BAE Systems was awarded a $58.74 million contract by the US Naval Air Systems Command to manufacture 239 Mode 5 capable APX-111 combined interrogator transponders and 397 spare assemblies for F/A-18 and EA-18G aircraft for the US Navy and Canada.
Bell-Boeing received a $146 million contract modification from US Naval Air Systems Command to upgrade nine MV-22 aircraft from Block B to Block C configuration and perform planned maintenance on eight MV-22 aircraft. Work is expected to be complete in March 2022.
Huntington Ingalls Industries received a $25.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to start fabrication on the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, Enterprise (CVN 80). Work will be performed at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia through March 2018.
General Atomics received a $532.6 million contract modification to manufacture and install the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) on the CVN 80 aircraft carrier. Work will be performed at multiple US and one German site, with completion expected by September 2027.