Boeing Co. received a contract today for 124 F/A-18 fighter jets valued at $5.3 billion, the Pentagon said on its website.
The contract is for 66 planes of the F/A-18 variant called the Super Hornet and 58 electronic jamming aircraft called the Growler, Boeing said today in a separate statement. The Chicago- based company already is delivering 210 F-18 aircraft under a five-year, $8.5 billion contract awarded in December 2003.
