Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Boeing to Upgrade B-1 Navigation System for USAF

Boeing to Upgrade B-1 Navigation System for USAF: Oklahoma City OK (SPX) Apr 11, 2012



Boeing has received a $55.3 million production contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the B-1 Lancer navigation system. The upgrade will replace the original navigation hardware with a new ring laser gyro system.

"We are no longer using a spinning mass gyro," said Rick Greenwell, B-1 program director for Boeing. "The new inertial navigation system uses a ring laser gyro with no moving

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