Boeing Gets $16.5 Million Federal Contract for Hazelwood Defense Facility

The Department of Defense awarded 18 contracts Wednesday for $870 million. Boeing won 17 percent of those contracts.

by Candace Jarrett, Hazelwood Patch
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The Department of Defense has awarded The Boeing Co. a $16.5 million contract to repair AV-8 Harrier aircraft parts for the U.S. Marine Corps.

The work will be performed in St. Louis and is expected to start Oct. 10 and last until Sept. 30, 2015, according to Stephanie Bass, communications specialist at Boeing.

No new jobs will be created for the contract, rather about 60 workers at the Hazelwood defense facility are part of the Harrier team.

The Department of Defense issued 18 contracts on Wednesday worth $870 million. Boeing won a significant stake with 17 percent of the contracts.

This comes just after Boeing confirmed it would lay off 300 workers in St. Louis starting in early 2014, as part of its decision to end production of its C-17 military cargo planes. See: Boeing Likely to Lay Off 300 at Hazelwood Defense Facility