US Awards Boeing $4Bln For 78 F-18 Fighter Jets - Pentagon

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published March 21, 2019 | 04:35 AM

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st March, 2019) The Pentagon has awarded Boeing $4 billion to build 78 F-18 fighter jets, the Department of Defense said in a press release.

"The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a ceiling priced $4,040,458,297 modification...

for the full-rate production and delivery of 78 F/A-18 aircraft, specifically 61 F/A-18E and 17 F/A-18F aircraft for fiscal years 2018 through 2021," the release said on Wednesday.

The project is expected to be completed BY April 2024, the release said.

Boeing's F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet multi-role strike fighter jet comes in two versions - the single-seat E model and the two-seat F model, according to the company's website.