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Boeing gets $2B C-17 sustainment deal

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Published: Oct. 11, 2012 at 1:36 PM

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Boeing will continue to provide C-17 Globemaster III sustainment services through a $2 billion follow-on contract from the U.S. Department of Defense.

The Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program contract is a performance-based logistics award and will run from next year through the year 2017.

"This contract award and the recognition from the secretary of defense are testaments to the long-standing partnership between the U.S. Air Force and Boeing," said Gus Urzua, Boeing vice president and GISP program manager.

The Department of Defense recently recognized the U.S. Air Force-Boeing GISP team with the 2012 Secretary of Defense "system-level" PBL Award.

Boeing said services it will continue to provide include forecasting, purchasing and material management for the C-17 and all C-17-unique support.

The Performance-Based Logistics program for the aircraft started in 1998. It results in lower sustainment costs through economies of scale. A total of 42 aircraft were originally covered. Today 246 C-17s are involved worldwide.

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