MacAulay Brown granted $47M Air Force contract

Beavercreek-based MacAulay-Brown Inc. has been awarded a $47 million task order by the U.S. Air Force for technical assistance in weapons testing and analysis work.

The four-year prime award continues the work of the firm — sometimes called “MacB” — over the last five years, the company said in a release.

The objective is to improve test and evaluation strategy development and analysis for all Department of Defense weapon systems programs, MacB said in its release. Most of the work will be performed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Principal engineers, senior technology specialists, scientists and program managers from MacB’s Advanced Technology Group will work for more than 40 major weapons development efforts, the business said.

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