United States : Boeing Receives Follow-on Contract to Upgrade B-1 Bomber s Avionics Software.Byline: Mamta03 The Boeing Company NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BA today announced it has received an $84 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for additional upgrades of the B-1 bomber fleet s avionics software Avionics software is embedded software with legally-mandated safety and reliability concerns used in avionics. The main difference between avionic software and conventional embedded software is that the development process is required by law and is optimized for safety. . The award continues a software-sustainment program that has continually updated and improved the B-1 s operational capabilities since the aircraft entered service in 1989. This new contract authorizes Boeing to start work on Sustainment Block 16 (SB 16). Each software sustainment block includes changes to navigation; weapon delivery; radar; electrical multiplexing; communication/navigation management system software; and controls and displays. Boeing engineers in Long Beach and Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm deliver the latest avionics software once a year for the Air Force s fleet of 66 B-1s. SB 14 is in flight test at 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 will be delivered to the Air Force in 2011. SB 15 will be delivered in 2012, and design and development work for SB 16 will begin immediately. We are honored to continue providing these upgrades to the Air Force and are excited about all the B-1 potential that will be provided with SB 16, said Mahesh Reddy, B-1 program director for Boeing. This major block will enhance the aircraft s color cockpit displays, data link, radar and navigation in ways that will significantly improve B-1 aircrews ability to execute their missions. Another B-1 milestone that Boeing accomplished this year was the July 30 first flight of a B-1 upgraded with the Fully Integrated Data Link (FIDL FIDL FAAD Instrument Data Link FIDL Fully Integrated Data Link ). This upgrade includes new processors, color displays and communications architecture, enhancing B-1 crews situational awareness Situation awareness or situational awareness [1] (SA) is the mental representation and understanding of objects, events, people, system states, interactions, environmental conditions, and other situation-specific factors affecting human performance in and communications capability. The FIDL aircraft is also in flight test at Edwards. The multi-mission B-1 has been carrying the largest strike payload in the Air Force inventory since its combat debut. Its low radar cross-section, variable-geometry wings, advanced avionics, and afterburning engines combine to provide long range, maneuverability, high speed and survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. . About Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (Boeing IDS), based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, is a unit of The Boeing Company responsible for defense and aerospace products and services. A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world s largest space and defense businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employees worldwide. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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