Boeing Wins $17 Million Navy Contract for Super Hornet and Growler Production-Line Shutdown Planning

Boeing has received a $16.7 million firm-fixed-price order from Naval Air Systems Command to support the shutdown of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler production lines. The company will provide planning, analysis, engineering and program management support, including an inventory of government-owned production assets and a plan for their retention, storage or disposition. Work is expected to be completed in November 2030.

Super Hornet and Growler Production-Line Shutdown Details

Boeing will inventory and assess government-owned equipment and tooling used in production of the two aircraft. It will use that assessment to develop recommendations on which assets should be retained, placed in storage or disposed of as the lines close.

The principal deliverable is a master property inventory and disposition plan. Boeing will also provide the planning, engineering analysis and program management needed to develop that plan. The work will take place in St. Louis, Missouri, which accounts for 60% of the effort; El Segundo, California, at 37%; and Bethpage, New York, at 3%.

Super Hornet and Growler Program Background

The shutdown concerns new-aircraft production, not the end of fleet operations. The Navy’s Super Hornet program description says the aircraft is expected to provide combat capability into the 2040s. The Growler, derived from the two-seat Super Hornet, performs electronic-attack missions.

In March 2024, the Navy awarded Boeing $1.3 billion for 17 Block III Super Hornets and a technical-data package that it described as important to sustaining the aircraft after production. The Navy’s aircraft-procurement budget justification describes production-line shutdown more broadly as encompassing property and tooling disposition, data transition and supplier closeout. Boeing’s new order specifically covers the government-owned equipment and tooling assessment and the resulting inventory and disposition plan.

Award and Contractor Background

The Navy did not competitively procure the order. It was placed under an existing Boeing basic ordering agreement with an ordering period running from June 2026 through June 2031.

This award was disclosed by the DoW in its daily press release. Additional contract details will be available on HigherGov in approximately 90 days under N0001926F1139 after the contract is formally disclosed by the government.