Boeing awarded $767 million for J-UCAS demo program

Boeing Co. (BA), St. Louis, Mo., received a $766.7 million modification to a previously awarded other transaction for prototypes agreement to design, develop and fabricate three full-scale X-45C Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems air vehicles and two mission control elements, integrate them with the J-UCAS Common Operating System to meet Air Force and Navy mission capability objectives, and conduct an operational experiment and assessment. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo. (80 percent), El Segundo, Calif. (4 percent), Cincinnati, Ohio (2 percent), Goleta, Calif. (2 percent), Lynn, Mass. (2 percent) and multiple other locations (one percent or less at each location) and will be completed in March 2010.