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Air Force Searches for Companies Able to Do AEHF Integration Work on B-52

Air Force Searches for Companies Able to Do AEHF Integration Work on B-52
A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 69th Bomb Squadron at Minot AFB, N.D. is pictured alongside another B-52 assigned to the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron from Barksdale AFB, La. on July 7, 2022 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force is searching for companies able to integrate the Raytheon Technologies' [RTX] Force Element Terminals (FET) on the B-52 bomber. The FETs are radiation-hardened satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals that are to permit the B-52 and the RC-135 to transition from the use of signals from the five Military Strategic Tactical Relay (Milstar) satellites to signals from the six advanced extremely high frequency (AEHF) satellites. On Jan. 16, 2020, Raytheon won a more than $442 million Air Force…

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