Aircraft power boost: CFM International receives $47.78M modification for P-8A Poseidon spare engines

CFM International, West Chester, Ohio, is awarded a $47,775,000 modification (P00001) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N0001923C0051). This modification exercises options to procure three CFM56-7B27AE spare engines, two for the Navy and one for the government of Germany, in support of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Work will be performed in Villaroche, France (53%); Durham, North Carolina (43%); and Peebles, Ohio (4%), and is expected to be completed in December 2023. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $31,850,000; and Foreign Military Sales customer funds in the amount of $15,925,000 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.