Military avionics experts at the Boeing Co. will provide upgrades to a long-range anti-submarine warfare (ASW) system aboard the U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft under terms of a $24 million order announced in late May. Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., are asking the Boeing Defense, Space & Security segment in Huntington Beach, Calif., to provide additional software builds for the Multi-static Active Coherent Enhancements (MAC-E) program. The MAC-E project involves upgrades and technology insertion for the Navy's Multistatic Active Coherent Capability (MAC), a sonar subsystem that uses the SSQ-125 sonobuoy to generate loud sounds electronically rather than with small explosive charges.
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