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Boeing Wins $427 Million Legacy F-18 Maintenance Contract

Friday, April 27th, 2018

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Boeing Wins $427 Million Legacy F-18 Maintenance Contract

Orbital ATK AARGM (AGM-88E)lLaunched from U.S. Navy F/A-18D Hornet. (Photo: Orbital ATK)

Boeing [BA] won a $427 million Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract for consumable material for F/A-18 A-4 Hornet depot maintenance, the company said last Thursday.The sole source award lasts for five years with an option for five more years. The contract itself is the first depot contract within the DLA/Boeing Captain of Industry program. This raises the total value of thet program to $3.2 billion.Boeing said its Captains of Industry program uses the company’s supplier relationships and capabilities to improve material…

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