Boeing has delivered the first KC-46A Pegasus tanker to the U.S. Air Force after completing extensive flight tests and a DD250 material inspection and receiving report necessary to proceed w... Read more
The ongoing partial shutdown of federal agencies could cost $245M in delayed or lost revenue for contracting firms per day, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Read more
Women now hold senior leadership roles at top defense contractors and among them are Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security business, and Engility CEO Lynn D... Read more
The Defense Logistics Agency is seeking market information regarding weapons system parts for the Boeing-made Chinook twin rotor helicopter. The agency said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice t... Read more
Boeing and Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary have unveiled a helicopter platform the industry team has built for a U.S. Army technology demonstrator effort. SB>1 Defiant will ta... Read more
The U.S. Air Force has begun to develop new software and ground system to protect military satellite communications equipment operating through the service’s Wideband Global Satcom system fr... Read more
The Department of Defense aims to include $1.2B in funding in its fiscal year 2020 budget request to support the acquisition of the newest versions of the F-15 aircraft, Bloomberg reported F... Read more
Boeing has awarded FLIR Systems a $40M initial contract to provide an electro-optical/infrared surveillance sensor technology to the U.S. Air Force‘s UH-1N helicopter replacement progr... Read more
Boeing has handed an updated airborne warning-and-control system aircraft over to NATO, the 14th and final platform the company modernized to help the international alliance comply with Euro... Read more
KLX Aerospace Solutions will rename itself “Boeing Distribution Services” in a move slated to take effect Feb. 4. The name change notice, published Tuesday, came two months after... Read more
Omega Aerial Refueling Services intends to purchase new aircraft and take out from storage its Boeing-built KC-707 and KDC-10 tankers as the U.S. Air Force looks to industry for additional t... Read more
Adm. Karl Schultz, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, has said the military service should equip all of its national security cutters with the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system to aid in m... Read more
Boeing has received a one-year, $75M order from the U.S. Air Force to provide logistics support services for an aircraft platform built to function as a command-and-control post in the event... Read more
The U.S. Navy‘s Naval Air Systems Command is looking for potential industry sources of C-40 transport aircraft that would be assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps. NAVAIR said Tuesday in a... Read more
Brazilian Government OKs Boeing-Embraer Partnership
The government of Brazil has approved the strategic partnership between Boeing and Embraer. Boeing said Thursday the approval came a month after both firms agreed on terms for a new joint ve... Read more