New production contractu to- L talmg $2,400,000 have been1 awarded Aeronca Manufactur- . ing Corporation I Aerocal Division in Middletown, it was an-nounced today by S. J. Kuderer,! 1Aeronca president. IKuderer said the awards are i follow-on programs for add-on quantities of Aeronca designed j external fuel tanks for the F5A-I B Military Assistance Program tactical fighter. The pnme contractor is the Northrop Corporation’s Norair Division of Hawthorne, Calif. Also included in the two million dollar total are additional units of major air* frame assemblies for the Boeing Airplane Division's 707 and 720 commercial jet transports | and a contract from the U. S. Naval Ordnance plant. Louis- \ ville, Ky., for missile wings. k ) Kuderer said all awards will ^ be produced in Torrance, Calif.