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Rockwell Collins Receives $450 Million Contract For DAGR

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Thursday, March 26th, 2009

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Rockwell Collins [COL] recently announced it has received a $450 million follow-on contract to provide Defense Advanced Global Positioning System Receivers (DAGR) to the Air Force GPS Wing. The contract calls for Rockwell Collins to provide these handheld GPS position and navigation receivers through 2016. "This contract ensures that we can continue to deliver best-value GPS receivers to the warfighter without a break in production," Bruce King, vice president and general manager of Surface Solutions for Rockwell Collins, said in…

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