Government of Australia

The Boeing Co. was awarded a $326,295,367 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order to develop, integrate and test Increment 3 Block capabilities into the P-8A aircraft for the U.S. Navy and the government of Australia. Work is expected to be completed by March 2024.

Raytheon was awarded an $81,224,627 contract modification for the procurement of 228 configuration components for retrofit of F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft for the U.S. Navy and the government of Australia.

CFM International Inc. received a $79,981,638 firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy for five CFM56-7B27AE engines, four compressor cases and associated kits, plus one engine for Australia, in support of P-8 Poseidon aircraft. Work will be performed in France, North Carolina, Singapore and Canada, with completion expected in September 2019.

The Australian government awarded BAE Systems a 35 billion Australian dollar ($26 billion) contract to build nine Hunter-class frigates. The ships will be built by ASC Shipbuilding in Adelaide, with the first delivery expected in the late 2020s.