Mon, Feb 21, 2011
Total UK C-17 IP Benefits To Date Exceed $1 Billion
Industrial participation (IP) programs for the first five C-17
Globemaster III aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) have
been completed by Boeing. To date, the planemaker says it has
delivered benefits of more than $1 billion to United Kingdom
industry for this aircraft program.
Photo Courtesy Boeing
"Boeing has been a partner to the United Kingdom for more than
70 years, serving the needs of its commercial airplane customers
and Britain's military," said Mike Kurth, managing director, Boeing
Defence United Kingdom. "Boeing is a major contributor to the local
economy. The company has spent more than $17 billion over the past
eight years, working with more than 300 partners and suppliers that
bring thousands of high-value, long-term jobs to the UK."
This work, along with Boeing's continued partnership with the
University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre,
helped fulfill C-17 UK IP obligations. As part of this program,
Boeing also provides marketing assistance to help a number of UK
small- and medium-sized enterprises identify new market
opportunities across The Boeing Company, as well as with its
extended network of suppliers.
The company says it is bringing another $1.1 billion in
opportunities to UK industry through IP programs associated with
the RAF's sixth and seventh C-17 aircraft, the AH-64 Apache
Integrated Operational Support program, the CH-47 Chinook Through
Life Customer Support program, and the Project Julius Chinook Mk4
upgrade program.
The RAF earlier this month received its seventh C-17 aircraft as
part of the UK's strategic air bridge to British Armed Forces in
Afghanistan, a landlocked theater of operation surrounded by
inhospitable terrain. The UK C-17 fleet complements its strategic
air transport role by supporting humanitarian efforts such as
tsunami relief in Southeast Asia and earthquake rescue in
Pakistan.
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