Northrop Grumman Awarded Air Force Contract to Integrate CLIP on B-1B and B-52 Aircraft

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $14 million contract extension to integrate its Common Link Integration Processing (CLIP) system on B-1B and B-52 aircraft, providing aircrews with enhanced battlefield awareness, communications capabilities and weapons management.

Under the 17-month contract extension, Northrop Grumman will support software integration, ground and flight tests, and Air Force and joint interoperability certifications. All 66 aircraft in the B-1 bomber fleet and 94 aircraft in the B-52 fleet will be CLIP enabled.

CLIP is a software package that allows existing platforms without a tactical data link, as well as platforms with different data links, to communicate with each other.

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