Boeing receives Air Force contract for AC-130U gunship support

FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) – The Boeing Company on Thursday announced that it received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide spare servo-actuators for the AC-130U gunship.

The five-year contract includes one base year and four extra out-year ordering periods. The Boeing-Air Force contract is worth up to $7.2 million.

Booing committed to provide 10 servo-actuators for the Trainable Gun Mount Systems needed to install 40-millimeter guns on four AC-130Us. The work will be performed in Fort Walton Beach between now and July 2011.

“These servo-actuators are a critical part of the Air Force’s ability to maintain readiness for the AC-130U gunship, which is a vital platform supporting missions around the world,” said Ken Hill, director, Boeing Special Operations Forces.

Boeing has manufactured the AC-130U from existing C-130 airframes since 1987. In 2009, the company received its first contract award under the Air Force’s Future Flexible Acquisition and Sustainment Tool (F2AST) program.

The first contract was for the sustainment and maintenance of operational flight and simulation software, field service representative support, intermediate-level repairs and other services.

Boeing’s work on the C-130 platform extends to the Avionics Modernization Program; the Avionics Part Task Trainer and Cockpit Familiarization Trainer; the C-130H aerial refueling tanker for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force; and the Precision Container Aerial Delivery System (PCADS) program, designed to help combat wildfires.

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