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Nuclear Modernization

Air Force Releases Funds for Early Components for Boeing’s B61-12 Tail Kit

Monday, April 29th, 2019

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Air Force Releases Funds for Early Components for Boeing’s B61-12 Tail Kit

Boeing [BA] has received a roughly $125 million contract modification to procure some long-lead components for the guided tail kit the company is making for the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb, the Department of Defense said Friday. The contract for tail-kit parts is now worth a total of about $130 million, according to a Pentagon procurement notice. The service cleared Boeing to start building the B61-12 tail kit in December after about six years of development, including flight tests. After procuring…

Congress

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