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Boeing wins $119.7 million contract to upgrade US and Australian P-8A aircraft
The US Navy awarded Boeing a $119.7 million contract modification to upgrade P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft.
The aircraft are operated by the US Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force.
The contract covers nine upgrade kits: seven for US aircraft and two for Australian aircraft.
It also provides for installing four kits on US Navy aircraft.
The P-8A is based on a Boeing 737 design but has been adapted for military maritime missions.
Its sensors and systems help crews find and track submarines and surface ships.
The upgrades are part of modernizing the aircraft for surveillance and warfare missions.
Boeing received a $119.7 million US Navy contract modification to make and install upgrade kits for US and Australian P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
The work covers nine retrofit A-kits: seven for US Navy aircraft and two for Royal Australian Air Force aircraft.
The modification also provides for installation of four retrofit A-kits and associated government-furnished B-kits on US Navy aircraft.
The kits will add Increment Three Block Two Engineering Change Proposal Six capabilities.
The P-8A is used for maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare.
- Who
- Boeing received the contract modification from the US Navy. The work covers US Navy and Royal Australian Air Force aircraft.
- What
- Boeing will manufacture nine retrofit A-kits and install four A-kits with associated government-furnished B-kits on US Navy P-8A aircraft.
- When
- The contract modification was reported on November 5, 2026.
- Where
- The aircraft are operated by the United States and Australia.
- Why
- The upgrades add Increment Three Block Two Engineering Change Proposal Six capabilities to the P-8A fleet.
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- Contract value
- $119,654,234
- US Navy retrofit A-kits
- Seven
- Royal Australian Air Force retrofit A-kits
- Two
- US Navy A-kit installations
- Four, with associated government-furnished B-kits
- Upgrade capability
- Increment Three Block Two Engineering Change Proposal Six
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The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded a $119,654,234 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00001) to a previously issued order (N0001926F1095) against a basic ordering agreement (N0001926G1002)