A week after receiving a nearly $10 million dollar contract adjustment, local aerospace company Smiths Aerospace has received another contract from the Navy for $12,862,995. The contract is for the manufacturing of 67 AV-8B Warfare Management Computers. The AV-8B Harrier has been used in Iraq and Afghanistan by the Marines and the Navy.
Smiths Receives another Contract for Components used in Iraq War
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