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Boeing wins orders worth up to $873M for F/A-18 upgrades

[December 13, 2013]  WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Boeing Co <BA.N> has won contracts worth up to $873 million for a variety of system upgrades for its F/A-18 A/B, C/D, E/F fighter planes, and the EA-18G electronic attack planes for the U.S. Navy and allied governments, the U.S. Defense Department announced on Thursday.

This contract was awarded on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity basis with work to be completed in December 2018.

It covers a range of possible upgrades for the U.S. Navy and the governments of Australia, Finland, Switzerland, Kuwait, Malaysia, and Canada, which operate the Boeing warplanes.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa; editing by Andre Grenon)

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