
The Army has awarded Collins Aerospace [RTX] a five-year deal, worth up to $583 million, to deliver the newest version of the Mounted Assured Positioning Navigation Timing Systems (MAPS) capability, the service said on Thursday. The deal for MAPS Gen II begins with a $68.6 million procurement order to Collins, according to a Pentagon contracts announcement on Sept. 6. “MAPS ensures access to modernized military GPS and fuses additional sources of PNT to include timing and alternate navigation technologies,” Lt.…