Air Force plans to sole-source Global Hawk sensor retrofits to Raytheon

By Leigh Giangreco / March 17, 2016 at 4:57 PM
The Air Force will sole-source sensor suite modifications for the Block 30 Global Hawk to Raytheon, according to a justification posted to Federal Business Opportunities on March 3. The Air Force must modify and retrofit portions of the Raytheon-supported Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite (EISS), including the Electro-Optical Receiver Unit camera (EERU) and the optical window mount, the notice states. The EISS is composed of electro-optical/infrared and synthetic aperture radar sensors. The EERU is a sub-assembly of the EISS which houses...

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