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Boeing Exec Sees Gains In Company’s Defense Sector From International Sales

Pat Host

Thursday, August 14th, 2014

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Boeing Exec Sees Gains In Company’s Defense Sector From International Sales

A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet. (Photo: Boeing)

A key Boeing [BA] executive expects 30 percent of the company’s defense, space and security (BDS) revenue to come from the international sector as the declining domestic defense market continues to challenge defense contractors. Boeing Executive Vice President and CFO Greg Smith said Thursday the BDS business was at 15 percent international “not that long ago” and that the company will continue to pursue additional international growth. “We continue to anticipate that going forward,” Smith told an audience at the…

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