Navy awards Boeing $1.9B SLAM-ER contract for Saudi Arabia

The Navy yesterday awarded Boeing a $1.9 billion contract in foreign military sales to Saudi Arabia for 650 Stand-Off Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response missiles, as well as associated non-recurring engineering.

The non-recurring engineering is for obsolescence redesign efforts, according to a May 13 Defense Department announcement. Boeing is scheduled to finish the work by December 2028.

Separately, the service also awarded Boeing a $656 million contract modification for 467 Harpoon missiles for various foreign customers including Brazil, Thailand, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Boeing is expected to finish work for the contract by December 2026.