WASHINGTON (Nov. 6, 2009) - The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced the following contract award that pertains to local Navy activities.
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $13,714,646 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-05-G-0026) for the procurement of two F/A-18C/D Mid-Life Upgrade 2 validation-verification kits for the Finnish Air Force under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed in September 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contracting activity is the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md.