The Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill AFB, Utah, has joined forces with Raytheon that will bring work on the Global Broadcast Systems software to the Utah facility, according to the Hilltop Times. The partnership agreement, reports Mitch Shaw, allows Ogden technicians to maintain GBS software, the first of “several” programs managed by the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., that the ALC expects to acquire.
As Air Force leaders consider concepts of operations for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, sustainment in the field—and easing that support by using standard parts and limiting variants—should be a key consideration, according to a new study from AFA's Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies.