Orbital ATK To Provide Common Munitions Test Support To USAF

Orbital ATK has won a $25 million 5-year contract from the US Air Force to provide contractor logistics support for the Common Munitions Built-in-Test Reprogramming Equipment (CMBRE) system.

Orbital ATK will provide technical and logistic support, depot-level repair, engineering services for obsolescence mitigation for Air Force and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. It also provides familiarization training for FMS customers.

The CMBRE system, deployed since 1998, is a force multiplier in directly supporting on-time combat sortie generation and on-target weapon deliveries.

“This contract continues to provide our U.S. Air Force and FMS customers seamless CMBRE support while ensuring inherently safe uninterrupted munitions testing and reprogramming capability for the warfighter,” said Bill Kasting, vice president and general manager of Orbital ATK’s Defense Electronic Systems division of the Defense Systems Group.

Orbital ATK's CMBRE System is a munitions tester and reprogrammer designed to verify munition Built-in-Test status and to reprogram munition operational flight programs, and upload mission planning and GPS data.

CMBRE represents the first munitions support equipment to be developed as a “common” munitions tester, able to support multiple munitions and aircraft while reducing ownership cost, enhancing interoperability, reducing logistical foot print and improving the uniformity of test.

The CMBRE system is the munitions tester in the Department of Defense. It directly supports 17 different weapon systems flown by the US Air Force, US Navy, US Marine Corps and allies in more than 31 countries.