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Extensions Also Given on Two Production Contracts
DALLAS, SEPT. 6, 2001 – Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. announced today it has won a competitive bid from Boeing Commercial Airplanes to manufacture the aft body section of its 767 widebody twin-aisle jet through the year 2010. The aft body section includes the pressure bulkhead and the aft fuselage section of the aircraft.
Boeing also extended existing contracts with Vought through the year 2007 to produce the 767 horizontal stabilizer and center wing section. In addition, Vought manufactures doors and nacelle components for the 767.
"This aft body contract is a significant win for us with a very important, long-term customer," said Tom Risley, Vought's Chief Operating Officer. "We are experienced in building major structural components for Boeing and see these actions as a vote of confidence in our manufacturing quality and integration capabilities."
Vought has work share on virtually every Boeing commercial airplane in production, from the 737 to the 777. Vought has built major structures for the 747 since its beginning in 1968. These include the main fuselage section, doors and the tail section.
As with the 747, Vought has been a part of the 757 program since it began, producing the complete tail section – the aft body section, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, and the graphite composite wing spoilers.
Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. is the world's largest independent supplier of aerostructures. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company provides wings, fuselage subassemblies, empennages, nacelles, thrust reversers and other components for prime manufacturers of aircraft. Vought has more than 5,000 employees and annual sales exceeding $1 billion. It has operations in Dallas; Hawthorne, Calif.; Stuart, Fla.; Milledgeville, Ga.; and Perry, Ga.
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