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Boeing awarded $4.04B Navy contract modification for delivery of 78 F/A-18s
Boeing has been awarded a ceiling priced $4.04B modification to convert a previously awarded advanced acquisition contract to a fixed-price-incentive-firm-target multi-year contract. The target price for this multi-year contract is $4B. This modification provides for the full-rate production and delivery of 78 F/A-18 aircraft, specifically 61 F/A-18E and 17 F/A-18F aircraft for fiscal years 2018 through 2021. Work is expected to be completed in April 2024. FY18 and FY19 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $1.56B will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command is the contracting activity.

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They trying to pump it up. imo