Boeing | The Pentagon Brief
C-17 Aircrew Training System Goes Into Operation at Dover
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force held a ceremony Dec. 5 to mark delivery of the new C-17 Aircrew Training System (ATS) to Dover Air Force Base (AFB), Del. The ATS began operation on Nov. 21 — more than four months ahead of schedule. It provides training to C-17 Globemaster III airlifter crews from Air Mobility Command and Air Force Reserve Command.
“In the past, aircrews at Dover had to travel to McGuire AFB [N.J.] and the Air National Guard base at Jackson [Miss.] to meet their training requirements,” said Mark McGraw, Boeing vice president for Training Systems and Services. “By delivering this capability to Dover, we are able to save the customer time, money and aircrew availability.”
“It’s great to just walk across the street to do the training. Finally, it feels like we are at a C-17 base,” said Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jess Windsor, Evaluator Loadmaster, 326th Airlift Squadron.
Boeing has developed, operates and supports 10 U.S. C-17 ATS sites and expects to expand to three more within and outside the United States by 2010. With a tradition of successfully delivering C-17 aircrew training to the U.S. Air Force since 1992, Boeing has also become the C-17 training provider of choice for customers from the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.
The key elements in the ATS are the Weapons Systems Trainer (WST) — a highly realistic, full-motion simulator used for pilot training — and the loadmaster station, which is a training device used by loadmaster students to perform preflight operations, operate aircraft systems and practice emergency procedures. The WST in Dover’s ATS is the 20th to be delivered to the U.S. Air Force.
Boeing’s C-17 training contract with the Air Force also includes an option for an additional WST to be delivered to Charleston AFB, S.C. If that option is exercised, it will be the fourth WST Boeing has delivered to Charleston.
“The Charleston WST will be the first Air Force trainer we deliver that has simulated avionics instead of physical aircraft avionics,” said Tracy Mead, C-17 ATS program manager for Boeing. “We plan to upgrade all of the existing WSTs with this technology, which means that we will be able to return the physical avionics to the C-17 aircraft program, allowing it to increase its spares inventory.”
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KC-X Reversal Costs USAF Big Money
According to the Air Force Association’s Daily Report, the Air Force will pay Boeing $1.387 million in compensation for the legal costs that the company incurred in its successful protest of the service’s February choice of Northrop Grumman in the KC-X tanker contest. The Government Accountability Office found that the Air Force errors in judging Northrop’s KC-30 and Boeing’s KC-767 entries call for the service to reimburse Boeing for its legal costs. The Air Force reached “an agreement with Boeing” on the amount, a USAF spokeswoman told Daily Report. The KC-X program is in limbo, awaiting the new Administration, after the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s aborted attempt to reopen the competition to revised bids and determine the winner by around the end of the year.
Tags:Airbus, Boeing, Compensation, KC-30, KC-47, KC-767, KC-X, Northrop Grumman, Payments, Protest, Tanker, US Air Force, USAF
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has successfully tested a fuze well (the area where the fuze is installed) and fuze for high-speed penetrator warheads along with its partners Applied Research Associates (ARA), L-3 KDI Precision Products and Ellwood National Forge Co. The companies tested their design this past summer in a bomb that penetrated reinforced concrete at supersonic speeds.
“This is a major development that will help address a problem the military has been working on for quite a while,” said Carl Avila, director of Advanced Weapons and Missile Systems for Boeing. “Hard and deeply buried targets have always been difficult to find and prosecute, but this new fuze design makes it possible because it stays intact as the bomb penetrates and detonates when and where it’s needed.”
“The fuze survived a very difficult test,” said Steve Vukelich, director of Special Programs at Boeing. “This design concept can be incorporated into existing weapon fuzes and goes a long way toward correcting a major deficiency for the warfighter. It’s currently being considered for a number of advanced weapons.”
Tags:Aerial Bombs, Boeing, Bombs, Bunker Buster, Fuze, Fuze Well, Guided Bombs, High-Speed Penetrator, Small Diameter Bomb, Smart Bombs, Steve Vukelich, Warheads
AH-6 light attack/reconnaissance helicopter
Boeing on Oct. 7 announced a new rotorcraft program, the AH-6 light attack/reconnaissance helicopter.
Boeing will produce the AH-6 at its Rotorcraft Systems facility in Mesa, Ariz.
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Boeing Tanker Overpriced, Says Young
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John Young, defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, says that Boeing’s bid for the US Air Force’s new generation KC-X tanker aircraft was overpriced for the size of the aircraft. Rival Northrop Grumman’s bid was a full 3 billion Dollars lower. On top of that, Northrop was prepared to deliver the completed aircraft two years earlier than Boeing.
Read more on John Young’s interview.
Tags:Aerial Refueling, Air Force, Airbus, Airbus A330, Boeing, EADS, KC-45, KC-X, Northrop Grumman, Tanker Aircraft
Boeing | The Pentagon Brief
C-17 Aircrew Training System Goes Into Operation at Dover
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force held a ceremony Dec. 5 to mark delivery of the new C-17 Aircrew Training System (ATS) to Dover Air Force Base (AFB), Del. The ATS began operation on Nov. 21 — more than four months ahead of schedule. It provides training to C-17 Globemaster III airlifter crews from Air Mobility Command and Air Force Reserve Command.
