Featured USAF orders eight Boeing F-15EX as part of deal worth up to $23bn

[BHarwana]

Comtract Date: July 13, 2020


The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $22,890,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (FA8634-20-D-2704). The first delivery order has been awarded as an undefinitized contract action with a total not-to-exceed value, including options, of $1,192,215,413. It is a cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price effort for the F-15EX system. This delivery order (FA8634-20-F-0022) provides for design, development, integration, manufacturing, test, verification, certification, delivery, sustainment and modification of F-15EX aircraft, as well as spares, support equipment, training materials, technical data and technical support. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri; and at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2023. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $248,224,746; and fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $53,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
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ST. LOUIS, July 13, 2020 – The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a nearly $1.2 billion contract to build the first lot of eight F-15EX advanced fighter jets to help the service meet its capacity requirements and add capability to its fighter fleet. The award also covers support and one-time, upfront engineering costs. Already under construction at the Boeing F-15 production facility in St. Louis, the first two jets deliver next year.

The U.S. Air Force is also announcing the overall Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract with a ceiling value of nearly $23 billion for F-15EX.

“The F-15EX is the most advanced version of the F-15 ever built, due in large part to its digital backbone,” said Lori Schneider, Boeing F-15EX program manager. “Its unmatched range, price and best-in-class payload capacity make the F-15EX an attractive choice for the U.S. Air Force.”

The F-15EX carries more weapons than any other fighter in its class, and can launch hypersonic weapons up to 22 feet long and weighing up to 7,000 pounds.

To further support the digital airframe and advance rapid technology insertion, the F-15 program serves as a pathfinder for the Department of Defense’s DevSecOps initiative, aimed at developing secure, flexible and agile software. Additionally, open mission systems architecture ensures its viability for decades.

“F-15EX brings together benefits of digital engineering, open mission systems and agile software development to keep it affordable and upgradable for decades to come,” said Prat Kumar, Boeing vice president and F-15 program manager. “This means we can rapidly test and field new capabilities on F-15EX keeping our warfighters ahead of threats.”

Pilots and mechanics currently operating the F-15 anticipate transitioning to the F-15EX in a matter of days as opposed to years. Future plans call for as many as 144 aircraft.

https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2020-0...orce-Ink-historic-Deal-for-F-15EX-Fighter-Jet

 

[LeGenD]

This is the platform which will give USAF considerable firepower and teeth in the years to come - new types of munitions are also being developed to complement it.

This is complete revision of the already formidable F-15 platform.

 

[Sharma Ji]

More about the program here:

 

[Yousafzai_M]

This is the platform which will give USAF considerable firepower and teeth in the years to come - new types of munitions are also being developed to complement it.

This is complete revision of the already formidable F-15 platform.

On paper yes. Lets talk when they are up in a battle against Russian or Chinese jets (not some Taliban airforce!)

 

[LeGenD]

On paper yes. Lets talk when they are up in a battle against Russian or Chinese jets (not some Taliban airforce!)

Sure, bro.

You can learn more about this aircraft in the following link: https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/f-15ex-at-a-glance.653440/

 

[HalfMoon]

Indians are now planning to procure these F-15EX after their SU-30MKIs lost the battle to PAF on 27th february, 2019 and fell from grace.