Boeing gets $7 billion boost for C-17 sustainment due to increased FMS

By Courtney Albon / August 25, 2017 at 11:51 AM
(Editor's note: This story has been updated with new information about C-17 foreign military sales customers and to correct information provided by the Air Force regarding bases that have received the aircraft.) Boeing last week received a $7 billion boost to its C-17 Globemaster III sustainment contract, owed largely to an increase in foreign military sales, the Air Force has confirmed. The company's Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program contract provides support for C-17 airlifters through 2021. The contract was...

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