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Australian Minister Meets With New Head of Boeing IDS

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Friday, October 2nd, 2009

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Greg Combet, Australia's Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, this week met with Dennis Muilenburg, the newly appointed executive vice president of Boeing [BA] and president and CEO of Boeing IDS. "Australia has had a longstanding relationship with Boeing, which is involved with some of our biggest defense procurement projects," Combet, said. At the meeting Combet discussed the work being done by Boeing on projects such as the Super Hornets and also the Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control…

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