Boeing Co. has received a $10.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for production of Harpoon missiles for Saudi Arabia's military.

The modification calls for obsolescence redesign efforts in producing and delivering the AGM-84 Harpoon Block II missiles, a ship-based weapon, to be completed by the end of August. The Defense Department made the announcement on Tuesday.

The 500-pound Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system. It is regarded as the world's most successful anti-ship missile, upgraded regularly since its 1977 introduction, and is in use by over 30 countries' navies. The Harpoon is also capable of ship-to-land strikes.

McDonnell Douglas and Boeing's Defense, Space and Security division has manufactured 7,000 Harpoon missiles.

The missile's development led to the standoff land attack missile and the SLAM expanded response [SLAM-ER] armament.

The latest Harpoon variant, the Block II, uses the integrated global positioning system/inertial navigation system found on the Joint Direct Attack Munition, and the software, mission computer, GPS antenna and receiver found on the SLAM-ER, according to Boeing.

The majority of Boeing's work on the contract will be conducted at its St. Charles, Mo., manufacturing facility.

In October, Boeing received a $244 million Navy contract to procure long lead material for Harpoon full-rate production in support of multiple Foreign Military Sales customers.

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