SEATTLE, September 18 — The Boeing Co. has been handed a $13,400,000,000 ceiling modification to an existing contract, a change that lifts the total value of the deal to $19,100,000,000 from $5,700,000,000 and folds in Foreign Military Sales work for Japan and Israel. The Pentagon announced the modification, numbered P00008, against contract FA8609-19-D-0007. The added scope is FMS, and the announcement states the arrangement will also take in future country partners beyond the two named.
Under the hood, a ceiling modification is not a cash transfer. It is a permission slip — a raised limit on what the contract may eventually be worth.
No funds are being obligated at the time of award, which is the detail that matters for anyone tracking when money genuinely moves. The technical reality is that the Pentagon has expanded the envelope, not written a cheque. Work will be performed in Seattle, Washington, where Boeing is headquartered, and is expected to be completed by April 28, 2035.
That is a long runway, and it tells you this is a sustainment and support arrangement rather than a one-off purchase. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
The award was among a series of defense contract announcements issued by the Department of Defense. As ever, the headline figure is the ceiling, not the spend.
The wider contract slate
The same announcement carried several other awards. Blue Halo LLC of Huntsville, Alabama, received a $99,832,117 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Leveraged Orbital Battlespace Optimization program, covering research and development to advance scientific knowledge and state-of-the-art technology supporting space systems. Work will be performed in Huntsville and at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, with an expected completion date of Aug. 29, 2031.
The award resulted from a competitive acquisition with one offer received. Fiscal 2026 research, development, test and evaluation funds totalling $1,696,597 are being obligated at the time of award for two initial task orders, FA9453-26-F-X013 and FA9453-26-F-X014, with a combined ceiling value of $20,178,910.
The Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland AFB is the contracting activity. Olin Winchester LLC of Oxford, Mississippi, was awarded a $788,361,894 firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-with-economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of 5.56mm, 7.62mm, and caliber .50 ammunition. One bid was solicited with one received.
Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 10, 2031. Army Contracting Command at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity.
Rolls-Royce Solutions America Inc. of Novi, Michigan, was awarded a $39,123,120 modification (P00011) to contract W56HZV-23-C-0054 to procure Eitan power packs, bringing the total cumulative face value of the contract to $158,903,171. Work will be performed in Graniteville, South Carolina, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 11, 2027. Fiscal 2010 non-expiring Foreign Military Sales (Israel) funds in the amount of $39,123,120 were obligated at the time of the award.
Army Contracting Command at Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity. J & J Contractors Inc. of North Billerica, Massachusetts, was awarded a $33,007,000 firm-fixed-price contract to demolish failing barracks and construct a new three-story, 300-person collective training barracks. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received.
Work will be performed in Devens, Massachusetts, with an estimated completion date of April 18, 2029. Fiscal 2025 operation and maintenance, Army Reserve funds in the amount of $33,007,000 were obligated at the time of the award.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting activity. Marinex Construction Inc. of Charleston, South Carolina, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract to renourish approximately 5.5 miles of beach and dune. The amount of this action is $28,400,000 with a total cumulative face value of $32,373,000.
Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Anna Maria Island, Florida, with an estimated completion date of May 28, 2027.
Fiscal 2025 civil construction funds in the amount of $28,400,000 were obligated at the time of the award. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity.
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