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Air Force Awards Boeing $3.5 Billion For F-15SA Conversion Kits

Friday, March 15th, 2013

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The Air Force said yesterday it awarded Boeing [BA] a $3.5 billion contract modification for F-15S to SA conversion kits. In addition to the conversion kits, Boeing will produce technical order development, integration and testing fabrication of trial kits to support validation and verification activities as well as the procurement and installation of four base stand-up kits. The Air Force said this modification is a decrease of $456 million from a revised not-to-exceed award of $3.5 billion for the F-15S/SA…

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