The U.S. Army’s Project Manager Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PM PNT) has awarded a delivery order worth more than $3 million for Dismounted Assured PNT System (DAPS) Mounted Engineering Change Proposal (DME) B-kits, the Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground announced August 25.
The order supports first unit equipped to TRX Systems.
The DME systems covered by the order will be integrated into medium and heavy tactical vehicles next year, with fielding led by PM PNT.
“We’re excited to introduce DME to our soldiers in the field who need it most,” said Chris Jais, project manager for PM PNT. “We developed DME to give soldiers on combat support and combat service support vehicles an Assured PNT solution that best fit their needs and provides a bridge between mounted and dismounted platforms.”
DME combines satellite receivers, an anti-jam antenna and inertial-based navigation to deliver Assured PNT to U.S. soldiers and allies. The system includes a Military Code GPS receiver capable of anti-spoofing, a commercial multi-GNSS receiver, and an alternative complementary PNT source antenna to provide location data in GPS-contested and -denied environments.
The full DME package consists of two kits: an A-kit containing bracketry and cables unique to each platform, and a B-kit consisting of the system components — the DAPS handheld device, vehicle interface adaptor, and antennas.
Delivery of the DME B-kits for first unit equipped is expected by mid-2027.
