RTX’s Collins Aerospace business has received a USD 80 million (EUR 73.8 million) contract to upgrade the avionics system of US Army Black Hawk helicopters for the H-60M MOSA Avionics Architecture Solution programme.
The upgrade will feature Mosarc, which is Collins’ family of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)-compliant products, and will streamline technology integration, allowing the aircraft’s avionics to be rapidly updated.
“Mosarc will provide US Army Black Hawk cockpits with an open systems architecture, enabling swift integration of new capabilities to keep pace with modern operational demands, Jenny Miller, vice president and general manager of Military Avionics and Helicopters at Collins Aerospace, was quoted as saying in an RTX press release. “Not only is the system’s interoperability vital for joint and coalition operations, but Mosarc will also allow the rapid deployment of technology to respond in quickly changing environments and help keep these aircraft relevant for decades to come,” she added.
Mosarc is engineered to make upgrades more efficient and ultimately reduce sustainment costs over the helicopter’s life cycle. By incorporating Mosarc into the US Army’s Black Hawks, Collins Aerospace aims to create commonality across the army’s current and future fleet of manned and unmanned aircraft.
Work on the contract will be conducted at Collins’ facilities in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Huntsville, Alabama.
