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Article: Ducommun Incorporated Definitizes Contract with Boeing for C-17 Globemaster III Fuselage Skins.
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- Defense & Aerospace Week
- Article date:
- November 18, 2009
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Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE:DCO) announced that its Ducommun AeroStructures, Inc. (DAS) subsidiary has definitized a follow-on contract with The Boeing Company to provide fuselage skins for the C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft through the fourth quarter of 2010.
Boeing produces the C-17 Globemaster III in Long Beach, CA for the U.S. Air Force and a growing number of international defense forces. These fuselage skins are manufactured at the DAS Gardena facility using its specialized capabilities in stretch forming, chemical milling and machining to produce the over-sized metallic components for the C-17 Globemaster III. These fuselage skins have ...