The Wichita State University National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has been granted a $100 million contract to continue work on generating a virtual rendition of the B-1 bomber. The six-year follow-on contract was awarded by the B-1 System Program Office (SPO) at Oklahoma’s Tinker Air Force Base. NIAR’s B-1 digital engineering project began in early 2020 with the creation of a “structural digital twin” of a single B-1 wing.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/military-aviation/b-1-digital-engineering-program-lands-100-million-contract