Boeing Wins $90M USAF Contract For Laser Pods

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Boeing Wins $90M USAF Contract For Laser Pods
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Boeing has won $90 million contract from the US Air Force to develop laser pods.

“The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded an estimated $90,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for laser pod research and development,” the US Department of Defense announced Thursday.

Contractor will provide research and development of high energy laser technologies. Work is expected to be complete by Dec. 15, 2021.

This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with four offers received. Cost-plus-fixed-fee completion task order FA9451-17-F-0001 was also awarded under this contract for $35,728,551. Fiscal 2017 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $5,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award, the statement said. 

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