Boeing Takes Flight with $111M Avionics Order for F/A-18E/F Block III and E/A-18G Aircraft

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a not-to-exceed $111,891,468 undefinitized, firm-fixed-price order (N0001924F2564) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0006). This order provides for the production and delivery of avionics long lead time parts and spares to support the advanced crew station suite inclusive of the low profile engine fuel display, large area display, and low profile head up display; life of type buys for parts that have or will become obsolete; and special test equipment in support of the F/A-18E/F Block III and E/A-18G aircraft for the Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, and the country of Kuwait. Work will be performed in Berkley, Missouri (35.1%); Haifa, Israel (26.7%); Merrimack, New Hampshire (23.1%); Stillwater, Oklahoma (5.6%); Malabar, Florida (5.0%); Torrance, California (1.5%); Netanya, Israel (1.2%); Kanata, Ontario, Canada (1.0%); and various other locations (0.8%); and is expected to be completed in May 2028. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $16,153,298; fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,462,397; and Foreign Military Sales customer funds in the amount of $4,882,790, 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.