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Boeing (NYSE: BA) will manufacture 12 more KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft for the U.S. Air Force under a $1.69B contract option. The award for the sixth KC-46 tanker production lot covers licenses, data, subscriptions and a flat file, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

Guilford, Maine-based woodenware manufacturing company Hardwood Products has secured a $110.1M undefinitized contract to obtain machinery and equipment needed to ramp up production of foam-tip nasal swabs for medical use.

Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Atomics' aeronautical systems business and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) have received separate two-year contracts worth $77.8M combined to develop prototype unmanned air vehicles for the U.S. Air Force's manned-unmanned teaming experimentation initiative. All three companies will aim to build UAV technology to serve as testbeds for an autonomous core system concept under the service branch's Skyborg Vanguard program, the AF Life Cycle Management Center said Monday.

L3Harris (NYSE: LHX) has won a $667.9M contract to help the U.S. Air Force maintain the service branch's C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. The company will provide midcycle paint services for C-130J airlifters and depot-level maintenance for C-130H planes, the Department of Defense said Monday.

Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has secured a potential nine-year, $453M contract to help the U.S. Air Force modernize aircraft engines. The company will develop engineering modifications, design support equipment, perform repair work, address identified deficiencies and support engine service life maintenance or extension under the Component Improvement Program, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential $4.8B contract to update, refurbish and sustain the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial systems.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a $158.4M undefinitized contract to help sustain RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems for the South Korean government.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing (NYSE: BA) a $342.1M contract modification to provide two additional KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers to the Japanese government.

The U.S. Air Force has selected 12 companies to support construction projects at Wright-Patterson AF Base in Ohio under a $247M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The branch received 21 offers for the multiple-award IDIQ and is obligating $2,500 each to the winning contractors at the time of award, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

Hydraulics International has been awarded a potential nine-year, $377.4M contract to supply hydraulic fluid purifiers and other equipment for multiple U.S. Air Force aviation platforms.