The Air Force awarded three contracts Friday for additional procurement of BLU 111 Engineering Change Proposal warhead assemblies.

General Dynamics, Alliant Techsystems, Major Tool and Machine were each awarded contracts totaling $74 million for BLU 111 assemblies.

General Dynamics received $26.5 million, Alliant was awarded $24.7 million and Major Tool and Machine was awarded $22.8 million for procurement of assemblies for the BLU 111.

The BLU 111 is a variant of the Mark 82 unguided, general-purpose bomb, which contains less sensitive explosive filler and is the warhead of the A-1 version of the Joint Stand-Off Weapon.

Work on the contracts will be performed in Garland, Texas; Rocket Center, W.V.; and Indianapolis, Ind.

All three deals have an expected completion date of June 2021.

Related Links
The latest in Military Technology for the 21st century at SpaceWar.com

Tweet

AFRL creates safer-than-steel synthetic winch cable for cargo aircraft
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Feb 26, 2020
The C-17 Globemaster III aircraft fleet currently uses winch cables made of steel to pull pallets, vehicles and other items onto the aircraft from the ground via the aft ramp. The current steel cable experiences dangerous snapback upon breakage, which can injure personnel and damage aircraft. The synthetic cable eliminates that danger since it does not snap back if it were to fracture. The Air Force Research Laboratory's Advanced Power Technology Office is changing this material to one that ... read more