Boeing wins $39 million in business from Department of Defense

by Greta Weiderman, St. Louis Business Journal
click here for original article

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Boeing Co. St. Louis with a $39.5 million modification to a contract for joint direct attack munitions, according to the department.

The contract will add 1,601 joint direct attack munition tailkits, and the value of the overall contract now totals $141.9 million.

Work on the tailkits, a small lifting surface located on the tail of an aircraft, will be performed in Saint Charles, and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2015.

In the first quarter, Chicago-based Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) reported net income of $1.1 billion on total revenue of $18.9 billion.

Boeing Defense, Space & Security, based in Hazelwood, is a $33 billion business with 59,000 employees worldwide and 14,730 in the St. Louis area.

Tag Boeing

Katerina Canyon

Katerina Canyon serves as Executive Director of the Peace Economy Project, where she combines her passion for community advocacy, creative expression, and social justice to challenge militarization and uplift human-centered policy. Drawing on experience in tech, nonprofits, and international communication, she leads research and organizing focused on peace, accountability, and community investment. She is also a poet whose work explores trauma, resilience, and collective healing.