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Airbus, Boeing angle for Polish tanker aircraft deal

March 6, 2025

WARSAW, Poland — The Polish Ministry of National Ministry is advancing plans to buy new transport and refueling aircraft, with major players Airbus and Boeing intensifying their rivalry for potential contracts. A Polish MoD spokesperson confirmed the ministry’s aircraft procurement plans, but also said the final scope of these purchases is yet to be defined. “Poland is considering to…

Strike, fixed-price contracts leave Boeing defense bleeding cash

October 24, 2024

Boeing has lost billions of dollars on the fixed-price KC-46 program, and a nearly six-week machinist strike has heightened the refueling tanker’s problems. (Airman Lauren Torres/Air Force) Boeing’s ongoing problems with a crippling machinist strike and costly…

Boeing on track to break PAC-3 Missile seeker annual production record

August 7, 2024

In the quest to ramp up Patriot missile production this year in the U.S., Boeing is on track to break its annual seeker production record, the company announced Aug. 6. “In the first half of the year, the program has surpassed its previous three- and six-month rolling…

Boeing names aerospace veteran Kelly Ortberg as new CEO

August 1, 2024

Boeing named a longtime aerospace industry veteran on Wednesday as its next chief executive, who will take over a company that has been rocked by legal, regulatory and production problems. Robert “Kelly” Ortberg, a former CEO at Boeing supplier Rockwell Collins, will succeed David Calhoun as CEO and president effective Aug. 8, the company said. Calhoun announced in March that he would retire…

Boeing wins $7.5 billion contract from US Air Force for guided bombs

May 29, 2024

The Air Force awarded Boeing a contract worth nearly $7.5 billion to build more kits to convert bombs into guided weapons known as Joint Direct Attack Munitions. The company will provide JDAM tail kits and other supplies under the sole-source fixed-price, indefinite…

Boeing expects Grey Wolf helicopter deliveries to Air Force this year

January 31, 2024

WASHINGTON — Boeing expects to start delivering the Air Force’s first field-ready MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters later this year. In a Friday release, Boeing said it finished construction on the first low-rate initial production Grey Wolf in late December. That helicopter…

Key milestone for new Boeing trainer aircraft delayed to 2027

May 1, 2023

WASHINGTON — Boeing’s T-7A jet trainer aircraft is not expected to reach initial operational capability until spring 2027, three years later than originally planned, the Air Force said. The Air Force’s next jet trainer has struggled with problems such as a potentially dangerous escape system and ejection seat. Earlier in April, the Air Force acknowledged those troubles, and the time needed…