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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Boeing awarded 5.3 bln dlr US Navy fighter jet contract

EA-18G GrowlerBoeing has been awarded a three-year, 5.3-billion-dollar contract with the US Navy to build 124 fighter jets, the US aeronautics giant said Tuesday.

Under the terms of the agreement, Boeing from 2012 to 2015 will deliver to the US Navy 66 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and 58 EA-18-G Growlers to the Navy -- the Growler is a carrier-based electronic warfare craft that replaces the EA-6B Prowler.

The new contract is valued at 5.297 billion dollars, the company said.

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