U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contractor, Tactical Air Support (TAS), is expanding a partnership with Garmin [NYSE: GRMN] by choosing the G3000 integrated flight deck for the supersonic F-5 Tiger fighter fleet.
This upgrade comes as part of a $265.3 million contract the DOD awarded TAS in July under the ARTEMIS program. ARTEMIS stands for Avionics Reconfiguration and Tactical Enhancement/Modernization for Inventory Standardization. It tasks TAS with upgrading the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps fleet of F-5 Tiger II Adversary aircraft, including 16 F-5E and six F-5F Tiger II aircraft, among others.
