Air Force awards Rockwell $232 million for B-1B bomber conventional upgrades.SEAL BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1995--The U.S. Air Force has awarded Rockwell's North American Aircraft Division a four-year, $232 million contract for the engineering/manufacturing development (EMD EMD Electromechanical dissociation, see there ) phase (Phase IIB IIB Institute for Independent Business IIB Institute of International Business IIB Institute of International Bankers IIB International Investment Bank IIB Indian Institute of Banking & Finance IIB Included in Bankruptcy IIB Ice, Ice, Baby ) of the B-1B Conventional Mission Upgrade Program (CMUP CMUP Conventional Munitions Upgrade Program ). The award follows completion of the CMUP risk-reduction phase (Phase IIA), which Rockwell began work on in July 1993. Rockwell and its principal B-1B EMD subcontractor, Boeing Military Airplane Co., will provide a near-term conventional capability through integration of Joint Direct Attack Munition Noun 1. Joint Direct Attack Munition - a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs JDAM (JDAM Noun 1. JDAM - a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs Joint Direct Attack Munition ), Global Positioning Satellite and antijam communications in the aircraft. JDAM limited operational capability will be achieved by 2001; total fleet upgrade will be complete in the year 2002. Rockwell's North American Aircraft Division (NAAD NAAD Nicotinic Acid Adenine Dinucleotide NAAD National Association of Aluminum Distributors NAAD Neoadjuvant Androgen Deprivation NAAD Navajo Army Depot NAAD National AMED (Army Medical Department) Augmentation Detachment ), builders of the B-1B bomber, will carry out its EMD work at the division's headquarters in Seal Beach, as well as at NAAD locations in Palmdale and Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. , Calif., and Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Okla. Boeing will perform EMD work at its Seattle; Corinth, Texas; and Oklahoma City facilities. They will be supported by another Rockwell division, Collins Avionics and Communications Division, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The B-1B System Program Office at the U.S. Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 8,023 acres (3,247 hectares), W Ohio, NE of Dayton; est. 1917. One of the largest airport installations in the world, it is the air force's main research and development base, and the headquarters of the , Ohio, manages the CMUP program. In addition, the Air Force/industry team plans to initiate upgrade of B-1B computers in 1996 and upgrade of defensive avionics in 1997. The CMUP program is a primary element of the Air Force's long-range plan to maximize the effectiveness of the B-1B as a conventional bomber. Ninety-six B-1Bs are based throughout the United States, and have often been referred to by Air Force officials as ``the backbone of the U.S. bomber fleet.'' Rockwell Aerospace businesses design and build some of the most advanced aircraft and space systems in the world and are leaders in their seven addressed markets: advanced aircraft; aerostructures; aircraft modifications; liquid rocket propulsion; space electrical power; space transportation; and satellites. Rockwell is a diversified, high-technology company holding leadership market positions in automation, avionics, aerospace, defense electronics, telecommunications, automotive components and graphic systems, with annual worldwide sales of more than $12 billion. CONTACT: Rockwell International Corp., Seal Beach Mike Mathews, 310/797-2996 |
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