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Boeing wins $883M Army cargo support contract

Arlington aerospace giant to provide engineering and logistics support

Josh Janney //August 11, 2025//

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Boeing headquarters, Arlington County

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Boeing headquarters, Arlington County

Boeing wins $883M Army cargo support contract

Arlington aerospace giant to provide engineering and logistics support

Josh Janney //August 11, 2025//

Arlington County-based aerospace and defense giant has been awarded an up-to-five-year $883.1 million contract from the to provide cargo engineering and support services.

The stated that the Contracting Command, based at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, solicited bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract online, with one bid received. The DOD said work locations and funding will be determined with each task order. The command expects work to be completed by July 31, 2030.

Boeing posted 2024 revenue of $66.5 billion, down from $77.79 billion in 2023, but the commercial airplane unit reported 81% in revenue growth in the second quarter this year. CEO Kelly Ortberg has said he expects positive cash flow by the fourth quarter. This month, 3,200 Boeing machinists who build fighter jets in St. Louis went on strike.

Boeing’s commercial jet sector’s recent troubles continued in June when a Boeing 787 Air India jet crashed, killing 260 people. A preliminary report appeared to rule out mechanical or design error.

In July, Boeing and Alaska Airlines settled with passengers who sued for $1 billion following a midair wall-panel blowout on a 2024 flight. In May, the U.S. Justice Department and Boeing reached a deal for the company to avoid criminal prosecution over fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max planes in 2018 and 2019; Boeing will pay and invest more than $1.1 billion, including $445 million to crash victims’ families.

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