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Contract for Eclipse tail is worth $380 million
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Eclipse Aviation has signed a deal worth about $380 million with
Hampson Industries PLC of England -- a supplier to Airbus, Boeing and
Rolls Royce -- to manufacture the tail section of its jet.
Eclipse, which said Tuesday an unnamed British company would do
the work, released the name of the business and contract details on
Wednesday.
Hampson Industries will supply the tail or "empennage" assemblies
for pre-production Eclipse 500 jet aircraft in 2004, followed by an
expected bu...
