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Boeing received a $ 240 million award from the US Air Force in early March to produce 10,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition tail kits for the existing 500-, 1000- and 2000-pound bombs which were purchased by the US Air Force and Navy.


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 received a $ 240 million award from the US Air Force in early March to produce 10,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition Noun 1. Joint Direct Attack Munition - a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs
JDAM
 tail kits for the existing 500-, 1000- and 2000-pound bombs which were purchased by the US Air Force and Navy. This contract is labelled as Lot 10 and scheduled for completion in February February: see month.  2008.
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