SCARS moves out of the blocks
An L3 Harris Link Training and Simulation-led team has won the battle to secure the USAF's prestigious Simulator Common Architecture Requirements and Standards (SCARS) contract.
Valued at a cumulative $900 million over the next decade, SCARS will provide common software, based on an open architecture, to allow the USAF to network its simulators to create a ‘massive multi-play option’.
FY20 ‘other procurement funds’ amounting to $1.22 million and FY20 Operations and Maintenance funds of $14.28 million are being committed for the initial task order.
According to the contracting authority, the USAF Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson AFB in
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