US Air Force Receives First Global ASNT System 

Raytheon Intelligence & Space’s Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal (ASNT) systems expand protected communications for multi-domain operations in austere environments By DA Staff / 14 Apr 2022

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Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) has completed installation of the first Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal (ASNT) system for the US Air Force. The solution will enhance existing protected communications systems while providing additional nuclear and non-nuclear command and control. 

Global ASNT ensures robust communications to provide protected communications to nuclear bomber, missile and support aircraft crews in austere environments.

“Operating on both MILSTAR and Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellites, Global ASNT systems use satellite communications to provide command and control, linking nuclear forces to national command authorities,” said Denis Donohue, president, Communications & Airspace Management Systems, RI&S. “These expanded capabilities will provide the critical data needed at the tactical edge to make smart decisions in near real time, including supporting the Defense Department’s Joint All Domain Command and Control initiatives for the joint services.”

The contract was administered through the US Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center and supports US Air Force Global Strike Command. The total awarded contract value for Global ASNT is nearly $600 million.

The RI&S team is completing three additional base installs that include Global Strike Command’s Initial Operating Capability. As production and fielding continue, 90 terminals, including spares and support equipment, will be produced and fielded in fixed and transportable configurations by the end of 2023.

Primary work locations for this effort are in Florida and Massachusetts with major suppliers in California, Pennsylvania and Texas; the balance of the more than 200 suppliers supporting the program are spread across the US. 

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