Engineers with the U.S. Navy needed a secure intercom for the P-3 Orion, an antisubmarine warfare (ASW) patrol aircraft.
They found a solution with Telephonics Corp., Jericho, N.Y. According to a $20 million contract, the company will manufacture, integrate, and install its newest digital audio intercommunication system for 47 of the Navy’s P-3C Orion aircraft.
The Telephonics Secure Digital Intercommunication system, which is currently deployed on over 30 platforms for U.S. and international military applications, will provide secure communications for the 12 crewmembers on the P-3 aircraft. The small, lightweight and highly reliable digital system will replace obsolete AIC-22 equipment
Work on this program will be performed at the Telephonics facilities in Farmingdale, N.Y. and at Patuxent River Naval Air Station. Md.
A subsidiary of Griffon Corp., Telephonics is organized into three parts: two operating divisions include Communications Systems, specializing in aircraft intercommunications, mass transit communications, wireless and audio products; and Command Systems, specializing in traffic management systems, maritime surveillance radar and aerospace electronics. The third part is a wholly owned subsidiary, TLSI, which manufactures application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) for the telecommunications, automotive and industrial security markets.
For more information, see www.telephonics.com.
