보잉, 2020년 이후까지 생산할 F/A-18 주문 받을 것으로 확신

여기서도 AWST와 같이 기체 단가를 $51M으로 주장하네요. 재밌는 단락 몇 가지 뽑아보자면...

The Navy is now considering additional upgrades, including adding form-fitted fuel tanks that could reduce drag and improve the plane's range by up to 130 miles. Gibbons said he considered it a given that the Navy would order more upgrades.

Morley said the Navy's current plan does not call for additional purchases of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets or the EA-18G electronic attack planes based on the same design. But his office had prepared options for additional purchases if Pentagon leaders decided to fund them.

He said Boeing could easily front the tens of millions of dollars required for advanced procurement items until Congress passed a budget allocating the funds, but said the company would not keep the program alive unless new orders emerged.

"It will be a business-based decision. Boeing will certainly keep the production line going as long as the U.S. Navy expresses their desire to buy more jets," Gibbons said.

But he added, "It's obvious but we are not going to sustain the line if ... there aren't going to be (more) customers."

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