Boeing has announced it will buy Spirit AeroSystems, one of its chief suppliers, for $4.7 billion, a move aimed at giving Boeing more cradle-to-grave control of quality, a huge issue for the commercial and military plane-maker in the past year.
The first F-15EX—and the first new-type aircraft to be delivered to the Air National Guard before the Active force—arrived at Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore. on June 6. It's the first of 18 that will be flown by the 142nd Wing.
Sierra Nevada Corp. has acquired five ex-Korean Air 747-8 jumbo jets on which it will host the Survivable Airborne Operations Center. The jets will be transferred next year and will serve as the platforms for the SAOC, the $13 billion contract for which SNC won ...
The Air Force awarded a $13.08 billion contract to the Sierra Nevada Corporation on April 26 for its Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft, the successor to the service’s E-4B “Doomsday” plane. Like the E-4B, officially called the National Airborne Operations Center, the SAOC will be meant to withstand ...
While none of the major aircraft contractors were selected to develop the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, all three say they are seeking further autonomous aircraft work for the Navy, foreign partners, or in the classified arena, and maybe future versions of the CCA itself.
Boeing lost $222 million on two key Air Force programs in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024: $128 million on the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker and $94 million on the T-7 trainer, where the total losses already exceed more than $7 billion and $1 ...
While a deal on the E-7 Wedgetail airborne battle management jet may come soon, negotiations are stuck on the high price Boeing is asking for the development jets, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said recently.
The Air Force is poised to start buying production T-7A trainer jets in fiscal 2025, but at half the rate previously planned. Budget documents also revealed that the service is pushing back planned Initial Operational Capability (IOC) from 2027 to the second quarter of fiscal ...
The KC-46's improved Remote Vision System, dubbed RVS 2.0, is “likely” to be delayed into 2026, the Air Force’s top acquisition executive said March 12. Air Force assistant secretary for acquisition, technology, and logistics Andrew P. Hunter also said the service is poised for progress ...
The Space Force awarded Boeing’s space division a $439 million contract to build and launch the next installment of its Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS) fleet. Expected to finish by Jan. 31, 2029, the WGS-12 satellite is part of an effort to provide better communications ...
The Air Force’s new trainer jet, the T-7A Red Hawk, notched another milestone in the test process when it completed a month-long extreme weather trial at the McKinley Climatic Lab at Eglin Air Force Bas, Fla. on Feb. 23.
Negotiations on the Air Force's purchase of two E-7 Wedgetail air battle management aircraft have hit bumps over cybersecurity and USAF-specific capabilities, service and industry officials said.