Joanna Crews
Boeing has secured a $41.3 million advance acquisition contract from the U.S. Navy to obtain long-lead materials needed to build additional Super Hornet combat aircraft.
The company will produce 20 F/A-18Es and four F/A-18Fs under full-rate production lot 43, the Defense Department said Tuesday.
The service branch will use fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement funds to cover the full obligated amount at the time of award.
The Naval Air Systems Command awarded the contract under a non-competitive procurement process in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1.
