E3 System AWACS Integration and Test Support (AITS) III, (System AITS)

Synopsis: The purpose of this posting is to provide notification to our industry partners that Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance & Special Operations Forces Directorate (AFLCMC/WI), International Airborne Battle Management Command and Control (AFLCMC/WIM) intends to award a contract pursuant to FAR 6.302-4 International Agreement, to The Boeing Company 7755 E Marginal Way, S Seattle, WA 98108?4002 and The Boeing Company, 6001 S Air Depot Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK, 73135 to provide for the continued operations and maintenance of the E?3 System AWACS Integration and Test Support (AITS) laboratories (System AITS III).

The E?3 System AITS provides the environment to provide for the development and testing of new software and hardware prior to operational aircraft integration. This System Level Integration and Software Development environment is presently housed at contractor? owned facilities. The System AITS lab is comprised of extensive Boeing infrastructure designed specifically to house the lab environment, combined with a substantial suite of GFP assets.

The AITS services were proposed by Boeing in the 1970’s during the early days of the AWACS program as part of the original EMD contract to allow for the conduct of integration and test requirements associated AWACS programs in a lab environment to economize and reduce the amount of actual flight testing.

Since then, the AWACS representative lab environment has existed at the Boeing facility in Seattle, WA and Oklahoma City, OK for the purpose of providing the lab support required by AWACS upgrade programs to execute their respective missions. Among the most critical customers of the System AITS lab Environment is the AWACS Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers.