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  • Boeing to Support U.K. P-8A Aircraft Production Under $68M Navy Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Support U.K. P-8A Aircraft Production Under $68M Navy Contract Modification

    Boeing has landed a $68.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to obtain long-lead parts needed for the production of P-8A Poseidon multimission maritime patrol aircraft for the U.K. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will also provide manufacturing support for two full-rate production 4 Lot 8 P-8As under the foreign military sales program. The Naval Air Systems Command will […] More

  • Boeing Gets $61M Contract Modification for Navy P-8A Aircraft Design Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets $61M Contract Modification for Navy P-8A Aircraft Design Review

    Boeing has secured a $60.8 million delivery order modification to perform preliminary and critical design reviews intended to help mature the Increment 3 Block 2 update of the U.S. Navy‘s P-8A Poseidon maritime aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday Boeing will review P-8A wideband satellite communications, computing and security architecture, automated digital network system, common data link, anti-surface […] More

  • Navy Taps Advanced Acoustic Concepts for P-8A, MH-60R Trainer Updates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Advanced Acoustic Concepts for P-8A, MH-60R Trainer Updates

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a $13.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract to Advanced Acoustic Concepts for the procurement of the Common Acoustic Simulation Environment Fidelity Implementation system to support P-8A and MH-60R operators. The Defense Department said Monday CASE-FI works to provide tactical operational flight trainers and weapons tactics trainers updated anti-software warfare tactical environment platforms. The Naval Air Warfare Center […] More

  • Reuters: Norway Eyes Purchase of Up to 6 Boeing-Built Maritime Surveillance Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: Norway Eyes Purchase of Up to 6 Boeing-Built Maritime Surveillance Aircraft

    Norway could purchase five to six units of a Boeing-built maritime surveillance aircraft as the country seeks to expand its military cooperation with the U.S., Reuters reported Monday. Andrea Shalal writes U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Dean Peters, program executive officer for anti-submarine warfare, assault and special missions programs, has asked potential P-8 Poseidon customers to place orders by summer 2017. Peters has indicated […] More

  • Boeing to Provide P-8 Maintenance Training Devices to Australian Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Provide P-8 Maintenance Training Devices to Australian Air Force

    Boeing will provide P-8A maintenance training devices to the Australian air force in an effort to prepare the crew to support the P-8A aircraft. “This provides the [Royal Australian Air Force] with the ability to train its maintainers on more than 1,400 maintenance procedures using the Boeing-provided suite of devices,” Tom Wagner, Boeing’s P-8A maintenance program […] More

  • Navy Receives Boeing-Built Poseidon Plane Number 14 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Receives Boeing-Built Poseidon Plane Number 14

    Boeing has delivered a 14th P-A Poseidon airplane to U.S. Navy as the branch seeks to bolster its sea patrolling capabilities, the company said Wednesday. The first Poseidon squadron deployed in Kadena, Japan last winter to carry out operational missions and a second squadron is scheduled to deploy later this summer, Boeing says. Navy Commander Tony Rossi, […] More