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Navy Issues Boeing $200M Long-lead Super Hornet Award Ahead of Planned 20 Fighter Award

Navy Issues Boeing $200M Long-lead Super Hornet Award Ahead of Planned 20 Fighter Award

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the ‘Fighting Checkmates’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on Aug. 24, 2022. US Navy Photo

This post has been updated with a statement from Boeing.

The Navy issued Boeing $200 million to keep its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet production line humming ahead of a congressionally mandated 20 fighter buy, USNI News has learned. Read More