Panel to peer into C-17 future

Posted on: Jan. 11th, 2006 || Source: aimpoints.hq.af.mil | E-mail Article | Print Article

LONG BEACH — A regularly scheduled meeting this week between Boeing Co. C-17 program managers and executives with dozens of firms that supply parts for the cargo plane has taken on critical significance as questions linger about the C-17's future.

Normally a twice-a-year session that gives suppliers and C-17 leaders an opportunity to look at reducing program costs and improving parts delivery, Wednesday's all-day meeting will now include a look at the program's cloudy future.

"The market outlook is always a key agenda item, but because of what you are reading now … it's a very important part of the agenda," said C-17 spokesman Rick Sanford.

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