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USAF Plans to Award Honeywell Contract for TAWS Software Updates for C-130J

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, May 6th, 2021

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USAF Plans to Award Honeywell Contract for TAWS Software Updates for C-130J

A C-130J Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, is marshalled onto an apron during a Dynamic Force Employment at Andersen AFB, Guam on Nov. 22, 2020 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force plans to award Honeywell [HON] a contract for bi-annual sofware updates for the company's Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS) for up to 431 Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-130J Super Hercules airlifters-363 in the Air Force, 54 in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps and 14 in the U.S. Coast Guard. "The TAWS Tactical Database will be updated every six months in order to maintain flight safety and mission capability," the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center…

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