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USAF Seeking Communications/Weapons Upgrades for B-1B

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USAF Seeking Communications/Weapons Upgrades for B-1B
A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron takes off from Edwards AFB, Calif. on Feb. 7 to conduct flight tests on the Load Adaptable Modular pylon (U.S. Air Force Photo)

DAYTON, Ohio--The U.S. Air Force has said that it plans to retire its fleet of 44 Boeing [BA] B-1B Lancer bombers by 2031, yet the service is also upgrading the Bone to adapt it for the Indo-Pacific where combat aircraft may have to rely on decentralized beyond line-of-sight, air-to-air communications without an AWACS and where new hypersonic weapons may come into play. "The B-1 has ethernet at the back of the jet that came in with IBS," Joseph Stupic, Air…

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