The Air Force wants to generate a single system that can accommodate mission planning for all three USAF bombers—B-1B, B-2, and B-52. The service has turned to a team led by Boeing, with BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman, and USAF’s Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, to develop the new system under a $153 million mission planning enterprise contract.
The Department of the Air Force has identified 50 programs that will make up the core of its contribution to the Pentagon’s joint all-domain command and control effort, branding them part of the “DAF Battle Network,” according to newly-released budget documents. The DAF Battle Network programs span multiple offices and agencies…