Boeing To Procure Additional Two F/A-18E/F Super Hornets For US Navy

[Zarvan]

Boeing To Procure Additional Two F/A-18E/F Super Hornets For US Navy

The US Navy has awarded a $17.7 million worth contract to Boeing for procurement of additional two F/A-18E/F twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft, the Department of defense announced Friday.

According to the release, a $17,777,048 modification “increases the ceiling of the contract to procure up to an additional quantity of two F/A-18E/F aircraft, modified to extend the service life of the aircraft”.

Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri; and El Segundo, California, and is expected to be completed in October 2020.

The Super Hornet is able to carry air-to-air missiles and air-to-surface weapons.

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/24...18E_F__Super_Hornets_For_US_Navy#.XGjM31wzZPY

 

[nahtanbob]

Boeing To Procure Additional Two F/A-18E/F Super Hornets For US Navy

The US Navy has awarded a $17.7 million worth contract to Boeing for procurement of additional two F/A-18E/F twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft, the Department of defense announced Friday.

According to the release, a $17,777,048 modification “increases the ceiling of the contract to procure up to an additional quantity of two F/A-18E/F aircraft, modified to extend the service life of the aircraft”.

Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri; and El Segundo, California, and is expected to be completed in October 2020.

The Super Hornet is able to carry air-to-air missiles and air-to-surface weapons.

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/24...18E_F__Super_Hornets_For_US_Navy#.XGjM31wzZPY

$8.5 million per aircraft
something does not make sense

 

[ACE OF THE AIR]

Boeing To Procure Additional Two F/A-18E/F Super Hornets For US Navy

The US Navy has awarded a $17.7 million worth contract to Boeing for procurement of additional two F/A-18E/F twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft, the Department of defense announced Friday.

According to the release, a $17,777,048 modification “increases the ceiling of the contract to procure up to an additional quantity of two F/A-18E/F aircraft, modified to extend the service life of the aircraft”.

Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri; and El Segundo, California, and is expected to be completed in October 2020.

The Super Hornet is able to carry air-to-air missiles and air-to-surface weapons.

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/24...18E_F__Super_Hornets_For_US_Navy#.XGjM31wzZPY

Replacement for the ones that crashed recently close to japan.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

$8.5 million per aircraft
something does not make sense

That is because this is not an order for new aircraft.
It is just an order to extend the life of two aircrafts.