Image Credit:US Navy General Dynamics was awarded a $16.2 million contract by the U.S. Navy to produce Type-3 Advanced Mission Comput...
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General Dynamics was awarded a $16.2 million contract by the U.S. Navy to produce Type-3 Advanced Mission Computers (AMC) for its mainstay F/A-18 and E/A-18G Super Hornet fighter jets.
Since 2002 General Dynamics has produced, tested and delivered the F/A-18 AMC, which serves as the nerve center of the Super Hornet and provides the Navy with situational awareness and combat systems control.
Under the contract, General Dynamics will produce, build, test and deliver the Type-3 AMCs to the U.S. Navy and Australia. Designed to operate in extreme environmental conditions, the ruggedized, high-performance AMC processes high-speed data rates from aircraft sensors. The integrated information processing system also performs general purpose, input/output, video, voice and graphics processing, and is configurable to any operating environment.
This contract will be performed primarily at the General Dynamics facility in Bloomington, Minnesotta and will be completed by March 2016.
