General Electric has won a $25 million modification contract to supply 72 F-414-GE-400 engines for Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters belonging to Kuwait and the US Navy.
“General Electric $24.89 modification contract to procure 72 F/A-18 F-414-GE-400 install engines devices for the Navy (24); and the government of Kuwait (48),” the US Department of Defense said in a statement Thursday.
This modification combines purchases for the Navy (31 %) and the government of Kuwait (69 %) under the FMS program. The contract includes two spare and six test F414-GE-400 install engines devices for the government of Kuwait.
Work is expected to be completed in December 2020.