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Boeing awarded $12B contract for C-17 sustainment

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  • By Jenny Gordon
  • 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
An $11.75 billion contract has been awarded to The Boeing Co. of Huntington Beach, Calif. The 10-year Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity contract is for sustainment support of the C-17 platform.

The contract, which has currently obligated $3.8 billion on a sustainment task order, will provide three years of materials, three years of engine repairs and overhauls, and one year of program management and engineering support, according to Robert N. Jones, Jr., the C-17 lead contracting officer with the Aerospace Sustainment Directorate, Globemaster Division.

"It was a culmination of a lot of hard work by many parties," said Jones. "It provides the Air Force with a mechanism to continue its relationship with Boeing, and to maintain the support that we need for this vital platform that is used for all types of operations, including humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts."

The contract's second task order will next include maintenance and modification work performed at Robins, San Antonio, Texas, and in Long Beach.

Overall, in addition to program management and maintenance, and modification activities, the contract will include: engineering; quality assurance; long-term sustainment planning; unique foreign military customer services; material management, and field services encompassing several partnerships among the three Air Logistics Centers where maintenance wings work.

About 10 percent of the contract supports foreign military sales to the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and to NATO strategic airlift capability.

The contract's acquisition cycle began in May of 2009, with the final award made this past Oct. 1. The Robins Aerospace Sustainment Directorate Contracting Section is the contracting activity.