U.S. Navy
orders 12 new fighter aircraft from Boeing
By Ryan
Maass |
Feb. 28, 2017 at 8:51 AM
Feb. 28 (UPI)
-- Boeing received a $678.6 million contract to provide seven Lot 40 EA-18G
Growlers and five F/A-18E Super Hornet fighters for the U.S. Navy.
In addition
to the aircraft, the contract also includes associated airborne electronic
attack kits, which support the Growler's communication jamming capabilities.
The U.S.
Department of Defense says work on the contract will be performed at various
locations including El Segundo, Calif.; St. Louis, Mo.; Bethpage, N.Y., and
others. The work is expected to be complete by February 2019.
Boeing
received all funding from Fiscal 2016 procurement funds at the time of the
contract award. The Naval Air Systems Command is the contracting activity.
The F/A-18E
Super Hornet is a twin-engine multirole fighter produced as a redesign of the
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. It is approximately 20 percent larger than its
predecessor, and features an aerial refueling system.
The EA-18G
Growler is a Super Hornet modified to perform electronic attack missions.
Original
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