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Boeing Cleared To Produce 8th, 9th WGS Satellites

Monday, January 30th, 2012

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The Air Force authorized Boeing [BA] to produce and launch the eighth and ninth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites, according to a company statement. The WGS-9 contract for $376.5 million was issued recently and the WGS-8 production option, which was authorized last month, was worth $296.1 million, a combined value of approximately $673 million. Both are part of the $1.09 billion contract modification announced by the service in September 2011. Both WGS-8 and WGS-9 are part of the Block II…

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