“The KC30 would have been assemlbed in Alabama. Not manufactured, assembled. Not designed. Assembled.”
No, the plane will be manufactured HERE because the entire A330F line is MOVING HERE.
Unlike Boeing that farms out it’s work to China, England, France, and Italy to name a few just so those KC767’s can be assembled, not manufactured. Assembled here.
The 767’s fuselage is made in Japan. The tail section is made in Italy.
And from Boeing’s own website about China:
“Current Work Packages and Procurement at Chinese-Owned Factories or Multinational Ventures
Baoji Group Ltd. in Shaanxi Province, titanium ingot, plate and sheet (2006 contract)
BHA Aero Composites Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a Boeing joint venture, in Tianjin
Interior parts, secondary composite structures for 737, 747, 767, 777 and 787 (beginning in 2002).
767 and 777 wing fixed tailing edges and dry bay barriers; empennage panels.”
“China has an increasingly sophisticated and expanding part to play in the commercial aviation industry and has a role on all of Boeing commercial airplane models — 737, 747, 767, 777 and the newest and most innovative airplane, the 787 Dreamliner.”
“Since the 1980s, Boeing has purchased more than US$1 billion in aviation hardware and services from China. Today, Boeing and Boeing supplier partners have active supplier contracts with China’s aviation industry valued at well over $2.5 billion. Today, there are more than 4500 Boeing airplanes flying throughout the world with parts and assemblies built by China.”
What Boeing says about Japan:
“Japan is also a dominant market (in dollar value) from which Boeing buys major assemblies, products and services. More than 91 Japanese companies are program partners, subcontractors, or suppliers to Boeing across its commercial-airplane product lines.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) have worked with Boeing for more than 30 years. All three industries have participated in developing the 767 since its inception in 1978. They supply fuselage panels, aerodynamic fairings, landing-gear doors and inspar ribs, which are equal to approximately 15 percent of the value of the 767 airframe.”
Now what was that you said again?
The KC-30 will be assembled in Mobile, Ala., and create or support more than 25,000 U.S. jobs. It will be built by a world-class industrial team led by Northrop Grumman, and includes EADS North America, General Electric Aviation and Sargent Fletcher.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2007/07/mil-070731-northrop-grumman01.htm
Assemblies will be transported from White Flag Waiving France and assembled by the SUB contractor NG.
False. Why do you think the EADs executives were so smugly reassuring their European work force that the sale of the tanker guaranteed THEIR jobs.
Not yours. Theirs.