By Geoff Fein Boeing [BA] is confident that Congress will pass a bill this month making two technical changes so that the Department of Defense (DoD) and the aerospace firm can sign the contract for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet multi-year buy, according to a top company official. DoD and Boeing need to sign that contract by Sept. 30 (Defense Daily, Sept. 7). "You have to have congressional notification certified that it was a 10 percent savings, or acceptable savings, for…
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