Boeing to upgrade B-1B Bomber avionics

A B-1B Lancer Bomber takes off from Dyess AFB, Boeing Photo As the Boeing B-1B Lancer supersonic strategic bomber celebrates its 30th ann...

A B-1B Lancer Bomber takes off from Dyess AFB, Boeing Photo

As the Boeing B-1B Lancer supersonic strategic bomber celebrates its 30th anniversary with the U.S. Air Force next month, Boeing’s B-1 team is preparing to usher the swing-wing bomber into the digital age with new upgrades.
The latest upgrade, a trio of updates known as the integrated battle station will ensure aircraft’s performance as a global strike platform. The upgrade will install all-digital cockpit displays, connect the bombers to a global communications network that allow for greater agility and situational awareness.

The B-1B recently deployed a record number of precision-guided bombs during a six-month deployment in the Middle East as part of Operation Inherent Resolve against ISIL.

First delivered on June 29, 1985, the 66 U.S. Air Force B-1 fleet has continually evolved to meet the demands of a rapidly changing battlefield. It transitioned from fulfilling a nuclear mission to be a conventional bomber in the 1990s and then was modified to perform close air support missions in the past decade.

Carrying the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons in the Air Force inventory, the multi-mission B-1 is the backbone of US long-range bomber force.