Coming Soon to the U.S. Military: The F-15EX Fighter

[rangerrebew]

Coming Soon to the U.S. Military: The F-15EX Fighter
 
Caleb Larson
,The National Interest•June 2, 2020

In a notice on the U.S. government contract award website, beta.sam.gov, the U.S. Air Force announced they had awarded a sole source contract to Boeing. “The United States Air Force Life Cycle Management Center intends to award a sole source indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to The Boeing Company for a refresh to the F-15C/D fleet and augment the F-15E fleet.”

The refresher airframe? The F-15EX. “The intent is to procure upgraded F-15EX aircraft, as well as any future modernization and sustainment efforts. Contract requirements include aircraft, modernization efforts such as hardware and software design, development integration, test, subsystem and structural component production, installation of future modernization kits, and enhancements to the F-15E weapon system as well as product support.”

https://news.yahoo.com/coming-soon-u-military-f-134000991.html

[PeteS in CA]

Previously, http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,402058.0.html .

Since Northrup-Grumman, et al, never built F-15s and what was once McD-D is now part of Boeing, "sole-source ... contract" is not exactly surprising.

[Smokin Joe]

OK. Time for new glasses. I read that as the F-1 SEX Fighter...