutions that allow for faster and easier upgrades, said Ed Zoiss, president, Harris Electronic Systems. This contract reaffirms Harris strategy to leverage open systems processors into new platforms.
The mission management processor is based on an advanced open systems architecture solution and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology. The mission management processor manages sensor and communications functions on the MQ-25, providing the onboard processing capacity necessary to support advanced computing needs. Harris will provide hardware and firmware in conjunction with Boeings open systems architecture solution.
The MQ-25 is the U.S. Navys first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft and is designed to provide a much-needed refueling capability. The contract supports Boeings engineering and manufacturing development program to provide four MQ-25 aircraft to the U.S. Navy for Initial Operational Capability by 2024.
Harris has been a supplier to Boeing since the 1980s on a wide range of military aircraft, munition, and satellite programs. This latest contract will continue job growth for Harris in Florida, which is a supplier of mission management processors to Boeing and other major aircraft programs.
The MQ-25 program is vital because it will help the U.S. Navy extend the range of the carrier air wing, and Boeing and our industry team is all-in on delivering this capability, said Dave Bujold, Boeings MQ-25 program director. The work were doing is also foundational for the future of Boeing where were building autonomous systems from seabed to space.
