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Australia Awards GE 12-Year Engine Contract

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Thursday, February 5th, 2009

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GE said it has been awarded a 12-year Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract from the Australian Department of Defence for F404 and F414 engines powering the Australian Defence Force's (ADF) Boeing [BA] F/A-18A/B Hornet and soon-to-be-acquired F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft. "We're pleased to expand our successful relationship with Australia and collaborate to ensure the optimum fleet readiness of all ADF F404 and F414 engines," Tony Mathis, GE's Turbofan/Turbojet Department general manager said. This F404/F414 total logistics support contract covers all…

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