Boeing’s FIRST Program awarded “Contractor-Military Collaboration of the Year” at Defense Logistics Conference

New Breed Logistics, Inc., based in High Point, North Carolina, announced today that Boeing’s F/A-18 Integrated Readiness Support Teaming, or FIRST, program was awarded the “Contractor-Military Collaboration of the Year” at the Defense Logistics conference in Washington, DC on Tuesday, November 27, 2007. New Breed operates the central distribution center for Boeing’s FIRST Program in its Ontario, CA facility.

Through the FIRST Program, Boeing partners with Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Inventory Control Points to provide spare parts to the F/A-18 E/F fleet of aircraft throughout the world. New Breed supports the FIRST Program by providing warehousing and distribution, inventory management and outbound transportation for the F/A-18 spare parts as required by Boeing and the Navy.

New Breed operates other programs for Boeing including spares and repairs programs for the H-46 rotorcraft, Japan and Italy KC-767 tankers, the USAF and Korean F-15s, the C-17 and the F-22. Additionally, the company provides parts kitting and line-side delivery services for new-build military rotorcraft programs at Boeing’s Philadelphia manufacturing site, as well as for the commercial 787 Dreamliner assembly in Everett, Washington.

The Defense Logistics awards ceremony honors, recognizes, and promotes logisticians in the US Department of Defense and the Defense Industry that have made a significant contribution to military logistics. These logisticians support interoperability and transformation through logistics initiatives, programs, and processes.

About New Breed Logistics: New Breed Logistics, Inc is a distribution center operations company, featuring world-class capabilities in warehousing & distribution, manufacturing support, service parts logistics, reverse logistics & repair, and supply chain consulting. Clients include Avaya, Boeing, Hallmark, MetroPCS Wireless, Motorola, Pratt & Whitney, Samsung, Siemens Medical Solutions, Sikorsky Aircraft, Sony Electronics, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Postal Service and Verizon Wireless. Nationally recognized for its superior services, New Breed is consistently named among the Top Third Party Logistics Providers, and one of the top “North Carolina 100” privately held companies by Grant Thornton. New Breed employs more than 5,000 people and operates more than 50 distribution centers.

About The Boeing Company: Boeing is the world’s leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Additionally, Boeing designs and manufactures rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems. As a major service provider to NASA, Boeing operates the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. The company also provides numerous military and commercial airline support services. Boeing has customers in more than 90 countries around the world and is one of the largest U.S. exporters in terms of sales.