F-22 Raptor Update

Joe,

I wanted to update you on some Maryland specific benefits of the F-22 Raptor program.

In Maryland alone, nearly 2,000 highly skilled union and non-union jobs are provided by the F-22 Raptor program. The program also provides over $700 million in revenue for Maryland businesses. One company in Maryland that works on the project, Lockheed Martin, has offices in Bethesda. GE also works on the project at their Germantown location.

Nationwide, more than 90,000 jobs and $12 billion in domestic revenue are at stake.

Currently, funding for the F-22 Raptor is in jeopardy, and the impact goes beyond our military’s ability to stay ahead of other nation’s new generation fighters. Good paying jobs and vital revenue for Maryland are at risk.

Here’s a recent YouTube video that highlights the ongoing campaign to fund the F-22 Raptor Program.



If the program is halted, the jobs and the economic impact that the program provides will disappear. With the President and Congress looking to stem unemployment and spur economic activity through a stimulus package, funding the already authorized F-22 Raptor program makes even more sense.

We’d appreciate any coverage that you could give this issue on your blog. Please feel free to link to or embed the YouTube video provided above. We are working with an organization that’s interested in preserving the program and the jobs that it provides.

Please contact me directly if you have any questions or want additional information on the program and its impacts in Maryland.

- Ethan Kendrick, Hynes Communications