Boeing receives countermeasure integration order
Boeing has received a $15 million firm-fixed-price delivery order to carry out integration work of countermeasures onto a C-40A aircraft for the US Navy.
The contract, announced by the US Department of Defense on 12 September, covers engineering for integration of the AN/AAQ-24 Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures System onto one C-40A aircraft.
The work will be completed by December 2021.
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