The Navy awarded Boeing [BA] a $1.5 billion contract to build and deliver 26 F/A-18 Super Hornets to Kuwait, the Defense Department said on June 27.Under the contract, Boeing will provide 22 F/A-18E single seat aircraft and six F/A-18F two seaters.Almost 70 percent of the work will be split between El Segundo, Calif., and Hazelwood, Mo. The remaining work will largely be finished in various locations in the U.S. The work is expected to be finished by Jan. 2021.In April, the Navy…
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