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Boeing to update the fleet of USAF B-1B Lancer bombers

St. Louis, USA - A deal worth 45 million dollars

The Boeing Company has been awarded a 45 million dollars U.S. Air Force contract to upgrade the B-1B Lancer bomber's avionics software. The contract award continues an annual upgrade program launched in 2003 to update the aircraft's avionics software through "Sustainment Blocks". This latest upgrade is designated Sustainment Block 14. Boeing engineers in Long Beach, Calif., and Oklahoma City, Okla.,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1083376
Rome, Italy, 12/11/2007 16:50
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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