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  "id": 10806680,
  "title": "Pentagon picks Boeing for new US Navy contract valued at $20 billion for air strike weapons",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/pentagon-picks-boeing-for-new-us-navy-contract-valued-at-20-billion",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T23:22:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/30/pentagon-picks-boeing-for-new-us-navy-contract-valued-at-20-billion-for-air-strike-weapons_6758089_4.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "At a May 2026 hearing, the chief of naval operations told a Senate panel that the next-generation system needed to 'extend the reach, survivability and lethality,' expected to work with unmanned systems. Boeing was competing for the contract with Northrop Grumman.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "Lockheed Martin inks $297M U.S. Navy contract and $724M in missile defense contract",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/lockheed-martin-inks-297m-u-s-navy-contract-and-724m-in-missile",
        "published": "2026-09-29T21:59:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Pentagon picks Boeing for new US Navy contract for air strike weapons",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/pentagon-picks-boeing-for-new-us-navy-contract-for-air-strike-weapons",
        "published": "2026-09-29T22:34:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Pentagon picks Boeing for new US Navy contract for fighter jets",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/pentagon-picks-boeing-for-new-us-navy-contract-for-fighter-jets",
        "published": "2026-09-29T23:22:53.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}