U.S. residents. The company's multifunction TRS-3D radar has been selected and deployed on both the Coast Guard's National Security Cutter and the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship. The TRS-3D is a lightweight radar that performs surveillance, self-defense, gunfire support, and helicopter control. Other security programs currently undergoing development for the U.S. market include The man-portable SONEX-P, which is able to detect both the presence and location of hidden chemical, radiological and explosive threats in minutes with the push of a button. ECTOCRYP BLACK, a purpose-built, high-capacity voice encryption device that enables secure voice communications among geographically disparate users and between unclassified and secret networks. U.S. Air Force KC-45 Tanker EADS North America teamed with then-prime contractor Northrop Grumman to win the KC-X aerial refueling tanker competition in 2008, however the contract was successfully appealed by Boeing. Following Northrop Grumman's withdrawal from the subsequent procurement in 2010, the Department of Defense indicated it would welcome a bid from EADS North America as prime contractor. EADS North America submitted a compliant proposal in July 2010. In February 2011 the Air Force announced it had awarded the contract to Boeing, and EADS North America chose not to protest. The KC-45A would have been based on EADS' A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport, itself a derivative of the A330 commercial jetliner, and would have been assembled in Mobile, Alabama. Facilities Since its formation in 2003 it has expanded existing facilities in Mississippi, Texas, California and Alabama, and built three new facilities in the U.S.: Columbus, Miss. Mobile Regional Airport, Ala. Airbus Engineering Center, Ala. See also Defense contractor References External links American Eurocopter Cassidian Communications EADS North America Test and Services Fairchild Controls Corporation Aerospace companies of the United States Defense companies of the United States Technology companies established in 2003 Companies based in Fairfax County, Virginia 2003 establishments in Virginia American subsidiaries of foreign companies