The Boeing T-7 Red Hawk advanced trainer won't be ready for a low-rate initial production decision until February 2025—six and a half years after Boeing won the initial contract in 2018. The new date for the "Milestone C" initial production decision is as much as ...
Formal developmental flight testing of the Boeing T-7A Red Hawk will likely get underway this summer, as recent ejection seat tests appear to have been resolved, company and USAF sources said. The developmental testing will support a Milestone C low-rate initial production decision in the ...
Boeing will build a prototype E-7A Wedgetail air battle management aircraft for the U.S. Air Force under a $1.2 billion contract awarded Feb. 28, the service announced. Production is set begin in 2025 and the first E-7A will be operational by 2027.
The Air Force awarded Boeing a $2.2 billion contract for 15 KC-46 tankers, the ninth lot of the aerial refuelers, just days after the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center acknowledged a previously undisclosed deficiency with the aircraft. The latest purchase order is roughly the ...
Boeing’s defense business has stabilized following a series of massive quarterly losses that put the company in a precarious position, top executives said on an earnings call Jan. 25. Now, officials said they are focused on moving forward with new technology in the Boeing Defense, Space, ...
The F-15EX has demonstrated it can fire AIM-120 radar and AIM-9X heat-seeking missiles from new underwing stations, showing the new fighter's ability to carry and fire more missiles than its predecessor, the F-15C, the Air Force reported.
While Boeing and the Air Force inch forward with their plans for the Remote Vision System 2.0 aboard the KC-46, the two organizations are also working on fixes for the troubled tanker’s other deficiencies—deficiencies that continue to limit the aircraft. The most prominent of these other ...
Upgraded cameras that can support refueling under cover conditions. A projection display incorporating a curved mirror to create a more immersive experience for boom operators. Enhanced processing power and new fiber optic cabling. Boeing lifted the veil from its long-awaited Remote Vision System 2.0, offering ...
The Air Force’s new trainer jet, the T-7A, has experienced issues with its ejection system in testing, forcing contractor Boeing and the service to re-baseline the schedule for the program and delaying production deliveries of the aircraft into the second half of 2024.
A KC-46A Pegasus flew a 36-hour nonstop mission that covered more than 16,000 miles. Crews traveled from Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., over North America, Hawaii, and Guam, before retracing their path and landing back at their home base. The flight was the longest ...
Boeing Defense, Space & Security reorganized its divisions, streamlining to help turn around the firm's struggling financial performance, the aerospace giant announced. Instead of eight divisions, the company will now have four divisions: Air Dominance; Mobility, Surveillance, and Bombers; Vertical Lift; and Space, Intelligence, and ...
The Space Force’s X-37B space plane returned to Earth on Nov. 12, concluding its longest mission yet after nearly two and a half years in orbit. The orbital test vehicle touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility early in the morning of ...