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Boeing’s defense unit shows profit, despite $222M loss on KC-46, T-7

Boeing’s defense unit recorded $222 million in losses in the first quarter of 2024 on two of its main fixed-price development programs, the KC-46A...

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Space Force’s fixed-price push includes some exceptions, Calvelli says

The Space Force’s acquisition shop has been bullish about its pursuit of fixed-price development contracts amid rising concern from defense companies that the approach...

Boeing expands drone exams to Lockheed C-5 with eye on broader fleet

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — The hangar was relatively empty. Not even the Lockheed Martin C-5, some 250 feet long and 65 feet...

No more ‘must-wins’: Defense firms growing warier of fixed-price deals

WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin chief executive Jim Taiclet offered a warning during a quarterly earnings call this week,The government, he said, is putting too...

How The U.S. Air Force Will Keep Its F-16s Flying Into The 2040s

The U.S. F-16 fleet is undergoing the largest modification work in history with the Post Block Integration Team. Now that the F-16 is 50, it...

‘Cautionary tale’: How Boeing won a US Air Force program and lost $7B

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force’s next-generation tanker was supposed to be the ideal candidate for a fixed-price development program.Indeed, when Boeing first won...

B-2 Spirit On Global Power Mission Diverts To RAF Fairford

A B-2 Spirit diverted to the UK during a mission from Whiteman Air Force Base. On Dec. 13, 2023, B-2A Spirit 82-1066 “Spirit of America”...

Defense bill would let Air Force retire A-10s, F-15s — but not F-22s

WASHINGTON — A compromise defense policy bill released Wednesday night would grant the Air Force’s request to retire older F-15 Eagle fighters, A-10 Warthogs,...

Air Force awards Boeing $2.3B contract for 15 more KC-46s

WASHINGTON — The Air Force has awarded Boeing a $2.3 billion contract for 15 more KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers.The award, announced by the Pentagon...

Lockheed drops US Air Force tanker bid; partner Airbus to go it alone

WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin has ended its effort to compete for a U.S. Air Force contract to build the service’s next wave of 75...

A330 MRTT Completes Automatic Refuelling Tests With F-15

The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will become the first Air Force in the world to have a boom automatic refuelling capability with...

KC-10 tanker flies last combat mission as retirement looms

The KC-10 Extender aerial refueling jet has logged its last combat mission, closing a penultimate chapter in the airframe’s four decades of service as...

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