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Old 26th Jan 2012, 15:02
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The Americans are now ordering a few more F/18's:

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contract
No. 054-12 January 25, 2012
CONTRACTS
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The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $687,484,033 ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-fee multi-year procurement contract (N00019-09-C-0019) for 14 additional fiscal 2012, Lot 36, F/A- 18E aircraft and one additional fiscal 2012, Lot 36, F/A-18F aircraft contained in the F/A-18 multi-year III production contract. Pursuant to the variation in quantity clause, this procurement will bring the number of F/A-18E aircraft on this contract from 55 to 69, and the F/A-18F from 20 to 21.
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