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Boeing
Receives Navy Contract For F/A-18 And EA-18 Worth $5 Billion |
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September 30, 2010
- The Boeing Company has been awarded a new multi-year procurement (MYP)
contract from the U.S. Navy for 124 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G
Growler aircraft. "The men and women of Boeing are honored to provide the Super Hornet's advanced, combat-proven multirole capability and the EA-18G's unmatched airborne electronic attack capability to the American warfighters serving their nation around the world each day," said Boeing F/A-18 and EA-18 Programs Vice President Kory Mathews.
"Procurement of
these 124 aircraft through a multi-year contract takes advantage of the
full efficiencies of Boeing?s production and supplier operations, which
will generate more than $600 million in cost savings for |
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The new contract
is the third multi-year agreement between Boeing and the Navy for
production of the F/A-18E/F, the Navy's frontline strike fighter, which
delivers forward-deployed air combat capability around the world from
the decks of 11 Navy aircraft carriers, including ongoing missions in
"Boeing and its
Hornet Industry Team suppliers have delivered every Super Hornet and
Growler on schedule to the warfighter and on budget for the taxpayer
from the first Super Hornet delivery,? said Mathews. ?The first two
F/A-18E/F multi-year contracts generated more than $1.7 billion in
savings for the Boeing delivered 210 Super Hornets to the Navy during the initial F/A-18E/F MYP, which spanned fiscal years 2000 through 2004. Boeing was then awarded a second MYP that included aircraft procurement during fiscal years 2005 through 2009. Aircraft deliveries under that contract continue through 2011 and total 257 aircraft. |
The Boeing
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a multirole aircraft, able to perform
virtually every mission in the tactical spectrum, including air
superiority, day/night strike with precision-guided weapons, fighter
escort, close air support, suppression of enemy air defenses, maritime
strike, reconnaissance, forward air control and tanker missions. Boeing
has delivered more than 430 F/A-18E/Fs to the U.S. Navy.
The Boeing EA-18G
Growler is the only air combat platform that delivers full-spectrum AEA
capability along with the targeting and self-defense capabilities
derived from the Navy's frontline fighter, the F/A-18E/F Block II Super
Hornet. A derivative of the two-seat F/A-18F Block II, the EA-18G's
highly flexible design enables warfighters to operate either from the
deck of an aircraft carrier or from land-based airfields. It is
replacing the Navy's current AEA platform, the EA-6B Prowler, which has
been in service since 1971. The EA-18G joined the Navy's aircraft fleet
in 2008, when it was introduced to fleet training squadron VAQ-129. |
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