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Boeing Wins $1.55 Billion for 18 P-8As For U.S., New Zealand And South Korea

Tuesday, March 31st, 2020

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Boeing Wins $1.55 Billion for 18 P-8As For U.S., New Zealand And South Korea

A P-8A Poseidon assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 flies over USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) in Chesapeake Bay in 2016. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy awarded Boeing [BA] a $1.55 billion modification on March 30 to procure 18 P-8A Poseidon maritime aircraft for the U.S. Navy, New Zealand, and South Korea. This award specifically covers Lot 11 P-8As split among eight for the U.S. Navy, four for New Zealand, and six for South Korea. This award comes weeks after Boeing won an $800 million advanced acquisition modification to procure long lead materials to support this number of Lot 11 Poseidons for those customers…

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