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Firms win billions in US Air Force deals

Updated: Monday, 16 Apr 2012, 6:05 AM EDT
Published : Monday, 16 Apr 2012, 6:05 AM EDT

DAYTON, Ohio (DAYTON BUSINESS JOURNAL) - Dayton Business Journal: Defense contractors won more than $18 billion in U.S. Air Force contracts from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base during the first quarter of this year, with the top five largest deals each worth more than $650 million.

The Top 25 largest contracts awarded out of the local Air Force base were worth a combined $17.5 billion for the quarter. Contracts varied in length, from less than a year to more than five years.

The largest deal for the quarter was an $11.4 billion award to The Boeing Co. of St. Louis, Mo. The deal came under the Foreign Military Sales program and calls for Boeing to provide 84 new F-15’s for the government of Saudi Arabia. The rest of the largest contracts ranged from $14.9 million to $1.7 billion.

Read more at: http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2012/04/14/defense-firms-win-billions-in-us-air.html

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