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Air Force Drops AWT Requirement From FAB-T Source Selection, Raytheon Says

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, January 29th, 2014

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The Air Force dropped the Advanced Wideband Terminal (AWT) requirement from its Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program and will proceed with Command Post Terminal (CPT)-only production, according to Raytheon [RTN], one of two companies bidding for the multi-billion dollar program. Raytheon Vice President for Integrated Communication Scott Whatmough told reporters on Jan. 22 the Air Force decided to go with the CPT-only approach as a result of the budgeting process for 2015 and beyond and money not being allocated…

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