BAE Systems has received a $ 485 million follow-on contract to provide engineering services to the US Air Force and 18 international air forces for automatic test equipment for the F-16 fighter. (News).BAE Systems BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. has received a $ 485 million follow-on contract to provide engineering services to the US Air Force and 18 international air forces for automatic test equipment for the F-16 fighter. The test equipment supports automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. diagnostics of aircraft avionics avionics (ā'vēŏn`ĭks), electronic instruments used in air or space flight; also the design and production of such instruments. Early planes had few instruments, but as aviation and aircraft became more complex, so did instrumentation. at air bases, depot locations and deployed sites. |
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