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Contract Award: The Boeing Co. (St. Louis, Missouri) – $145,716,027

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $145,716,027 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price order (N6134023F0254) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N6134019G0002). This order provides for the Increment Three Block Two engineering and manufacturing development capabilities upgrades to include the fleet release 300 and other hardware and software upgrades, as well as all the necessary development, testing, integration, delivery and installations for the following P-8 aircraft trainers: operational flight trainer, weapons tactic trainer, mission systems desktop trainer, and the training systems support center for the Navy. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri (80%); Jacksonville, Florida (10%); and Whidbey Island, Washington (10%), and is expected to be completed in March 2026. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $26,134,186, and fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $18,057,577 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Florida, is the contracting activity.

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