Boeing has been awarded an $880 million contract by the U.S. Department of War to supply, upgrade and sustain training systems for the P-8A Poseidon aircrew and maintenance community, the government announced on Thursday.
The agreement is composed as a combination of firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee elements within an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) framework. It encompasses procurement, modernization and sustainment activities for training systems tied to the P-8A program. Specifically, the scope includes the development, integration, testing, delivery and installation of new training devices and upgrades to existing trainers, together with associated hardware, software, spare parts and support services.
Work under the contract will be concentrated mainly in St. Louis, Missouri, which accounts for 80% of the effort. The remainder of the work will be distributed across domestic and international locations, including Jacksonville, Florida; Oak Harbor, Washington; and overseas sites in Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, South Korea, Germany, Canada, Singapore and Norway. The overall contract is scheduled to be completed by June 2031.
The award did not obligate funds at the time it was announced. Instead, funding will be applied incrementally as individual orders are issued under the IDIQ vehicle. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, Florida, serves as the contracting activity for the work.
In a related action, Boeing also received an estimated $55.4 million modification to exercise a three-year option period for P-8A commercial common consumables market baskets. At the time of that modification, a delivery order valued at $18.5 million was executed. The work tied to that delivery order is slated to be performed in St. Louis and Seattle and extend through June 30, 2029.
The contract combines multiple procurement and sustainment modalities and spans several years of activity across both U.S. and allied locations. The IDIQ structure means specific orders and associated funding will be defined and obligated over time as individual delivery orders are placed.
Context and implications
The award centers on maintaining and enhancing the training infrastructure supporting the P-8A fleet, covering aircrew and maintenance training devices as well as the ancillary hardware, software and supply elements required to sustain those systems. The contract’s geographic footprint spans a primary domestic hub and a set of international partner locations where P-8A operations and training occur.
Contract administration will be handled by the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, with funding applied on a per-order basis rather than at contract award.