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Another Civilian-to-Military Tale as Smiths FMS Moves to Navy E-6s
Smiths' advanced flight management system is to migrate from the flightdeck
of the Boeing 737, on which it is standard fit, to the flight decks of U.S.
Navy carriers, in cockpits of carrier-born, E-6 Intruder reconnaissance
and radar-jamming aircraft. Boeing has awarded Smiths Industries an $11-million
contract to supply the system, off-the-shelf, to modernize the cockpits
of the USN Intruders. They will be supplied, beginning in July 2000, from
the British company's U.S. factory in Grand Rapids, Michigan. | ||||||
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