A2C2S

The Army Airborne Command and Control System (A2C2S) is a derivative of proven UH-60L helicopter carrying a dedicated mission equipment package to provide US Army's brigade, divisions and corps commanders with an airborne command post with continuous situational awareness, robust communications and over-the-battlefield mobility. The A2C2S system features non-line-of-sight radios, wide band digital radios and six workstations. The US Army shows regard for the A2C2S as an element of the future Objective Force. After more than 3,000 operational hours, 2,000 of them in combat, meeting and exceeding performance and reliability requirements the first low rate initial production (LRIP) A2C2S was delivered to the US Army on December 16, 2004. Raytheon is under contract to provide five LRIP systems and two A-kits for EUH-60 helicopters. Additional orders are anticipated in fiscal year 2005. Also dubbed 'C2 on-the-move', this airborne platform operates through the battlespace at 120 miles per hour (180 km/h). The US Army plans call for approximately 120 systems to be fielded during the life of the program. On 1 March 2005, Raytheon aired that the A2C2S had demonstrated well suited for homeland defense during exercises simulating Huntsville's 1989 tornado conducted by the US Army National Guard. As of March 20005, A2C2S had logged more than 2,000 hours of operations in support of combat and peacekeeping missions in the Middle East.

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