Ball to work with BAE on new communications tech for Navy

BOULDER — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder will help BAE Systems deliver on a contract awarded by the U.S. Navy for advanced communications systems.

Ball will deliver multibeam phased array antenna systems to the U.S. Navy Network Tactical Common Data Link (NTCDL) System. The NTCDL system enables multiple simultaneous, high-bandwidth communications links, which improve mission capability and ship protection, according to information released by Ball.

“We have worked closely with the Office of Naval Research to develop and mature the technology for these cost-effective phased array antennas, which will play a critical role…