Boeing wins P-8 contract with work to be done in Jacksonville (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Business Journal) — The Boeing Co. has received a $36.6 million contract to work on P-8As, with most of the work being done in Jacksonville.
The cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously issued order will have the Seattle-based company procure three retrofit kits that will be used to add anti-submarine warfare capabilities to the aircraft for the U.S. Navy. The new project also pays for the company to procure a dozen nose radome retrofit kits for the Australian military.
About 80% of the work will be done in Jacksonville, with parts of the project also taking place in St. Louis and Mesa, Arizona. The project is expected to last through August 2025.
Jacksonville Naval Air Station is home to six patrol and reconnaissance squadrons that use the P-8, with missions ranging from hunting for submarines to aiding in search-and-rescue missions.
Boeing has been increasing its presence in Jacksonville, with the construction of a 394,000-square-foot facility that Jacksonville Aviation Authority CEO Mark VanLoh has called “one of the most significant in the JAA’s history.”
The $116.5 million hangar and office facility at Cecil is on schedule and set to be fully operational in January 2024, the company said.
Work done at the new facility will include maintenance on F-18 aircrafts as well as Boeing’s P-8 Poseidon and C-40.
The company has received several contracts recently, including a $264 million contract for work on the flight control surfaces of the Super Hornets and Growlers and a $117.5 million modification of a previous contract to inspect, modify and repair F/A-18 E/Fs and EA-18Gs.