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Sanders, a Lockheed Martin company,
was selected to provide computer-based
mission planning subsystems and its
Common Mapping Production System for
Israeli Air Force F-15I aircraft. As a
teammate and subcontractor to Datamat
of Italy, Sanders was chosen to produce
and integrate mission planning systems to
support Italian Air Force Tornado and
AM-X aircraft. The company also is
producing the Air Force Mission Support
System for the U.S. Air Force to assist
aircrews in flight planning, target
area tactics, post-flight analysis and
other mission tasks.
An industry leader in electronic coun-
termeasures, Sanders continued its suc-
cessful development of major systems
designed to protect military aircraft from
hostile threats. The Tri-Service Advanced
Threat Infrared Countermeasures/Common
Missile Warning System (ATIRCM/
CMWS) defeated enemy missiles in a
dramatic series of tests at White
Sands Missile Range in November.
The Integrated Defensive Electronic
Countermeasures (IDECM) Radio
Frequency Countermeasures (RFCM)
program, under development by Sanders
for the Navy's F/A-18E/F aircraft, was
selected to upgrade the defensive electron-
ics for the U.S. Air Force B-1B. The
company also received $60 million in
orders for its Combat Direction Finding
System, a Navy shipboard system that
detects and tracks hostile radar signals and
supports over-the-horizon targeting.
In the commercial arena, Sanders,
under an agreement with Lucent
Technologies, is providing critical wireless
communications components for a new
Personal Communications Services (PCS)
network being built in Southern
California for Cox California Inc. Sanders'
PCS-Over-Cable equipment permits the
network to use the existing cable TV
infrastructure, offering an alternative to
costly microwave towers.
Government Electronic Systems
solidified its role as a leader in surface
ship combat systems, seaborne radar and
total ship systems integration during the
year. The company continued its superb
performance as prime contractor for the
U.S. Navy's AEGIS combat system for
cruisers and destroyers. The Congress
expressed its approval of the program's
performance by authorizing multi-year
procurement of AEGIS destroyers, a first
for the program that has a total potential
contract value of $4 billion. In the
international marketplace, the company
delivered a fourth AEGIS system for the
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force in
1996, and is exploring combat systems
sales opportunities with Spain, Australia
and Turkey.
Government Electronic Systems
also leads an industry team that won an
important strategic contract to provide
the Defense Advanced Research Project
Agency and the Navy with an initial
A leader in electronic countermeasures,
Sanders continued its successful development
of major systems designed to protect military
aircraft from hostile threats.