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Navy/USMC

Navy Awards Boeing Full-Rate Production Of HAAWC Torpedo Air Launch Kits

Monday, August 22nd, 2022

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Navy Awards Boeing Full-Rate Production Of HAAWC Torpedo Air Launch Kits

An illustration of a High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability, or HAAWC, deployed from a Boeing P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime patrol aircraft. (Artist’s rendering: Boeing)

The Navy on Aug. 19 awarded Boeing [BA] a full-rate production contract for the High-Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC), which allows P-8As to launch torpedoes from high altitudes. The contract is a $26 million firm-fixed-price full rate production contract to produce the HAAWC Air Launch Accessory (ALA) equipment, related engineering and hardware repair services and other direct cost support. It includes options that, if exercised, would raise the total value to $121 million. The HAAWC is carried by a…

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