WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — A US-based aircraft components manufacturer won a contract worth more than $23 million to manufacture advanced concept ejection seats for B-1 Stealth Bombers and A-10 tactical support planes, the Defense Department said in a press release.
"Universal Propulsion Company [of] Fairfield, California has been awarded a $23,565,896 contract for manufacture of the modernized aircraft seat sequencer," the release said on Wednesday.
The contract provides for supply of Advanced Concept Ejection Seats II for B-1 Lancer and A-10 Thunderbolts, also known as Groundhog aircraft, the release added.
Work on the contract is expected to be completed by March 29, 2019, according to the release.
