Collins Aerospace awarded U.S. Navy Cooperative Engagement Capability design agent contract

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An artist’s concept of the Cooperative Engagement Capability operating at sea. CREDIT U.S. NAVY

Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids has been awarded a follow-on contract, with a potential for up to $904 million over five years, to continue development of the U.S. Navy’s Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC), a system that integrates sensors across surface, land, and air platforms to enable Integrated Fire Controls.

RTX, Collins Aerospace’s parent company, has been the sole provider of the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) since 1985.

The new sole source contract follows an existing five-year design agent contract.

The CEC is a critical U.S. Navy network that connects multiple platforms and associated sensors together and provides composite tracking to combat and weapons systems.

Collins Aerospace will add new capabilities to the system, including increased interoperability, expanded weapon and sensor coordination and integration of new data sources.

“The Cooperative Engagement Capability is a key enabler to support the Navy’s expanding Distributed Maritime Operations,” Ryan Bunge, Collins Aerospace vice president and general manager of C4I & Autonomy Solutions, said in a release. “The capabilities we’ve been developing for years are time-tested solutions that enable integrated fire controls across the Joint Services.”

Collins has successfully deployed and maintained CEC on more than 174 U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and international platforms.

According to the release, the contract provides significant opportunity and flexibility to affect the CEC mission through future task orders for engineering activities.

Collins Aerospace provides integrated and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. The company has 80,000 employees worldwide, including an estimated 9,000 in Iowa.