Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System News

DRS Systems, Inc., Parsippany, N.J., is being awarded a $22,343,848 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed price contract, for the acquisition of various quantities of Repair Station Consoles (RSC) for installation on U.S. Navy Surface Combatant Ships. The resultant contract will also call for the furnishing of incidental technical support services for the required equipment. The required RSC will be utilized in the DDG-M Backfit Program. The RSC's will be installed throughout the ship as part of the Machinery Control System (MCS). The RSC's will communicate over the shipboard Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System (GEDMS) network. The supplies/services will be ordered during a 60 month ordering period.

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] won a $4m U.S. Navy contract to provide a ship-wide communications network for two guided missile destroyers (DDG) now under construction. The contract, awarded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Va., calls for Boeing to supply the Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System (GEDMS) information transfer system for the DDG 111 and 112 destroyers. Boeing will deliver electronic components over the next 12 months to support shipbuilding schedules. Under a contract awarded in 2007, Boeing continues to support the installation and checkout of the Fiber Optic Data Multiplex System (FODMS) for DDG 110.