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Farnborough 2018: USAF C-17 AMTS falls to Boeing

17th July 2018 - 11:35 GMT | by Trevor Nash in Farnborough

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Boeing has been awarded a contract that is potentially worth up to $986 million to ‘operate, sustain, modify and upgrade’ the USAF’s C-17 Globemaster III Aircrew and Maintenance Training Systems (AMTS) for Air Mobility Command.

This highly contested contract was won back by Boeing following L3 Link Training & Simulation winning it from them in 2011. Four companies were bidding to win the current programme: Boeing; CAE; FlightSafety and L3 Link.

As part of the contract, Boeing will support 28 weapon system trainers (WST) and other synthetic training equipment at sites throughout the continental US and Hickham AFB, Hawaii for the

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After a career in the British Army, Trevor Nash worked in the simulation and training …

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