Day: February 2, 2018

The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) contract worth $81 million to provide a design and functional prototype to replace the ageing Airborne Launch Control System aboard the E-6B Mercury Airborne Command Post. The Airborne Launch Control System-Replacement (ALCS-R) program will provide a survivable alternate launch capability […]

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A £70 million hangar large enough to contain three of the RAF’s new Atlas transport aircraft at the same time was officially opened by Defence Minister, Guto Bebb, at RAF Brize Norton. The Atlas maintenance, repair and overhaul facility, which covers 24,000 metres squared and is 28 metres high, is now fitted out and fully […]

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Sallyport Global has been awarded a new foreign military sales (FMS) contract through the US Air Force to support Iraq’s F-16 mission at Balad Air Base worth $400 million. Under the contract, Sallyport will deliver comprehensive life and logistics support, security, construction, and base operation support services at the largest Iraqi Air Base supporting more […]

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