Textron Systems Wins 4-Yrs,$43.6 Mln JSECST Service Life Extension&Upgrade Award

(RTTNews) - Textron Systems Electronic Systems, a Textron Inc. (TXT) business, announced a four-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity or IDIQ contract worth up to $43.6 million from the U.S. Air Force to deliver a comprehensive AN/USM-670A Joint Service Electronic Combat Systems Tester or JSECST service life extension program.

During that period, Textron Systems expects to upgrade most of more than 500 JSECST systems currently fielded with the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy and 22 foreign military sale customers, while the IDIQ contract affords these customers the option to buy additional units as well.

The next-generation JSECST was selected by the Air Force, Army and Navy after six months of rigorous regression testing to verify its capabilities. The advanced-performance JSECST upgrade kit will add 20 years of useful life, plus the capability to test a range of new mission-critical aircraft systems for greater performance.

In addition, both the upgrade kit and core test set are fully backward compatible with existing JSECST components, test programs and accessories for ease of use and affordability.