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USAF Awards ALQ-172 Field Engineering Services’ Follow-On to L3Harris for B-52s

USAF Awards ALQ-172 Field Engineering Services’ Follow-On to L3Harris for B-52s
The 69th Bomber Squadron at Minot AFB, N.D. recently received the 2024 Brigadier General Kenneth N. Walker Award for the best overall bomber squadron in the U.S. Air Force (Air Force Photo)

L3Harris Technologies [LHX] recently received a more than $5.5 million U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) follow-on field engineering services contract for the company's ALQ-172 electronic countermeasures system on B-52H bombers at Barksdale AFB, La., and Minot AFB, N.D. The contract is to cover the provision of "AN/USM-464A countermeasures test sets, accessory Sets, test program interface hardware and test program set software required to produce ALQ-172(V)2 Electronic Countermeasures Line Replaceable Units on B-52H aircraft," according to a Friday Air Force…

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