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Air Force Awards Boeing $895 Million For C-17 Enhancements

Friday, January 4th, 2013

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The Air Force said Dec. 28 it awarded Boeing [BA] an $895 million contract for operational enhancements to the C-17 military transport aircraft. The contract, a cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, fixed-price incentive-fee and cost-reimbursement deal, will provide integrated software and hardware upgrades and development efforts for the C-17. A Boeing spokesperson said yesterday in an email enhancements, in the near-term, could include cockpit/crew workload reduction and a producibility enhancement and program improvement (PEPI) study to identify specific opportunities and additional communication,…

Army

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Congress

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Budget

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Congress

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