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Air Force’s B-1 Integrated Battle Station Provides Better Information For Pilots

Pat Host

Thursday, February 27th, 2014

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The Air Force’s estimated $983 million upgrade package to the B-1, the largest modification program in the bomber’s history, is about delivering better information to the warfighter. The first operational B-1B equipped with the Integrated Battle Station (IBS) upgrade was delivered to Dyess AFB, Texas, in January, according to an Air Force statement. The IBS is a combination of three different upgrades, which include a fully-integrated data link, a vertical situation display upgrade and a central integrated system upgrade. The…

Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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Congress

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