Boeing Awarded $3.5 Billion for C-17 Globemaster Aircraft Sustainment

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Boeing Awarded $3.5 Billion for C-17 Globemaster Aircraft Sustainment
Boeing C-17 Globemaster heavy lift aircraft

Boeing has been awarded a $3,464,266,341 contract for the C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Program.

This contract will provide support and sustainment services to the government product support manager/product support integrator for the C-17 weapon system, a Pentagon Contract announcement said.

The contract involves Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, NATO Airlift Management Program Office, India, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

Support includes: program management; sustaining logistics; material and equipment management; sustaining engineering; quality assurance; depot level aircraft maintenance and modifications; F117 propulsion system management; long-term sustainment planning; field services, unique foreign military customer services and Air Logistics Center partnering support for the worldwide fleet of the C-17 aircraft.

The period of performance is nine years and eight months, consisting of three 12-month ordering periods, two 37-month options, and the six-month option to extend services, for a total maximum value of $23,764,751,000. Work will be performed in multiple domestic and international locations and is expected to be completed by May 30, 2031, if all options are exercised.

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