“In the past, aircrews at Dover had to travel to McGuire AFB [N.J.] and the Air National Guard base at Jackson [Miss.] to meet their training requirements,” said Mark McGraw, Boeing vice president for Training Systems and Services. “By delivering this capability to Dover, we are able to save the customer time, money and aircrew availability.”
“It’s great to just walk across the street to do the training. Finally, it feels like we are at a C-17 base,” said Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jess Windsor, Evaluator Loadmaster, 326th Airlift Squadron.
Boeing has developed, operates and supports 10 U.S. C-17 ATS sites and expects to expand to three more within and outside the United States by 2010. With a tradition of successfully delivering C-17 aircrew training to the U.S. Air Force since 1992, Boeing has also become the C-17 training provider of choice for customers from the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.
The key elements in the ATS are the Weapons Systems Trainer (WST) — a highly realistic, full-motion simulator used for pilot training — and the loadmaster station, which is a training device used by loadmaster students to perform preflight operations, operate aircraft systems and practice emergency procedures. The WST in Dover’s ATS is the 20th to be delivered to the U.S. Air Force.
Boeing’s C-17 training contract with the Air Force also includes an option for an additional WST to be delivered to Charleston AFB, S.C. If that option is exercised, it will be the fourth WST Boeing has delivered to Charleston.
“The Charleston WST will be the first Air Force trainer we deliver that has simulated avionics instead of physical aircraft avionics,” said Tracy Mead, C-17 ATS program manager for Boeing. “We plan to upgrade all of the existing WSTs with this technology, which means that we will be able to return the physical avionics to the C-17 aircraft program, allowing it to increase its spares inventory.”
Tags:AETC, AFRC, Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, Air Mobility Command, Air National Guard, Aircrew, Aircrew Training System, AMC, ANG, ATS, Boeing, C-17, C-17 Globemaster III, Charleston AFB, Charleston Air Force Base, DE, Delaware, Dover AFB, Dover Air Force Base, Globemaster III, Jess Windsor, Loadmaster, McGuire, McGuire AFB, National Guard, New Jersey, NJ, SC, Simulator, South Carolina, Trainer, Training, USAF, Weapons Systems Trainer, WST
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KC-X Reversal Costs USAF Big Money
According to the Air Force Association’s Daily Report, the Air Force will pay Boeing $1.387 million in compensation for the legal costs that the company incurred in its successful protest of the service’s February choice of Northrop Grumman in the KC-X tanker contest. The Government Accountability Office
 found that the Air Force errors in judging Northrop’s KC-30 and Boeing’s KC-767 entries call for the service to reimburse Boeing for its legal costs. The Air Force reached “an agreement with Boeing” on the amount, a USAF spokeswoman told Daily Report. The KC-X program is in limbo, awaiting the new Administration, after the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s aborted attempt to reopen the competition to revised bids and determine the winner by around the end of the year.
Tags:Airbus, Boeing, Compensation, KC-30, KC-47, KC-767, KC-X, Northrop Grumman, Payments, Protest, Tanker, US Air Force, USAF
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has successfully tested a fuze well (the area where the fuze is installed) and fuze for high-speed penetrator warheads along with its partners Applied Research Associates (ARA), L-3 KDI Precision Products and Ellwood National Forge Co. The companies tested their design this past summer in a bomb that penetrated reinforced concrete at supersonic speeds.
“This is a major development that will help address a problem the military has been working on for quite a while,” said Carl Avila, director of Advanced Weapons and Missile Systems for Boeing. “Hard and deeply buried targets have always been difficult to find and prosecute, but this new fuze design makes it possible because it stays intact as the bomb penetrates and detonates when and where it’s needed.”
“The fuze survived a very difficult test,” said Steve Vukelich, director of Special Programs at Boeing. “This design concept can be incorporated into existing weapon fuzes and goes a long way toward correcting a major deficiency for the warfighter. It’s currently being considered for a number of advanced weapons.”
Tags:Aerial Bombs, Boeing, Bombs, Bunker Buster, Fuze, Fuze Well, Guided Bombs, High-Speed Penetrator, Small Diameter Bomb, Smart Bombs, Steve Vukelich, Warheads
AH-6 light attack/reconnaissance helicopter
Boeing on Oct. 7 announced a new rotorcraft program, the AH-6 light attack/reconnaissance helicopter.
Boeing will produce the AH-6 at its Rotorcraft Systems facility in Mesa, Ariz.
Tags:AH-6, AH-6 Attack Helicopter, AH-6 Light Attack Helicopter, AH-6 Reconnaissance Helicopter, Army, Boeing, Light Attack Helicopter, light attack/reconnaissance helicopter, Recce Helicopter, Reconnaissance Helicopter, Special Operations Helicopter
Boeing Tanker Overpriced, Says Young
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John Young, defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, says that Boeing’s bid for the US Air Force’s new generation KC-X tanker aircraft was overpriced for the size of the aircraft. Rival Northrop Grumman’s bid was a full 3 billion Dollars lower. On top of that, Northrop was prepared to deliver the completed aircraft two years earlier than Boeing.
Read more on John Young’s interview.
Tags:Aerial Refueling, Air Force, Airbus, Airbus A330, Boeing, EADS, KC-45, KC-X, Northrop Grumman, Tanker Aircraft