SUPER HORNET AND ADVANCED HAWKEYE MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS ISSUED

The US Navy is acquiring 78 new Block III Super Hornets under a multi-year contract. Boeing BOEING RECEIVED A $4.04 billion Modification to a previously awarded advanced acquisition multi-year contract from the US Naval Air Systems Command that provides for the full-rate production and delivery of 61 Block III F/A-18E and 17 F/A-18F aircraft that will be acquired through scal year 2021. The contract includes the initial batch six Block III toghters that are being procured with Fiscal 2018 funds.