Boeing Wins Multimillion Contract for Super Hornet Fighter Sustainment Package

© AP Photo / Kim Hong-JiA U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter lands onto the deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered super carrier, during a joint naval drill between South Korea and the U.S. (File)
A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter lands onto the deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered super carrier, during a joint naval drill between South Korea and the U.S. (File) - Sputnik International
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Boeing won a contract worth more than $89 million to carry out additional maintenance work on the Super Hornet and Growler fighter aircraft.

Boeing F-18 Super Hornet - Sputnik International
Boeing Wins $50M to Extend Service Life of F-18 Super Hornet Aircraft
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US defense giant Boeing won a contract worth more than $89 million to carry out additional maintenance work on the US Navy’s aging force of Super Hornet and Growler fighter aircraft, the Department of Defense said in a press release.

“The Boeing Company [of] Jacksonville, Florida is being awarded [a] $89.1 million… contract for additional depot-level maintenance support and sustainment for the F/A-18 A/B/C/D/E/F and EA-18G aircraft,” the release stated on Friday.

The work will include High Flight Hour (HFH) inspections, modifications and liaison engineering and is due to be completed in December 2017, the Defense Department added.

Defense Secretary James Mattis ordered a comparison of the hugely expensive and controversial Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter and the F/A-18 not long after President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January.

Around the same time, Boeing, the manufacturer of the F/A-18, circulated a document suggesting that the Navy had a "significant capability gaps against emerging threats" with the F-35, according to the Navy Times, and that updating the F/A-18 was more efficient that buying new F-35 jets.

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