The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $86.4 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract.
The agreement between the U.S. Air Force and Orbital ATK will provide the Afghan Air Force with an AC-208 Eliminator, an armed intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.
The aircraft is equipped with AGM-114 HELLFIRE missile payloads.
Work on the contract will occur in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be complete by June 2019, the Pentagon said in a press release.
More than $42.3 million will be obligated to Orbital ATK from fiscal 2017 Afghan security forces funds.
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