The US Navy (USN) has awarded Boeing a USD71.6 million contact pertaining to the development, integration, and test of Increment 3 capabilities aboard its P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA).
The contract, awarded on 30 June, is specifically related to the Increment 3 capabilities of the Link 16 datalink; the Harpoon II+ anti-shipping missile; integrated broadcast system receiver and filtering; high frequency radio system improvements; targeting improvement; and narrowband satellite communications (SATCOM).
Work is expected to be complete by the end of February 2019.
Increment 3 is the latest in a series of spiral upgrades that are being rolled out onto the P-8A for the USN and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
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