Blighter–Liteye C-AUDS: the radar supply boundary

What the source establishes

Blighter’s October 2018 announcement identifies its A400 radar as part of Liteye’s C-AUDS supply for the US Department of Defense. It describes planned deliveries during the fourth quarter of 2018. The webpage displays 24 October while the release dateline says 25 October; this analysis retains the month rather than choosing an unsupported single day.[S1]

UXV Searcher insight

The supplier relationship establishes a component position within a wider procurement. It does not transfer the prime contractor’s complete award value to the radar supplier. In a market database, Liteye’s system contract and Blighter’s contribution should be connected as parts of one supply chain, rather than added as two independent end-user purchases.

This distinction matters when comparing specialist detector companies with integrated-system providers. The former may participate in several system programmes without controlling the final customer contract. The commercial opportunity can depend on integration compatibility, replacement demand and support arrangements, none of which can be measured by assigning the headline system value to a component vendor.[S1]

Commercial research implications

A supplier team could use this record to investigate repeat orders and changes in the integrator relationship over time. The next useful data would be a radar quantity, a supplier-specific award value or a later delivery confirmation. Without those disclosures, the record supports relationship mapping and historical procurement context, rather than radar revenue or a current order-book estimate.[S1]

Source and date boundaries

This is a corrected historical 2018 event. The release does not establish a new June 2024 award, and its delivery schedule is not treated as proof of completion. Manufacturer capability descriptions have not been independently tested by UXV Searcher.[S1]