Workers at Pratt & Whitney’s facilities in Connecticut recently cheered Boeing’s plans to build the NewGen Tanker using engines manufactured at its East and West Hartford facilities. Building the engines for the NewGen Tanker would support jobs for many workers in the Hartford area.  

“This is about the resurgence of American aerospace leadership and American innovation,” Connecticut Representative John Larson told the attendees. “This is about our way of life and our future. Invest in the tanker, invest in America, invest in American jobs."

While workers at Pratt & Whitney rallied for Boeing’s NewGen Tanker in Connecticut, machinists in Everett, Washington, celebrated the submission of Boeing’s bid for the tanker contract along with members of Congress.  

 

Sen. Patty Murray, who hosted the event at the Everett Machinists Hall 751, welcomed attendees, stating, "After a long, hard battle, today is the day we've been waiting for. It's an opportunity to prove to the Pentagon that you are the best trained, best skilled, best prepared aerospace  workers in the world." Senator Murray was joined at the event by U.S. Representatives Norm Dicks, Jay Inslee, Rick Larsen, and Jim McDermott.

As workers rallied on both coasts, Boeing submitted its tanker bid to the U.S. Air Force, offering its 767-based NewGen Tanker, the most capable, survivable, and combat-ready  tanker at the lowest cost to the taxpayer. We couldn’t have achieved this lofty goal without the help of our world class workforce and nationwide network of outstanding suppliers. Thank you!