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Cubic Awarded Contract to Deliver Sharklink Systems for US Navy

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Wednesday, July 8, 2020
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Under the contract, Cubic will deliver its Sharklink system for use on two CVN aircraft carriers.

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  • Under the contract, Cubic will deliver its Sharklink system for use on two CVN aircraft carriers.
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    Cubic Awarded Contract to Deliver Sharklink Systems for U.S. Navy (Photo: Business Wire)
    Cubics Sharklink system will extend the U.S. Navy CVN capability to simultaneously communicate with multiple manned and unmanned aircraft operating within the battlegroup, said Mike Twyman, president of Cubic Mission Solutions.
  • This contract is a follow-on to the development contract which Cubic was awarded in 2017.
  • In addition to Sharklink, Cubic is also fielding other CDL equipment for the MQ-8C Fire Scout, MH-60S Knighthawk, MQ-25 Stingray, F-35 and the TacMobile portable systems.

Parker Aerospace Awarded Contract to Support Boeing’s MQ-25 Unmanned Tanker for the U.S. Navy

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Monday, June 10, 2019
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Parker Aerospace , a business segment of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has been awarded a contract by The Boeing Company to supply flight control tail actuation for the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling program .

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  • Parker Aerospace , a business segment of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has been awarded a contract by The Boeing Company to supply flight control tail actuation for the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling program .
  • Parker Aerospaces MQ-25 flight control actuator is engineered similar to Parkers other actuators currently serving the U.S. military, said Drexel Pope, director of new development programs at the Control Systems Division of Parker Aerospace.
  • The contract supports Boeings engineering and manufacturing development program to provide four MQ-25 aircraft to the U.S. Navy for Initial Operational Capability by 2024.
  • This latest contract will help support scores of jobs for Parker, which is a supplier to a range of Boeing defense and commercial programs.

Cubic Awarded Contract to Support Boeing's MQ-25 Unmanned Tanker for the US Navy

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Wednesday, April 17, 2019
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"We are thrilled to continue our support of Boeing's innovative design for this critical platform."

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  • "We are thrilled to continue our support of Boeing's innovative design for this critical platform."
  • The MQ-25 is the U.S. Navy's first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft and is designed to provide a much-needed refueling capability.
  • The contract supports Boeing's engineering and manufacturing development program to provide four MQ-25 aircraft to the U.S. Navy for initial operational capability by 2024.
  • This latest contract will help support more than 30 jobs for Cubic, which is a data link supplier to a range of U.S. Navy defense programs.