Boeing Pushes Sales of Sub-Hunting 737 Ahead of Engine Decision
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Boeing Co. is urging governments to buy new 737-based military aircraft “sooner rather than later” as the commercial version of the plane faces a redesign in a few years or retirement next decade.
The planemaker’s review of the 737, the world’s most widely flown airliner, may affect production of the P-8 variant used as a submarine hunter, Vice President Chuck Dabundo, the program manager, said yesterday at a briefing in Seattle, where Boeing’s commercial operations are based.