Air Force awards Boeing $14.3B contract for B-1, B-52 sustainment

By Courtney Albon / April 15, 2019 at 11:29 AM

The Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract worth up to $14.3 billion for B-1 and B-52 modernization and sustainment.

The 10-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, awarded Friday, will support “upcoming modernization and sustainment efforts to increase lethality, enhance survivability, improve supportability, and increase responsiveness.”

The award announcement does not specify the efforts included in the contract. The service awarded Boeing $1.2 million for the first task order.

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