Air Force to award sole-source B61-12 contract

The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center on Nov. 21 published a sole-source contract notice for the first production lots of the B61-12 weapon, expecting to buy two lots between fiscal years 2019 to 2022.

"The B61 Mod 12 [life-extension program tailkit assembly] division, in preparation for its first production run of B61 Mod 12 LEP TKA, is envisioned to award a sole-source contract for production B61-12 TKA trainers, low-rate initial production of the B61-12 TKA, full production B61-12 TKA and engineering and support services for the production contract," the Air Force wrote.

Boeing is under contract for the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the B61 life-extension program.