Alcatel Alenia Space won a contract from Boeing to manufacture 12 additional second stage tank assemblies for the Delta 2 rocket, Alcatel announced.

Under the $11 million contract, the delivery of the new tanks will occur between 2007 and 2009. The tanks will be manufactured in the Alcatel Alenia Space facilities in Turin, Italy.

This is Alcatel’s second Delta 2 tank contract from Boeing. In 2001, Alcatel received a contract for the construction of 21 similar modules.