Boeing has been awarded a $408.7m contract for the full rate production and delivery of nine F/A-18E aircraft in agreement with the aircraft variation in quantity clause.
The ceiling-priced modification contract follows a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee contract.
The combat-proven F/A-18E Hornet is a twin-engine, multimission, tactical aircraft that can simultaneously engage in air-to-air fighter missions and air-to-ground strike missions.
The aircraft is equipped with an M61A1 20mm gun mounted inside the nose of the craft, and carries 13,700lb of external ordnance and has nine weapon stations.
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By GlobalDataWork will be carried out at the company’s facility in Missouri, US and is expected to be completed in December 2013.
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The US Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, US, will be the contracting activity.
