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Contract Award: Boeing Co. (Ridley Park, Pennsylvania) – $15,225,696

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, May 17th, 2021

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Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $15,225,696 firm-fixed-price modification (P00048) to contract FA8739-18-C-5030 for Operational Flight Trainer design specification changes. This modification reduces the overall size dimensions of the Operational Flight Trainer to fit within existing Air Force training facilities. Work will be performed in Sesto Calende, Italy; and St. Louis, Missouri, and is expected to be completed April 30, 2024. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $5,196,417 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Dec. 17, 2020)

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