Air Force awards Boeing $2.38B for 22 more F-15EX jets

Boeing said on September 29, 2026 that the Department of War awarded it a $2.38 billion contract to build 22 more F-15EX fighters, bringing U.S. Air Force aircraft under contract across Lots 1 through 7 to 120. Air and Space Forces Magazine said the Lot 7 award met a reconciliation-funding deadline and that $2.38 billion for 22 jets averages about $108 million each, excluding separately bought GE Aerospace engines. Boeing said it will keep delivering Lot 3 aircraft through the rest of 2026 and is working to raise production to two F-15EX aircraft a month.