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The Air Force on Tuesday awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. and Rockwell Collins contracts worth roughly $80 million each to upgrade a command-and-control system that helps conduct ICBM launches.
The new system would replace the service’s Airborne Launch Control System, which gives U.S. Strategic Command the capability to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles from the Navy’s E-6B Mercury aircraft, officials said in a release.
The three-year contracts are for technology maturation and risk reduction activities to further culminate “an approved preliminary design and develop a fully functional prototype,” according to the Pentagon.
Lockheed received $81 million for its future work, while Rockwell got $76 million, according to the contract announcement.
https://www.dodbuzz.com/2017/10/04/air-force-awards-2-contracts-upgraded-icbm-system/
