The Air Force has contracted with Boeing to deliver 75 Combat Track II flight kits that Air Mobility Command and the Air National Guard will use to beef up the threat monitoring capability of KC-135 tanker aircraft. USAF already has fielded the system on B-1B, B-52, C-17, and C-130 aircraft. This contract is worth $5.6 million.
U.S. Northern Command and multiple research organizations just wrapped up a joint, three-year experiment to test new radar technology that could enable the Northern Warning System to detect incoming threats at longer ranges across Alaska and northern Canada.