Word: swelling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...merger of McDonnell Co. and Douglas Aircraft. The contract calls for design and production of an initial 20 planes at a cost of $ 1.15 billion not including the cost of the engines, for which a contract has not yet been awarded. But the total order could easily swell by 1975 to some 700 planes and $8 billion. At an average price of $13.5 million per plane, by one estimate, the F-15 would be the costliest fighter in U.S. history...