DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Lockheed Martin Contract For Modifications And Maintenance of F-22 At Hill Air Force Base Utah And Palmdale, Calif
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources U.S. Department of Defense No. 841-12 October 22, 2012(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - October 23, 2012: Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, (FA8611-08-C-2897, P00153) is being awarded a $133,726,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for F-22 modifications and heavy maintenance sustainment, depot throughput and installations, signature analysis system reduction, contractor field teams, structural retrofit plan and modernization and common configuration.
The location of the performance is Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and Palmdale, Calif.
Work is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2013.
The contracting activity is AFLCMC/WWUK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
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1. It must be very hard to detect on radar.
2. The hot emissions from the engines must be minimal.
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5. It should be hard to see with the human eye
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*Link for This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources U.S. Department of Defense No. 841-12 October 22, 2012
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