Herley Industries Inc. announced that it has received a $2.4 M contract award from Composite Engineering Inc. (CEi), Sacramento, CA, for its avionics suite for the BQM-167A Air Force Sub-scale Aerial Target (AFSAT).
The contract includes Gulf Range Drone Control System (GRDCS) transponders, Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders, Electro-Explosive Devices (EED), Integrated Flight Controllers (IFC), Radar Altimeters and Power Management Units (PMU).
John M. Kelley, Herley president, stated, "This is the fourth option year on the contract to Micro Systems Inc., Herley's Center of Excellence for all command and control systems.
This package represents almost all of the electronics inside the bird. Delivery will commence in January 2008 and be completed in early 2009. We are very pleased to be teamed with CEi for this important Air Force program and look forward to many years of production."