احتفلت بوينغ يوم الاثنين لتوقيع عقد بناء عدد 124 F/A-18 fighter jets للسعوديه
الحكومه السعوديه تريد الطائره في قواتها وابدت بوينغ جهوزيتها لتنفيذ الطلب.
St. Louis, MO (KPLR) —
Boeing in St. Louis, Missouri celebrates on Monday a contract to build 124 F/A-18 fighter jets for Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government wants the F/A-18 fighter jet in its military and Boeing said it is ready to fill the order.
This brings a sigh of relief to the metro area after Boeing first announced a restructuring and possible layoffs in September 2010. This deal will likely keep thousands of jobs in place in St. Louis.
"Well, the Superhornet is the leading fighter for our U.S. Navy today and it supports roughly 16,000 Boeing jobs, here in the region," said Dennis Mullenberg, president of Boeing Defense, Space and Security.
He said an additional 100,000 jobs across the country support the program, as well. The deal also brings a sense of stability to the area. Those planes will be built and delivered over the next three years.
For now, Boeing said this deal will just preserve jobs. But, Republican U.S. Senator Christopher "Kit" bond said another deal in the works could actually create them.
"With the likely sale of C-17s to India," Dennis Mullenberg pointed out. "We are going to keep the lines alive, we are going to keep the cost down for American taxpayers, and we are going to have the opportunity to create even more jobs."
The current F/A-18 deal is worth $5.297 billion. However, there is yet another deal on the horizon: a pending sale of F-15s to the Saudi government. That deal, and price, have yet to be finalized
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