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USAF Wants Software Support for MC/AC-130J

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

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USAF Wants Software Support for MC/AC-130J

Personnel from the 16th Aircraft Maintenance Unit look on as the 16th Special Operations Squadron receives its first AC-130J Ghostrider at Cannon AFB, N.M. on April 18 last year (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's special operations forces, personnel recovery, and rotary division (AFLCMC/WIU) at Robins AFB, Ga., wants industry help to sustain and improve software for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] MC-130J Commando II and AC-130J Ghostrider gunship. An awarded contract would cover four years under which the chosen company would sustain government furnished software required to aid the Software Integration Lab at Robins AFB with writing and coding software for the Next Generation Special Mission Processor…

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