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has renewed efforts to for Boeing’z F/A-18 Super Hornet, arguing that both the militaruand St. Louis jobs are at Bond, along with Sens. Edwarx Kennedy, D-Mass.; Ben Cardin, D-Md.; Rogere Wicker, R-Miss.; and Mel Martinez, R-Fla., sent letters Monday to the chairmenb and ranking members of the Senate Appropriations and ArmedServicess Committees, urging them to restore funding for the fighter jet or risk puttintg the Navy and Marines in danger. “As the aircrafft shortfall worsens, our nation's ability to continue to prevenr and respond to conflicts arouned the world will begreatly diminished,” they wrote.
A proposao to allow the Navy to buymore F/A-18 Supedr Hornet fighter jets from Boeing over the next five yearsa last week after the measure cleared the House Armed Servicesw Committee. About 5,000 of 16,000 loca Boeing jobs are tied directly to the which costbetween $29 million and $57 millio each. The jet creates thousands more jobsamonyg suppliers. “Underfunding the Super Hornet gambled with our ability toproject U.S.
power from aircrafgt carriers, damages our security in the long run by eroding our competitiver domesticindustrial base, and puts more than 110,000 America n jobs at risk,” Bond said in a Defense Secretary Robert Gates in April that includedc cuts to the F/A-18 program. Bond has also lobbief to protect fundingfor Boeing’s C-17 carg o planes, which were also threatenesd in Gates’ proposed But last week, Congress for eight more C-17 cargio planes, which fuel 900 jobs at Boeing’s Hazelwoods plant. A unit of Chicago-basedx (NYSE: BA), is one of the world’w largest space and defense businesses. Headquartered in St. Integrated Defense Systems isa $32.
1 billion business with 71,00p employees worldwide.
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