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Boeing awarded an order to upgrade Navy's E-6s

Seattle, Usa - The operation to involve 15 planes

American Navy has delegated Boeing for the activity of upgrading of its fleet of E-6 Mercury in order to change the cockpit instrumentation from analog to digital. The contract has a value of USD 150m and will regard 15 of these aircraft which would have to be given back to the Navy not later than the end of 2004. The E-6 Mercury is a particular version of the B-707 constructed in the 1980s in order...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 39274
Rome, Italy, 01/24/2003 10:04
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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