Wednesday, December 03, 2008

AN/ARC-231

Origin
United States of America

Contractor/s
Raytheon

Description: Raytheon's AN/ARC-231 is an airborne Very High Frequency (VHF), Ultra High Frequency (UHF), Line-Of-Sight (LOS) and Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) Satellite Communication (SATCOM) communications system. It was developed to support the US Department of Defense (DoD) requirement for an airborne, multi-band, multi-mission secure anti-jam voice, data and imagery network-capable communications capability. The resulting system also features minimum size, weight and integration requirements. ARC-231 is suitable for rotary- and fixed-wing applications.

Under MARS (Multiple-band Avionics Radio Suite) program the US Army ordered the ARC-231 radio system for more than 1,100 of its rotary-wing aircraft. The five-year contract worth $312 million was issued in January 2006.

News
US Army Helicopters Equipped with ARC-231 Radio Systems

Operators

United States of America

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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