The US Defense Department has erred by a factor of 1, 000, while announcing the value of its most lucrative ever single contract.
The supposedly huge $24 billion deal was announced to have gone to the Boeing Company for engineering support of the Air Force's KC-135 refueling fleet.
"No one at Boeing knows of a contract of anything of this magnitude," said Forrest Gossett, a company spokesman.
A military spokesman, Ralph Monson, said that the real deal was for $24 million which shows a more than $23.9 billion difference, Reuters reported.
"The correct figure was $24 million," he announced, adding that only three extra zeros had caused the difference. ”No clue how," he said, adding "Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
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