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Boeing wins 9.6 billion dollar contract for US Navy jets
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AFP) Dec 30, 2003
 Boeing has won a 9.6 billion dollars contract to supply the US Navy with 210 F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft and to develop a new version of the plane for electronic warfare, the company said in a statement Monday.

Under the deal, the Navy will buy 42 jets every year from 2005 to 2009, at a cost of 8.6 billion dollars.

Another one billion dollars will go toward developing the new systems for electronic warfare.

Boeing shares closed up 53 cents to 42 dollars.

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