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Boeing gets 1.1 billion dollar contract to maintain air force tankers
Washington (AFP) Sept 11, 2007 Boeing announced Tuesday it has won a ten year, 1.1 billion dollar contract to provide depot maintanance for the US Air Force's KC-135 tanker fleet. The deal represents a renewal of contract that Boeing has had since 1998 to provide scheduled and unscheduled maintenance for more than 200 of the aircraft. The work will be performed at facilities in Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri, it said. The company said it has reduced the time the aircraft are out of service for maintenance by 19 percent, which it said translates into a 15 percent cut in cost per aircraft. "Leveraging 75 years of tanker manufacturing and maintenance expertise, we can commit to a low-risk, cost-effective solution that offers a potential bridge to the KC-X," Pat Finneran, president of Boeing Support Systems, said in a statement. Boeing and a team from EADS and Northrop Grumman are competing to build the KC-X, the air force's next generation tanker and replacement for the KC-130. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links The Military Industrial Complex at SpaceWar.com Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
Walker's World: Reds vs. blues in Asia
Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2007 In the red corner is the Eurasian alliance, formally known as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which last month held a Peace Mission 07 exercise with 6,500 Russian and Chinese troops in Chelyabinsk, Siberia. And with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad watching thoughtfully as an invited observer, units from the four Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan also took part in the live-fire "anti-terrorist" exercises, which featured paratroops, tanks and air cover from helicopter gunships and fighter-bombers. |
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