USAF mandates firmware upgrade for its F-15C Eagles

摘要

The US Air Force (USAF) has instructed that firmware on its fleet of Boeing F-15C Eagle air superiority fighter aircraft be upgraded to rectify an anomaly that would otherwise cause their 'indefinite grounding'. A Justification and Approval (J&A) notification for a sole-source award for the upgrade to BAE Systems noted that the new firmware will correct a problem with data collision issues when the Flat Panel Control Indicator (FPCI) receives messages from the Advanced Display Core Processor Ⅱ (ADCPⅡ). "The H009 data bus anomaly was discovered during lab testing of the ADCP II. The USAF requires BAE Systems to release a production version of the [upgraded] firmware, update the firmware in up to 120 FPCIs for use in the F-15C, and ship the FPCIs back to the USAF," according to a J&A notification posted on the beta. sam.gov government procurement website in late August.