DefenseNews

Boeing’s tanker losses top $7 billion

April 27, 2023
WASHINGTON — Boeing reported a $245 million charge on the KC-46A Pegasus tanker in the first quarter of 2023, due to a supplier’s quality issues. The penalty means the KC-46 has now racked up more than $7 billion in charges, and follow a $1.2 billion hit the company took on the Air Force tanker in the third quarter of 2022. The KC-46′s charge brought Boeing Defense, Space and Security into…
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QuantumScape Q1 2023 report: 5 amp-hour solid-state cell targeted as first commercial product

April 27, 2023
Solid-state battery developer QuantumScape has shared its Q1 fiscal 2023 letter to shareholders, detailing its financial outlook and the progress of its potentially life-changing technology. Here’s the latest: QuantumScape ($QS) is an advanced battery technology company with over 13 years of experience developing scalable, effective solid-state batteries that achieve cost parity with…
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DefenseNews

It’s time to resource the Air Force fighter enterprise the US needs

April 27, 2023
Air superiority involves protecting friendly forces from aerial attack, while concurrently empowering offensive power projection by suppressing enemy defenses. The former is key to not losing a war. The latter is what brings victory. Joint combat power is not viable without control of the sky. Investment in a capable, sufficiently sized fighter enterprise is the down payment required for…
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Zero trust could have limited Pentagon leak, Navy CTO says

April 27, 2023
WASHINGTON — The Navy’s chief technology officer said that if the Pentagon had already implemented its “zero-trust” approach to protecting its information networks, it may have more quickly detected a recent, high-profile classified document leak. The discovery this month that a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard with a top secret security clearance had posted…
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