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Air Force’s Compass Call Replacement Clears Preliminary Design Review

By Marc Selinger

Friday, October 13th, 2017

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Air Force’s Compass Call Replacement Clears Preliminary Design Review

An EC-130H Compass Call flies a training mission over Lake Mead, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The EC-X, the planned replacement for the U.S. Air Force’s aging EC-130H Compass Call electronic-attack aircraft, underwent a preliminary design review in late September, according to L3 Technologies [LLL], the program’s system integrator.L3 also said in a brief statement Oct. 12 that it has begun “working” on the first General Dynamics [GD] Gulfstream G550 business jet that it will convert into an EC-X. While L3 did not elaborate, the Air Force has said that the New York City-based company will migrate mission equipment…

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