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Navy/USMC

BAE Wins Boeing Award For MQ-25 IFF And Control System

Monday, June 17th, 2019

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BAE Wins Boeing Award For MQ-25 IFF And Control System

Boeing's pre-award MQ-25 Stingray aircraft carrier unmanned tanker test asset, designated T-1. (Photo: Boeing)

Boeing [BA] awarded BAE Systems contracts to provide the Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) and Vehicle Management Control Systems for the MQ-25 Stingray, BAE said on Monday. BAE’s director of military aircraft system, Corin Beck, said they lead the industry in high-integrity fly-by-wire and mission-critical IFF technologies and have a good relationship with Boeing. The IFF is a radar-based identification system using a transponder so aircraft can be identified as friendly/coalition in contested environments. “Our relationship with Boeing started more…

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