BAE Systems selected by Boeing for VMSC upgrade for U.S. Navy

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

BAE Systems has been carefully chosen by Boeing to promote and improve the vehicle management system computer (VMSC) for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 pilotless inflight refuelling arrangement. The know-how revival will grow computing supremacy and take care of uselessness matters, offering the pilotless aerial tanker with a cohesive solution that progresses performance of aircrafts and permits future competence development.

The next-generation VMSC of BAE Systems manages all flight surfaces and carries on all-inclusive vehicle managing responsibilities for the independent MQ-25. The MQ-25 is the U.S. Navy’s first functioning carrier-based pilotless aircraft and is intended to offer a much-required aerial refuelling ability. It also targets relieving the refuelling task capacity for F/A-18 aircraft, letting them take on other important mission responsibilities, growing the fleet’s capability.

Corin Beck, the Senior Director of military aircraft systems for controls and avionics solutions at BAE Systems said that the company is a frontrunner in flight-critical arrangements and resolutions.

The lucrative VMSC promotion will make use of quad-core processors to grow computing power while enhancing size, weightiness and power impression on the aircraft. This exceedingly well-organized and united system will be offering more competence by substituting several other onboard computers, refining aircraft dependability and decreasing entire development cost of possession for the U.S. Navy.

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