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 ...
Boeing has resumed deliveries of KC-46 tankers after a prolonged halt due to quality problems with fuel tanks, company president and chief executive officer David Calhoun said July 26 during a second quarter earnings call. Yet company officials said supply chain problems continue to afflict ...
Air Force flight testing for the T-7A Red Hawk kicked off June 28, with a USAF pilot flying the advanced trainer from contractor Boeing’s St. Louis, Mo., facilities. The event, announced by Boeing, marks the first official test flight conducted by an Air Force pilot ...
The Government Accountability Office says there are likely more delays ahead for the T-7A trainer, and the Air Force should build a realistic plan for testing and fielding the jet that takes into account the concurrency of design, test, and production.
Initial Operational Capability for the T-7A trainer has been pushed back from its original target of 2024 to 2027, Air Force acquisition executive Andrew Hunter reported. The setback stems from ejection seat issues that delayed the formal start of production. Hunter said the digital methods ...
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 rolled out its first production T-7A advanced trainer at ceremonies in St. Louis, Mo., touting the jet's digital design and calling it the start of a new era of Air Force pilot training. The ceremonies were cloaked with tributes to the Tuskegee Airmen, as ...
Boeing's losses on the KC-46 tanker now add up to over $5.4 billion, as the company took an additional charge on the program of $406 million in the last quarter of 2021. The company chalked up the loss to continued resolution of the Remote Viewing ...
A raft of strategy and posture reviews are coming in 2022 that will significantly shape the Air Force, even as the service is slated to make major strides on programs and conduct critical tests. The B-21 is expected to take to the air mid-year, and ...
Lockheed Martin will offer a variant of its T-50A in the competition to build the Air Force's new tactical fighter trainer rather than a clean-sheet design, the company said Dec. 14, insisting it will achieve “competitive pricing” with the aircraft. The jet was second in ...
GE Aviation, which primarily makes military and commercial engines, will become the main focus of the GE conglomerate after it spins off its health care and energy businesses, the Boston, Mass.-based company announced Nov. 9. The move was spurred by a desire to focus and simplify ...