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Boeing Receives Sole Source Award For C-17 Flight Deck Replacement, As USAF Projects Spares For Two LRUs Will Run Out in FY 2028

Boeing Receives Sole Source Award For C-17 Flight Deck Replacement, As USAF Projects Spares For Two LRUs Will Run Out in FY 2028
Pictured is a U.S. Air Force load master with the 4th Airlift Squadron directing the placement of a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System onto a C-17 Globemaster III at the Royal Australian Air Force Base in Scherger, Australia on Dec. 10.

Last week, the Air Force awarded Boeing [BA] a $266 million sole source contract through 2031 to replace the flight deck of the company's C-17 airlifter. The avionics redesign through the use of commercial systems is to address four, critical Line Replaceable Units (LRUs) in the C-17 cockpit that are obsolete--the Multifunction Display (MFD), Core Integrated Processor/Replacement Core Integrated Processor/Modernized Replacement Core Integrated Processor (CIP/RCIP/MRCIP), the Video Integrated Processor (VIP), and the Standby Engine Display (SED). "The CIP/RCIP/MRCIP and the…

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