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 by Christen Mccurdy Washington DC (UPI) Jan 09, 2020
BAE Systems was awarded a $49.6 million contract modification to support the Air Vehicle Planning System for the U.S. Air Force, according to the Pentagon. The deal increases the funding ceiling for a previous contract, allowing the Air Force to order continued maintenance and support for new and modified weapons. According to the Department of Defense, the total cumulative value of the contract is $195 million. No funds are obligated at the time of the award; fiscal 2019 and 2020 funds earmarked for research, development, testing and evaluation as well as operations and maintenance will be applied. The Air Vehicle Planning System, is a force-level mission planning system that performs routing and analytical functions in support of the Air Force's operational plan and cruise missile planning. Work on the contract will be performed at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska and in San Diego, Calif., with an expected completion date of Jan. 31, 2024.
For the safety of our pilots Dayton OH (SPX) Jan 08, 2020 The inaugural Physiological Episodes Mitigation Technology Summit and Industry Day, hosted by the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing, was held Dec. 17-18 at the Wright Brothers Institute's Small Business Hub downtown. The event brought in over 150 participants from the Air Force, Navy and industry, all with the shared goal of discussing research and development of sensors that can gather physiological data from pilots before, during and after flight to help mitigate physi ... read more
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