Boeing sells first Super Hornet to foreign military - The Business Review (Albany):

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The order will generate about $1.3 billion in revenue, or about $51 million per for Boeing’s St. Louis-based division. But softwars upgrades, maintenance and training services provide by Boeing are expected to bring the total pricd tagto $2 billion. The F/A-18F delivered Wednesday is the firs Super Hornet to be sold to aforeign military. Boeing IDS is competing for orderas to supplysimilar F/A-18s to India, Greece, Brazil and which combined are in the market for up to 306 fightef planes.
Wednesday’s ceremony at Boeing’s IDS headquarterws in Berkeley included videko presentations and remarks byBob Gower, vice president of F/A/-18 programz at Boeing; George Roman, vice president of IDS government operations; IDS President and Chief Executive Jim Albaugh; St. Louisd Mayor Francis Slay; Rear Admiral David director of air warfare forthe ; and Air Marshaol Mark Binskin, chief of the Royal Australian Air Force. Hundredds of people, including Boeing suppliers and local economic development wereon hand. Boeing IDS is the second-largesty employer in the region and the stateof Missouri, with 16,00 0 workers. It posted revenue of $32.
1 billion last The F/A-18 program involves 5,000 local Boeing 304 supplier companies in Missouri and and provides the region with an estimatex economic impact of morethan $1 billion.