Boeing was recently awarded the initial phase of a new three-year US Air Force contract to continue the C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership (GSP) program following a decade of comprehensive logistics support of C-17 fleets around the world.
The Air Force awarded Boeing $514 million of the estimated $3 billion performance-based logistics (PBL) contract on October 1, covering the beginning of fiscal year 2009. Boeing's proposal included a significant decrease in dollars per flight hour that will save the Air Force more than $200 million over three years compared with the previous GSP contract.
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