Top defense firm lands $132 million aircraft, nuclear arsenal communications deals

Boeing secured $132 million in contracts for supplying 76 outer wing panels for the U.S. Navy's F/A-18 aircraft and advancing the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications program, a critical space-based component for secure nuclear command and control. These deals increase Boeing's total contract value for the satellite program to $2.9 billion through a contract managed by the Space Systems Command at Los Angeles Air Force Base.

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