The Air Force has awarded a contract worth up to $2 billion to Boeing to serve as the product integrator for work on the service’s fleet of four E-4B National Airborne Operations Center aircraft. Boeing has provided logistics support, engineering services, and technical order support for the E-4B, which is a modified Boeing 747, for 25 years, say company officials. Boeing will work with L3 Communications, Rockwell Collins, and Greenpoint Technology to bring multiple contracts under a “single contracting vehicle” to reduce cost.
The U.S. military struck over 1,000 targets on the first day of its air campaign aimed at decimating Iranian military capabilities and disclosed what it said was the massive amount of firepower used in the opening 24 hours of Operation Epic Fury,