What Happened
Air Force Awards IDIQ Contract For Aircraft Survivability System
Extant Aerospace has been awarded a U.S. Air Force indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $147.31 million to produce components for the ALE-47 airborne countermeasure dispenser system. The ALE-47 is an integrated, threat-adaptive, and reprogrammable system that operates as part of an aircraft’s broader survivability architecture, enhancing aircraft survivability by automatically deploying countermeasures against RF and infrared missile threats. With over 4,000 units installed on 37 aircraft platforms across more than 30 countries, the system supports a broad range of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. This contract was first reported by Military Aerospace.