This made me smile. Will someone have been standing on a carpet sans cap and coffee or just lifting it to brush things under it?
Stories of similar 'initiatives' welcome.
B-2 Load Heat Exchanger Reverse Engineering Effort
Notice ID FA8118-21-R-0009
Related Notice Department/Ind. Agency DEPT OF DEFENSE
Sub-tier DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
Major Command AFMC
Sub Command AIR FORCE SUSTAINMENT CENTER
This engineering effort is to reverse engineer the core of the B‐2 Load Heat Exchangers, develop disassembly process to remove defective cores, develop a stacking, vacuum brazing and welding process to manufacture new heat exchanger cores and to develop a welding process to install the new cores on existing B‐2 Load Heat Exchangers. The requirement includes reverse engineering the re‐core process for the B‐2 Load Heat Exchangers. The B‐2 Load Heat Exchanger (NSN 1660‐01‐350‐8209FW) uses air and Ethylene Glycol Water (EGW) liquid to produce cold air for the cooling system.
Source:
https://beta.sam.gov/opp/6c1026f4986...bfeef1687/view
I admit I saw the story first on The Drive.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/39537/the-air-force-needs-to-reverse-engineer-parts-of-its-own-stealth-bomber