BAE Systems Awarded $42 M Air Force Contract for Updated Air Planning System

(Bellevue, Nebraska, January 31, 2008) -- BAE Systems has been awarded a $42.5 million contract by the U.S. Strategic Command to develop and maintain new capabilities for an air-strike mission planning system. The Air Vehicle Planning System program will run through July 2012, and includes system design, development, maintenance, and testing.

The Air Vehicle Planning System provides rapid, automated mission planning for the Air Force's bombers, cruise missiles, manned and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, and air-refueling tanker support aircraft. The system also develops force-level plans for operational and test missions of strategic strikes.

"BAE Systems has developed the current Air Vehicle Planning System configuration through modernization, re-engineering, and technology insertion," said Jim Rower, defense systems director for BAE Systems in San Diego. "Using this automated system, fighting forces can confidently maximize their resources while taking resource constraints into account."

Source : BAE Systems

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