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Contract Award: The Boeing Co. (St. Louis, Missouri) – $172,798,899

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $172,798,899 firm-fixed-price, fixed-price incentive (firm target) modification (P00026) to a previously awarded contract (N0001918C1046). This modification adds scope that provides for the integration of the Cockpit Pressure and On-Board Oxygen Generating Monitoring System onto new F/A-18E/F production aircraft in an effort to mitigate potential physiological episodes. Additionally, this modification adds scope that provides for the procurement of aircraft armament equipment (AAE) in support of the production and delivery of 78 F/A-18E/F aircraft and various quantities of miscellaneous AAE hardware, as well as non-recurring engineering for new tooling, refurbishment and replacement of broken down tools and technical documents in support of F/A-18 aircraft production. Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona (49%); Clearwater, Florida (21%); St. Louis, Missouri (14%); El Segundo, California (7%); Forest, Mississippi (4%); Minneapolis, Minnesota (3%); Oceanside, California (1%); and Irvine, California (1%), and is expected to be completed in September 2028.  Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $26,607,138; fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $26,664,399; and fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $119,527,363 will be obligated at time of award, $119,527,363 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

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