B-52

Latest stories

  • Rolls-Royce Wants to Offer Engine Tech for Air Force B-52 Bomber Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Rolls-Royce Wants to Offer Engine Tech for Air Force B-52 Bomber Aircraft

    Rolls-Royce seeks to pitch the company’s BR725 engine technology offering to the U.S. Air Force as a potential replacement for current B-52 bomber engines, FlightGlobal reported Thursday. Tom Hartmann, senior vice president of customer business at Rolls Royce’s North American arm, told FlightGlobal the company will prepare for a potential bomber engine modernization program as the service branch […] More

  • Boeing Receives $59M Task Order for Air Force B-52 Sustainment Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Boeing Receives $59M Task Order for Air Force B-52 Sustainment Support

    Boeing has secured a $59.4 million task order to provide engineering sustainment services for the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of B-52 bomber aircraft. The Defense Department said Tuesday the service branch will finance the order with its fiscal year 2017 funds for the B-52 Long Range Standoff Program. B-52 bombers are designed to provide nuclear and conventional […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Tech Advancements to Address VLF/LF Comms Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Air Force Seeks Tech Advancements to Address VLF/LF Comms Challenges

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has issued a broad agency announcement to solicit science and technology ideas to address “urgent” problems with very low frequency and low frequency communications platforms. A BAA document published Monday on FedBizOpps says the U.S. Air Force aims to identify and assess potential advancements in key focus areas that include […] More

  • Raytheon, Air Force Test Updated Navigation System for MALD-J Flight Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Raytheon, Air Force Test Updated Navigation System for MALD-J Flight Vehicle

    The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon have conducted six flight tests that validated the performance of an updated navigation system for a programmable, expendable flight vehicle. Raytheon said Tuesday B-52 and F-16 aircraft were flown to test the GPS Aided Inertial Navigation System II of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer vehicle at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. GAINS II modifications also […] More

  • Northrop to Update Netherlands' F-16 Electronic Countermeasure Pods - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Northrop to Update Netherlands’ F-16 Electronic Countermeasure Pods

    Netherlands’ air force has selected Northrop Grumman to update electronic countermeasure pods used on the country’s fleet of F-16 aircraft in a push to help the aircraft adapt to the modern threat environment. Northrop said Monday that work will cover the development of threat detection and jamming capacity for the Netherlands air force’s AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasure pods. […] More

  • ATC Subcontracts Rockwell Collins for Air Force B-52 Training System Modification Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    ATC Subcontracts Rockwell Collins for Air Force B-52 Training System Modification Work

    Rockwell Collins has received a subcontract from Aviation Training Consulting to provide modifications to the U.S. Air Force‘s B-52 training system. Rockwell Collins said Tuesday it will develop major system modifications to support new functions on the B-52 bomber aircraft of the service branch. The project will also involve upgrade work on the cockpit procedures trainer, electronic warfare simulator, weapons systems trainer, […] More

  • Harris to Sustain B-52, C-130 Electronic Warfare Tech Under $55M Air Force Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Featured, General, News, Products & Service

    Harris to Sustain B-52, C-130 Electronic Warfare Tech Under $55M Air Force Contract

    Harris has secured a $55 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force sustain an electronic warfare system that works to protect B-52 strategic bombers and C-130 military transport aircraft against radar-guided threats. The company said Monday its team will redesign a line-replaceable unit of the ALQ-172 self-protection system as well as provide software development and testing support under the four-year […] More

  • Air Force Picks Harris for B-1 Systems Engineering Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Air Force Picks Harris for B-1 Systems Engineering Support IDIQ

    Harris Corp. has received a potential five-year, $9.8 million contract to provide sustaining engineering support services for the U.S. Air Force’s testing laboratory for B-1 reprogrammable electronic warfare systems and defensive avionics platforms. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers support for special test equipment of the service branch’s 53rd electronic warfare group and B-52 electronic warfare mission […] More

  • Lockheed Hands 2,000th Air Force JASSM Missile; Jason Denney Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Lockheed Hands 2,000th Air Force JASSM Missile; Jason Denney Comments

    Lockheed Martin has built and delivered its 2,000th Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile  system to the U.S. Air Force under the company’s lot 12 production contract. The company said Tuesday it began work on batch 12 of baseline JASSM cruise missiles and JASSM-Extended Range missiles in January. Jason Denney, program director of long-range strike systems at Lockheed’s missiles and fire control business, said that U.S. […] More

  • Boeing to Supply Air Force With B-52 Combat Network Comm Tech Spares - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Boeing to Supply Air Force With B-52 Combat Network Comm Tech Spares

    Boeing has received a $9.6 million contract modification to provide Combat Network Communications Technology full-rate production spares as well as modify low-rate initial production spares for the U.S. Air Force‘s B-52 bomber fleet. The Defense Department said Tuesday Boeing will supply replaceable units for FRP-configured bomber aircraft and retrofit field-deployed, LRIP-configured bombers with with FRP line replaceable units. Work will occur in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma through […] More

  • Boeing to Produce Bomber Comm System Upgrade Kits for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Boeing to Produce Bomber Comm System Upgrade Kits for Air Force

    Boeing has been awarded a $46.7 million contract to provide tools for the U.S. Air Force to modernize a communications technology on its fleet of B-52 strategic bombers, Intelligent Aerospace reported Monday. John Keller writes the contract is for full-rate production of seven B-52 Combat Network Communication Technology upgrade kits. Boeing’s defense, space and security […] More