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Boeing receives follow-on contract to upgrade B-1 bomber's avionics software

Long Beach, Usa - This new contract authorizes Boeing to start work on Sustainment Block 16

The Boeing Company yesterday announced it has received an $84 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for additional upgrades of the B-1 bomber fleet's avionics software. The award continues a software-sustainment program that has continually updated and improved the B-1's operational capabilities since the aircraft entered service in 1989. This new contract authorizes Boeing to start work on Sustainment...

fra/pec - 1110725
Rome, Italy, 10/30/2009 16:15
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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