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Elbit Systems wins US Air Force contract

February 10, 2004 (by Lieven Dewitte) - Elbit Systems announced that its wholly owned subsidiary EFW Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas, had been awarded a $32.6 million firm fixed price contract by the US Air Force's Ogden Air Logistics Center to provide Common Data Entry Electronics Units (CDEEU).
The CDEUU is an electronics that acts as an interface between pilot entry and cockpits displays. The company said that a total of 694 would be procured in support of USAF requirements, and approximately another 609 in support of Foreign Military Sales requirements.

The company said that a total of 694 would be procured in support of USAF requirements, and approximately another 609 in support of Foreign Military Sales requirements.

The CDEEU was developed by EFW as part of USAF's Common Configuration Implementation Program (CCPIP) for the F-16 C/D, under which Lockheed Martin is providing significant avionics improvements for the block 40 and 50 F-16 aircraft.