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Boeing Wins $800 Million Mod For P-8A Work

Monday, March 9th, 2020

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Boeing Wins $800 Million Mod For P-8A Work

A P-8A Poseidon assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 flies over USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) in Chesapeake Bay in 2016. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy on Friday awarded Boeing [BA] an $800 million advanced acquisition modification contract to procure long lead material and activities to support Lot 11 P-8A Poseidon aircraft production and delivery. This modification aims to procure long-lead material and activities to support 18 -P-8A Lot 11 aircraft, with eight for the U.S. Navy, four for New Zealand, and six for South Korea. The contract announcement noted the P-8A multi-mission maritime aircraft (MMA) has a mission to “provide long-range anti-submarine warfare,…

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