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Air Force

Collins Aerospace Executive: DoD Acquisition of Commercial Subsystems Faces ‘Headwinds’

Frank Wolfe

Friday, August 20th, 2021

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Collins Aerospace Executive: DoD Acquisition of Commercial Subsystems Faces ‘Headwinds’

Collins Aerospace provides large format, 15.1 inch LCD displays for the cockpit of the U.S. Air Force KC-46 tanker by Boeing (Boeing Photo)

The Collins Aerospace [RTX] head-up display (HUD) for the U.S. Air Force C-130J by Lockheed Martin [LMT] is a derivative of the company's commercial HUD for the Boeing [BA] 737 airliner, and the Collins Aerospace cockpit displays for the Air Force KC-46 tanker by Boeing come from the Collins Aerospace displays for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Such military derivatives of commercial products are increasingly common and see their realization through Federal Acquisition (FAR), Part 12 guidelines instituted after the enactment…

Army

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Congress

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Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

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Congress

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