IAI to Compete for USAF's A-10 Wing Replacement Program
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 30/01/2018
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The US Air Force is searching for a new company to rebuild wings on the A-10 ground-attack plane after ending an arrangement with Boeing. The contract calls for replacing up to 242 sets of wings, and Boeing has so far received orders to replace 173, said a spokesperson for the Air Force.
USAF plans to launch a new competition for the re-winging work and award a contract sometime after Congress appropriates full-year funding for fiscal 2018, which began October 1 (The government is currently running on a short-term funding measure known as a continuing resolution, which lasts through February 8).
According to Military.com, the Air Force plans to use $103 million authorized in the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets policy goals and spending limits for the fiscal year, to award a contract for the A-10 work, establish a new wing production line and produce four additional wings.
Air Force officials have said the service can commit to maintaining wings for six of its nine A-10 combat squadrons through roughly 2030. According to FlightGlobal, four companies have been approved to manufacture the wings for the A-10: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Spirit AeroSystems.
By US Air Force - commons, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61587687
The US Air Force is searching for a new company to rebuild wings on the A-10 ground-attack plane after ending an arrangement with Boeing. The contract calls for replacing up to 242 sets of wings, and Boeing has so far received orders to replace 173, said a spokesperson for the Air Force.
USAF plans to launch a new competition for the re-winging work and award a contract sometime after Congress appropriates full-year funding for fiscal 2018, which began October 1 (The government is currently running on a short-term funding measure known as a continuing resolution, which lasts through February 8).
According to Military.com, the Air Force plans to use $103 million authorized in the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets policy goals and spending limits for the fiscal year, to award a contract for the A-10 work, establish a new wing production line and produce four additional wings.
Air Force officials have said the service can commit to maintaining wings for six of its nine A-10 combat squadrons through roughly 2030. According to FlightGlobal, four companies have been approved to manufacture the wings for the A-10: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Spirit AeroSystems.
