Boeing Deal to Create Local Jobs.Boeing Co. announced it has won a $1.5 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force to overhaul the cockpits and electronics systems of the widely used C-130 Hercules military cargo aircraft A cargo aircraft is an airplane designed and used for the carriage of goods, rather than passengers. This role demands a number of features that makes a cargo aircraft instantly identifiable; a "fat" looking fuselage, a high-wing to allow the cargo area to sit near the ground, a . Boeing officials said $485 million will be spent researching and developing new avionics for the C-130 Hercules, much of which will take place at Boeing's military aircraft operations in Long Beach. The contract could mean several hundred new jobs at Boeing's sprawling Long Beach complex. About 14,000 Boeing engineers, machinists and assemblers This is a list of assemblers. Hundreds of assemblers have been written; some notable examples are:
Boeing beat out rival Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. Corp. for the contract in a heated competition. Lockheed has been manufacturing the C-130 since the company developed the aircraft in the 1950s and was expected to take the lead role in upgrading the aging avionics. Under the six-year, $485-million contract, Boeing will develop advanced all-glass cockpit panels and the latest avionics to replace aging and somewhat unreliable equipment on 519 of the C-130s. The engineering and manufacturing development of the avionics would take place in Long Beach. Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. Corp. is one of the key suppliers under the new contract, Boeing said. Boeing also was awarded a 12-year, $1-billion contract to make the modifications, replacing the old equipment with the new ones at its facilities in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. . |
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