Boeing gets max $196 million F/A-18 spares contract

Delivery order is against a five-year base contract with one five-year option period.

Boeing was awarded a $196 million delivery order against a five-year base contract to provide F/A-18 Super Hornet spare parts.

The deal for the U.S. Navy jets also includes one five-year option period to provide the spares.

Work will be performed in Missouri, with an estimated completion date of December 2019.

The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency is the contracting entity.

Boeing's Super Hornet is a twin-engine, super sonic, all-weather fighter that can take off from and land on an aircraft carrier.

(Geoff Ziezulewicz - UPI)