US Navy Awards 12 Contracts Worth $800 Million For EMC2 Program

The US Navy has awarded 12 contracts worth $800 million for its Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare Command and Control (EMC2) program.

The 12 companies awarded include Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems Advanced Technology Programs, EOIR Technologies, SI2 Technologies, S2 Corp., Sea Corp., Leidos, Rockwell Collins, Physical Optics Corp., and TiCom Geomanics, the US Department of Defense said in a notification Monday.

The purpose of the EMC2 program is to identify the study, design, fabrication, integration, and test and evaluation tasks anticipated for the development and demonstration of a set of prototypes, and their component subsystems, that integrate radio frequency (RF) functionality electronic warfare, radar, communications, information operations into a common set of multi-function apertures, electronics and software/firmware through an architecture that is modular, scalable across platforms and open at the RF, electronics and software/firmware levels.

These prototypes will be capable of providing multiple, simultaneous, independent beams which can together perform any of the above functions.

In addition, these open RF systems will be integrated with previously developed Integrated Topside or other RF systems, and with combat and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.

These integrated systems will enable resource allocation, real time spectrum operations, emissions control, and electromagnetic maneuver to improve the Navy’s ability to achieve information dominance.

These 12 contractors may compete for task orders under the terms and conditions of the awarded contract. The work is expected to be completed April 24, 2021.