Pentagon orders 17 planes from Boeing for $3.4 billion for two allies

Pentagon orders 17 planes from Boeing for $3.4 billion for two allies

Kyiv  •  UNN

March 1 2024, 09:18 AM  •  25677 views

The Pentagon has signed a $3.4 billion contract with Boeing for the purchase and delivery of 17 P-8A maritime aircraft to Canada and Germany by March 2028.

The Pentagon has signed a contract with Boeing Corporation worth more than $3.4 billion to purchase and supply P-8A maritime aircraft to Canada and Germany. This was reported by the press service of the defense department, according to UNN.

Boeing Corporation has been awarded a $3,407,940,833 firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase and delivery of 17 P-8A multi-role maritime aircraft,

- the statement said.

Details

Under the contract, the Canadian government will receive 14 Boeing P-8As, and three aircraft will be delivered to Germany. The order is scheduled to be completed by March 2028. Most of the production capacity (98.22%) will be concentrated in Washington.

Recall

In November last year, the US Department of Defense ordered about 110 million euros worth of Gepard self-propelled artillery systems to be transferred to Ukraine.

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