Pentagon orders $2B worth of jam-resistant radios
Nathan Strout
The Department of Defense issued two contracts, together worth up to $2 billion, for Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System terminals. (Data Link Solutions)
The Navy has issued two contracts totaling as much as $2 billion for Joint Tactical Radio Systems over the next five years.
Viasat and the joint venture Data Link Solutions LLC (comprised of BAE Systems and Collins Aerospace) were each awarded indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts worth as much as $1 billion for the production, retrofitting, development and sustainment of the Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems, or MIDS JTRS, terminals.
There were two proposals submitted for the contracts.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/c2-comms/2020/05/20/dod-ordering-2b-worth-of-jam-resistant-radios/
