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Army

Northstar Aerospace To Complete Development of Innovative Transmission For Apache Block III

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Friday, November 9th, 2007

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By Ann Roosevelt Northstar Aerospace Inc.'s subsidiary, Northstar Aerospace (Canada) Inc. yesterday announced it received a four year, potential $26 million contract from Boeing [BA] to complete the development and flight certification of an innovative transmission that will be used in the Army's Block III AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter modernization program. The contract provides for annual funding awards. Northstar received individual contracts of more than $3 million for the past two fiscal years, the company said. (Defense Daily, March 1,…

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