Data Link Solutions LLC

Data Link Solutions LLC, a joint venture between BAE Systems and Collins Aerospace operating as a subsidiary of RTX Corporation, manufactures and integrates tactical data link terminals, secure communications equipment, and related electronic components for Department of Defense programs as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal contracts with no set-aside categories. The company competes exclusively in unrestricted procurement, holding no 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other SBA designations.

Headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with secondary operations in Wayne, New Jersey, Data Link Solutions specializes in design, manufacturing, repair, and systems engineering for the Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS), Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS), and Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS)—secure, jam-resistant tactical data link platforms enabling digital communications across air, land, and sea military operations. The company's capabilities span receiver-transmitter units, power supplies, printed circuit boards, communications security equipment, and field-site support for MIDS and JTRS programs.

Recent representative prime work includes a $78.5 million delivery order from Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (November 2025) for 313 MIDS JTRS AV5 terminals with warranties (completion November 2028); a $361.4 million emergent-buy MIDS JTRS spare parts production order from NAVWAR (September 2025, completion November 2027); a $258.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee systems engineering and integration order for MIDS JTRS balance work from NAVWAR (December 2024, completion December 2026); and a $31.9 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract from Air Education and Training Command (May 2025) for MIDS AN/USQ-140(V) repair services, spare parts provisioning, and engineering support through May 2028. Earlier major awards include a $998.8 million multiple-award IDIQ from NAVWAR (June 2024) for MIDS JTRS terminal production, spare parts, and systems engineering and integration support through June 2029, which currently anchors the company's largest vehicle and has generated delivery orders totaling over $900 million.

Customer concentration is extreme: NAVWAR commands $9.74 billion (93% of combined potential value) across 341 awards, while Naval Supply Systems Command accounts for $317.4 million across 547 awards, and Air Force Sustainment Center commands $301 million across 182 awards. Together, these three customers represent 99% of combined potential value. The top five customers by award count (NAVSUP, NAVWAR, Air Force Sustainment Center, Air Force, and AFLCMC Robins AFB) cover 83% of recent awards. This concentration reflects Data Link Solutions' singular focus on MIDS and JTRS sustainment and production across the Navy and Air Force.

Data Link Solutions holds five primary vehicle positions: the $998.8 million NAVWAR MIDS JTRS IDIQ (awarded June 2024, extending to June 2029); a $307.7 million multiple-award NAVWAR indefinite-delivery contract for MIDS-LVT production, spares, BU2 retrofits, and engineering services (April 2026 through April 2031); a $31.9 million Air Education and Training Command single-award IDIQ for MIDS AN/USQ-140(V) repairs (May 2025 through May 2028); a $27.6 million Air Force Sustainment Center single-award IDIQ for JTRS AN/URC-107 system repairs (December 2021 through December 2026); and a $14 million Naval Supply Systems Command single-award indefinite-delivery contract for repair and spare parts support (September 2024 through September 2027). A $9.9 million Air Force Sustainment Center single-award IDIQ for AN/URC-107 JTIDS repairs (September 2021 through September 2026) and a Basic Ordering Agreement with NAVSUP for MIDS/JTRS repairs (December 2022 through December 2027) round out the established vehicle portfolio.

Activity has declined from 59 awards in 2023 to 47 in 2025 and 16 in 2026, with a single award recorded in early 2027. Within the next twenty-four months, 53 awards carrying combined potential value of $837.9 million reach ultimate completion date, presenting substantial recompete exposure concentrated in NAVWAR and NAVSUP vehicles.

Data Link Solutions subcontracts sparingly as a sub-recipient, holding only seven documented sub-awards across the source period. Notable prime relationships include The Boeing Company (KC-46 engineering and development), L3Harris Technologies (BIG SAFARI radio and wireless communications), and Valkyrie Enterprises LLC (MIT Lincoln Laboratory research subcontracts). Creation Technologies, Benchmark Electronics, and North Star Scientific Corp serve as recurring electronic-component and assembly subcontractors on MIDS and JTRS manufacturing and sustainment work.

The company's parent, Rockwell Collins, Inc. (dba Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of RTX Corporation), operates as a manufacturer of communications and aerospace systems; Data Link Solutions functions as a specialized operating unit focused exclusively on military tactical data link production and repair within the RTX defense portfolio. NAICS categories span radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing (NAICS 334220), bare printed circuit board manufacturing, search and navigation system manufacturing, and communications equipment repair and maintenance. The company operates solely through full-and-open federal competition, generating a blended portfolio in which spare parts production, systems engineering and integration, and equipment repair distribute across MIDS JTRS and legacy JTIDS platforms serving joint service operations.