Boeing awarded $8.7M for crew rest modification efforts on US Air Force C-32 fleet.

Boeing Aerospace Operations Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded an $8,733,007 firm-fixed-price task order FA8134-20-F-5701 against basic contract FA8106-16-D-0004 for crew rest modification efforts on the Air Force C-32 fleet.

Boeing C-32 (Picture source: US Air Force)

The Boeing C-32 is a military passenger transportation version of the Boeing 757-200 mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner. The aircraft has been modified for government use, mainly a change to a 45-passenger interior and military avionics. The C-32 provides safe, comfortable and reliable transportation for U.S. leaders to locations around the world. The primary customers are the vice president, using the distinctive call sign "Air Force Two," the first lady, and members of the Cabinet and Congress.

Work will be performed at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2022. Fiscal 2019 and 2020 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $8,733,007 will be obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity.

President Barack Obama talks with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Senior Advisor David Axelrod during a flight from Paris to Caen, Normandy, June 6, 2009 in the Boeing C-32A (Picture source: White House)