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Newly Minted Collins Aerospace to Upgrade B-1 Trainers

Wednesday, November 28th, 2018

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Newly Minted Collins Aerospace to Upgrade B-1 Trainers

A B-1 releasing a JASSM. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

Collins Aerospace [UTX], formerly Rockwell Collins, will update B-1 Lancer training systems for Aero Simulation Inc. (ASI), which last month received a contract for B-1 training system sustainment from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Maintenance Command.There are 35 Lancer flight and maintenance training devices at a number of different Air Force Bases for which ASI is responsible. ASI selected Collins to execute concurrency, obsolescence and cybersecurity upgrades to weapons systems, missions, cockpit procedures and maintenance trainers, with the goal…

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