Boeing was awarded a contract by the Defense Department for services in support of F/A-18 A-F Hornets, Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers for the U.S. Navy and Australia.

The contract award from Naval Air Systems Command is valued at more than $22.6 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price task order for "non-recurring engineering required for the redesign of the Data Bus Interface Unit and the Deployable Flight Incident Recorder of the Deployable Flight Incident Recording Set," the Pentagon said.

F/A-18 A-F Hornets and Super Hornets are twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft fighter jets and the EA-18G Growlers is an an electronic warfare aircraft, according to the Navy.

The Pentagon said that the redesigns will address "obsolescence issues, as well as provide for additional memory and a 406 MHz beacon capability," in addition to other hardware and software to support the redesign of the Deployable Flight Incident Recording Set system.

Work on the contract will occur in Missouri, California, as well as Canada and is expected to be complete in July 2022.

The total cumulative amount of the contract will be obligated to Boeing from Navy fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement and foreign military sale funds, the Pentagon said.

The obligated funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year in September.

Raytheon contracted for aircraft identification systems support
Washington (UPI) May 24, 2018 –

Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the Defense Department for systems sustainment of identification friend or foe systems.

The deal, from the Air Force Sustainment Center, is valued at $7.2 million and enables Raytheon to provide services and hardware in support of APX 114 and APX 119 systems, the Pentagon said.

The APX 114 and APX 119 systems are Identification Friend or Foe systems, which are designed for command and control and enable both military and civilian air traffic control systems to identify aircraft, vehicles or forces as friendly or foe to determine their bearing and range.

Work on the contract will occur in California and is expected to be complete in June 2020.

No funds will be obligated to Raytheon at time of award, the Pentagon said.