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Boeing Receives Integration Contract for Japan F-15MJ Fighters

Frank Wolfe

Monday, January 3rd, 2022

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Boeing Receives Integration Contract for Japan F-15MJ Fighters

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-15MJ Eagle assigned to the 304th Squadron, Naha Air Base, Japan, lands at Andersen AFB, Guam on Feb. 11, 2020 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio has awarded Boeing [BA] a $471 million contract under Japan's Super Intereceptor program "for the design and development of an integrated suite of aircraft systems to support modification of the Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15MJ aircraft and the development, test, and delivery of four Weapon System Trainers," DoD said in a Dec. 30 contract announcement. Boeing is to perform the contract work through 2028 in St. Louis.…

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