Air Force officials recently awarded Boeing a $377 million contract modification for work on the ninth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite, according a Jan. 18 service statement. The United States and five other countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work on production of WGS-9 on Jan. 12 that will remain in effect for the next 20 years, according to Heidi Grant, the deputy under secretary of the Air Force for international affairs. The countries that signed the MOU with...