Boeing receives USN contract for 15 additional F/A-18E/F Super Hornets
U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Boeing a US$687.5 million ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee multi-year procurement contract for 14 additional fiscal 2012, Lot 36, F/A-18E aircraft and one additional fiscal 2012, Lot 36, F/A-18F aircraft contained in the F/A-18 multi-year III production contract. Pursuant to the variation in quantity clause, this procurement will bring the number of F/A-18E aircraft on this contract from 55 to 69, and the F/A-18F from 20 to 21. Work is expected to be completed in October 2014. (Source: U.S. Department of Defense)