L-3 Awarded Contract to Add GPS Capabilities to U.S. Army's IPADS Equipment
September 16, 2010L-3 Communications announced today that its Space & Navigation division has been awarded a four-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract by the U.S. Army for adding GPS capabilities to its fielded Improved Position and Azimuth Determining Systems (IPADS) equipment.
IPADS is a high-performance, highly accurate system used for precision surveying and navigational requirements on today's battlefield. Under the contract, L-3 will design, implement and test Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) GPS receivers, antennas, and cables into all fielded IPADS equipment. The GPS-equipped systems will be known as IPADS-G.
"This award confirms the exceptional reliability and high accuracy of the IPADS equipment in use by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps," said Paul Wengen, president of L-3 Space & Navigation. "The addition of an embedded, tightly coupled GPS capability will provide an excellent performance enhancement for long-distance precision survey operations by keeping the soldier on the move, while retaining a high level of inertial precision for GPS-denied conditions."
"The IPADS-G capability is essential in the delivery of accurate fire support to our maneuver forces," said Anthony Giles, U.S. Army Product Manager, IPADS, for the Joint Lightweight 155mm Program Office. "We are very pleased that L-3 Space & Navigation is providing these important capabilities to our soldiers and Marines, enhancing their ability to fight the global war on terrorism."
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