WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co (
BA.N) has been awarded a contract valued at $2.1 billion to build 16 P-8A Poseidon long-range maritime spy planes for the U.S. Navy, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday.
The deal marks the first full-rate production contract for Boeing for the new planes, and follows a decision by Australia last week to buy eight P-8A planes for A$4 billion ($3.6 billion).
So can someone explain why the Aussie P-8s are so much more expensive?
Y_G