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Navy/USMC

Boeing Wins $4 Billion Contract For 78 Super Hornets

Thursday, March 21st, 2019

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Boeing Wins $4 Billion Contract For 78 Super Hornets

Artist's impression of the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet Block III aircraft. (Image: Boeing)

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Boeing [BA] a $4 billion modification for full-rate production and delivery of 78 Block III F/A-18 Super Hornets in a multi-year procurement (MYP) contract. This award is split between 61 F/A-18Es and 17 F/A-18Fs covering fiscal years 2018 – 2021 and converts a previously awarded advanced acquisition contract into a fixed-price-incentive-firm-target (FPIF) production and delivery contract. The Navy said this procurement covers six from FY 2018 and 72 from FY 2019-2021. NAVAIR said this…

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