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V-22 Osprey: The Multi-Year Buys

V-22 Osprey: The Multi-Year Buys

(click to view full) In March 2008, the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office in Amarillo, TX received a $10.4 billion modification that converted the previous N00019-07-C-0001 advance acquisition contract to a fixed-price-incentive-fee, multi-year contract. The new...

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The USA’s E-6 Fleet: Take Charge, And Move Out!

The USA’s E-6 Fleet: Take Charge, And Move Out!

E-6B TACAMO (click to view full) The USA's E-6 Mercury (aka. TACAMO, as in TAke Charge And Move Out) "survivable airborne communication system" airplanes support their Navy's SSBN ballistic missile submarine force and overall strategic forces. With the advent of the...

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