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 by James Laporta Washington (UPI) Apr 9, 2018
L3 Technologies was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for services in support of F/A-18C-F Hornet and Super Hornet, along with the EA-18G Growler. The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $218 million under the terms of a indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which is a modification to a previous award. The agreement enables L3 Technologies to procure and provide new training systems, including hardware and software upgrades for aircrew training systems and other product and support services for F/A-18C-F Hornet and Super Hornets, and the EA-18G Growler, an electronic warfare aircraft, the Pentagon said. Work will occur in Arlington, Texas, and is expected to be complete April 2023. More than $1.5 million will be obligated to L3 Technologies at the time of award from Navy fiscal 2016 aircraft procurement and 2018 operation and maintenance funds. The Pentagon says that $200,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Additionally on Friday, the Defense Department awarded more than $54.3 million under the terms of a modified fixed-price-incentive-firm contract to Boeing for the company to manufacture and produce 38 F/A-18E Super Hornets and 21 EA-18G Growlers aircraft for the Navy.
US to sell European allies $4.7bn in military aircraft Washington (AFP) April 4, 2018 The United States on Wednesday approved $4.7 billion in deals for American firms to sell jet fighters to Slovakia, military helicopters to Spain and armed drones to Britain. All three countries are NATO members, and the sale of F-16 fighters to Slovakia will enable it to retire its Russian-built MiG-29s and build a fleet to work with its Western allies. US President Donald Trump has called on all NATO members to increase their defense spending and thus better distribute the burden of paying for ... read more
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