Gov. Chris Sununu, Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun, inventor Dean Kamen, and members of New Hampshire’s Congressional Delegation were on-hand as a Boeing 737-700 delivered roughly 540,000 medical-grade face masks to New Hampshire.

“Another life-saving delivery of PPE has arrived in New Hampshire,” Sununu said. “Thanks to Dean Kamen for facilitating this deal, and to Boeing for donating the cost of this mission transport. The state will deliver these masks to the greatest areas of need across New Hampshire so those on the frontline have the necessary resources to fight COVID19.”

The delivery was unloaded at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.

“I want to personally thank Governor Sununu, the entire New Hampshire congressional delegation and Dean Kamen for their leadership in helping secure and distribute this much-needed personal protective equipment for our frontline healthcare workers and first responders here in New Hampshire,” said Dave Calhoun, Boeing president and CEO. “We are honored to have conducted today’s airlift mission and we look forward to providing continued support in the fight against this pandemic.”
 
This shipment is part of the same deal that Dean Kamen facilitated earlier that brought 91,000 pounds of PPE to New Hampshire last weekend.
 
As part of that deal, the State of New Hampshire purchased the entire shipment of PPE and will be distributing supplies to the areas of greatest need across the state as part of its ongoing effort to respond to the COVID19 global pandemic. The state will not be charging those that receive shipments.
 
Boeing paid to transport the PPE. This was the company’s first cargo transport mission on a company-owned corporate 737-700.