
Boeing’s [BA] contract to build the tail kit that will guide the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb during free fall is worth $215 million over four years, according to an Air Force procurement document released last week. The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida released the initial funds for the sole-source tail kit assembly contract in May after announcing in December that Boeing’s design was ready for production. However, the service did not disclose the…