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Navy/USMC

Three Companies Win $413 Million In P-8A Engine Work

Thursday, October 17th, 2019

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Three Companies Win $413 Million In P-8A Engine Work

A P-8A Poseidon assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 flies over USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) in Chesapeake Bay in 2016. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Boeing [BA], StandardAero Inc., and AAR Aircraft Services Inc. won a combined $413 million in contract modifications for P-8A Poseidon engine depot maintenance and repair work. Boeing’s award, for $193 million, specifically provides for CFM56-7B27A/3 and CFM56-7B27AE engine depot maintenance and repair, field assessment, maintenance repair and overhaul engine repair. The Defense Department announcement also noted this covers technical assistance for removing and replacing P-8A engines for the Navy, Australia, and Foreign Military Sales customers. Boeing’s work will largely occur…

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