Boeing Secures $25.5M Navy Mod for F/A-18 Infrared Search and Track Pods

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $25,507,850 modification (P00004) to a firm-fixed-price order (N0001922F2016) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0006). This modification adds scope for the production and delivery of 16 infrared search and track (IRST) pod block II weapon replaceable assemblies to include16 fuel tank assemblies, 16 sensor assembly structures, and final system integration and acceptance testing of 16 IRST pods, as well as providing non-recurring engineering, sustainment, and tooling in support of IRST low-rate initial production Lot Eight for the Navy. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri (79.7%); and Santa Ana, California (20.3%), and is expected to be completed in August 2028. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $25,507,850 will be obligated at the time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.