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U.S. Air Force to Switch to Northrop Grumman Software for A-10

U.S. Air Force to Switch to Northrop Grumman Software for A-10
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt Pablo Manceuax, 75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, goes through his pre-flight check list before a combat sortie out of Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates,on April 20 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force's 309th Software Engineering Group at Hill AFB, Utah plans to replace the A-10 Thunderbolt's Oracle [ORCL] Solaris 10 operating system with the Northrop Grumman [NOC] ReVAMP emulator software package. The A-10's Operational Flight Test Program (OFP) aims to update the close air support aircraft's software to integrate advanced weapons and improve the A-10's situational awareness, targeting, navigation, communications, and cyber security. "The requirement is to provide the A-10 OFP program with a software emulator package that…

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