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Thursday, August 01, 2013

Boeing P-8A ASW aircraft production ramps-up with $2 billion contract for 13 more planes

P-8A PoseidonAircraft designers at the Boeing Co. Defense, Space & Security segment in Seattle are making plans to build an additional 13 P-8A Poseidon long-range maritime patrol jets for the U.S. Navy under terms of a $2 billion contract modification announced late Wednesday.

Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., announced the contract modification to Boeing, which involves low-rate initial production (LRIP lot-4 models of the P-8.

The contract includes long-lead parts for 16 more P-8A full-rate production lot-1 aircraft.

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