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Air Force

Raytheon To Work On New Version of AFATDS

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

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Raytheon [RTN] yesterday said it received an $81 million Army contract to develop and produce a new version of the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS). The contract extends over a 24-month period, with an $18 million, 12-month option. The new AFATDS version is to provide general and fires command and control capabilities to ground forces, from mission planning to execution. AFATDS is designed to integrate and use information from a variety of sources to create a common operational…

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