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Should Boeing win the contract to provide refueling tankers to the U.S. Air Force, between 62,605 and 70,706 new U.S. jobs would be created over the life of the contract, according to a new report.
That's about 10 times more than the 5,113 to 7,080 new jobs a Northrop Grumman/Airbus win would have created in new U.S. jobs, the report said.
The job projections are for Boeing and Northrop Grumman/Airbus only and don't include jobs for suppliers or indirect jobs.
They also are based on new direct investments in property, plant and equipment involved in carrying out the contract, it said.
And they took into account that Boeing maintains 96 percent of its operating assets and facilities in the U.S., while Airbus and parent company European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. maintain 96 percent of their operating assets and facilities in Europe.
Northrop said this week it would not submit a bid, saying the proposal favors Boeing's smaller tanker. That leaves Boeing as the sole bidder on the contract.
The report was written by Robert Shapiro and Aparna Mathur. Shapiro is chairman of Sonecon, a firm that advises businesses, governments and nonprofit groups. Mathur is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
