Boeing has secured a $450.5 million Foreign Military Sales contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide command and control capabilities to the F-15 Japan Super Interceptor Program. The sole source acquisition contract calls for Boeing’s delivery of radars, self-protection solutions and mission computers, the U.S. Department of Defense said Tuesday.
The company will work on the contract at its St. Louis facilities in Missouri through February 2030. An FMS allocation of $110.8 million is being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio initiated the contracting activity.
Japan’s Military Modernization
Boeing is also one of the four primary contractors in Japan’s $4.1 billion FMS purchase of refueling aircraft and related equipment, which the U.S. approved in September. Another deal to upgrade Japan’s air force fleet involves an estimated $104 million acquisition of 50 missiles, with Lockheed Martin as the supplier.
In September 2023, Japan’s Ministry of Defense requested a $52.9 billion fiscal year 2024 budget for military modernization, including $939.3 million for the procurement of eight F-35A jets and $862.3 million for seven F-35Bs.