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DoD Looking to Award Follow-On Contract for E-4B Communications

Frank Wolfe

Friday, August 29th, 2025

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DoD Looking to Award Follow-On Contract for E-4B Communications

Pictured are the E-4B "Nightwatch" planes on the tarmac at Offutt AFB, Neb., in 2009 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

DoD is looking to award a follow-on, up to five-year competitive contract for strategic communications aboard the Boeing [BA] E-4B "Nightwatch" planes. "The anticipated performance period consists of a one-year base, with four one-year option periods, starting on April 1, 2026," U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command's (SSC) commercial service office said on Aug. 28 in a Performance Work Statement business notice. Boeing's Oklahoma City, Okla., site holds a nearly $200 million sole-source Defense Information Systems Agency contract through March…

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