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L-3 Communications' Vertex gets $24.6M Navy deal

L-3 Communications' Vertex gets $24.6 million Navy deal for maintenance on several aircraft

  • On 6:09 pm EDT, Friday October 30, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.'s Vertex Aerospace received a $24.6 million contract boost from the Navy for maintenance for the several aircraft, the Pentagon said late Friday.

Services will be provided on the F-16, F-18, H-60 and E-2C aircraft at the Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nev.

Work will be completed by October 2010.

Shares of the New York, company added 40 cents to $72.69 in after-hours trading, after falling $1.27 to close at $72.29.

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