WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Defense yesterday announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded an $16,313,127 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-05-C-0003) for the procurement of CY 07 In Service Support services for the F/A-18 A-D aircraft for the U.S. Navy and the Governments of Switzerland, Finland, Canada, Australia, Kuwait, Malaysia, and Spain, including program management, engineering, and logistics support.
Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. (76 percent) and El Segundo, Calif. (24 percent) and is expected to be completed in Dec. 2007.
Contract funds in the amount of $1,355,091 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification combines purchases for the U. S. Navy ($12,316,554; 75.5 percent); and the Governments of Canada ($1,229,880; 7.5%); Spain ($799,508; 4.9 percent); Australia ($667,848; 4.1 percent); Finland ($569,731; 3.5 percent); Kuwait ($355,950; 2.2 percent); Switzerland ($302,571; 1.9 percent); and Maylasia ($71,085; 0.4 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program.
The Naval Air Systems Command is the contracting activity.