Boeing Mulls Slowing C-17 Production Line, Focusing on International Sales

By Marcus Weisgerber / July 17, 2008 at 5:00 AM
FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND -- Boeing is weighing whether to slow the Long Beach, CA, C-17 Globemaster III production line to keep its cargo hauler procurement effort alive should Air Force orders slow down or pause, according to a senior company official. Such a move, coupled with more international sales, would help keep the price down if the Air Force decided it wanted more of the airlifters in the next decade, Dave Bowman, Boeing's new vice president for tanker programs, said in...

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