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Update 5\/14\/20 at 10:55 AM EST: After publication, a Boeing spokesperson clarified that the company recognizes that while international interest remains strong, there are challenges from the COVID 19 pandemic for the Apache program, and that the company is monitoring it daily with the suppliers and customer to address potential impacts to schedule deliveries. The original story appears below.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The COVID-19 pandemic has not had an impact on the production<\/a> and delivery of Apache helicopters for international customers, but Boeing is closely watching the international supply chain for signs of slowdown, a company official said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coronavirus impact going forward is difficult to predict, said T.J. Jamison, Boeing\u2019s director of vertical lift<\/a> international sales. Still, he expressed a belief that the company should be able to stay on track with its plans to produce more than 100 Apache models in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While production on the CH-47 Chinook and V-22 Osprey in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area was stopped for two weeks<\/a> in April, the Mesa, Arizona, Boeing plant that produces the Apache never had to stop work. However, there have been a number of individuals working remotely, primarily from the sales team; it will likely be a month or more before they are all back working at their desks, Jamison said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some international customers<\/a> have signaled that \u201cwe might need a potential slowdown in operations. But not one has said: \u2018Hey, we need to cancel these orders because of the COVID-19 issue,\u2019 \u201d Jamison said. \u201cThere have been no cancellations, and there have been no significant requests for delay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t