The company will update a majority of the 500 Joint Service Electronic Combat Systems Testers currently in use by military forces in the U.S. and overseas, Textron Systems said Tuesday.
“The JSECST system has been a workhorse for the U.S. Department of Defense and so many of our allies for years…Â giving aircrews the confidence they need to execute their missions, ” said Steve Mensh, senior vice president and general manager for electronic systems at Textron Systems.
The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes options to purchase additional units of the AN/USM-670A JSECST.
Textron says the upgrade kit aims to add 20 years to a tester’s service life while providing added functions to evaluate the performance of newer avionics systems.