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USAF Awards Boeing Nearly $2.4 Billion KC-46A Contract

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, November 21st, 2024

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USAF Awards Boeing Nearly $2.4 Billion KC-46A Contract

A KC-46A Pegasus takes off during the third annual KC-46 Weapons Systems Council on Nov. 15th at McConnell AFB, Kan. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA] a nearly $2.4 billion contract for 15 KC-46A Pegasus tankers in Lot 11 of the buy, the Pentagon said in its contracts announcements on Thursday. On Nov. 4, the Boeing machinists union announced the end of a 53-day strike several weeks after the company released preliminary third quarter financial results with Boeing's defense segment taking a $2 billion charge related to continued cost overruns on certain fixed-price development contracts and the impacts…

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