Posted by John McHale
PHOENIX, 3 April 2010. Honeywell (NYSE: HON) Technology Solutions Inc. (HTSI) announced today that it won a $51 million, five-year contract by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to provide design, development, integration, testing, evaluation, maintenance, and logistics support for the Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS), the shipboard element of a two-way digital data link between a U.S. Navy ship and a SH-60 helicopter.
"Honeywell began serving the U.S. Navy for the LAMPS system 28 years ago," says Vince Trim, president, HTSI. "Now, Honeywell will provide the Navy with advanced technologies and capabilities as we install a major upgrade to the system under this new contract, which will extend the monitoring ability of both the ship and helicopter through radar and sonar."
In addition to providing engineering support for the equipment production and upgrade, HTSI provides support to the fleet around the world for maintenance, testing, and repair.
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, HTSI provides a range of services for government customers in management, space systems and services, networks and field engineering, Department of Defense logistics, depot maintenance, staff augmentation, calibration, information technology, and cyber security.
