Tag: Boeing
KC-46A Edges Nearer to Service Entry
Jon Lake - Boeing has announced that its KC-46A Pegasus tanker has completed the second phase of flight testing in support of receiver certification....
UK establishes new Joint Support Base in Oman
David Oliver - In late August 2017, the then British Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, and his Omani counterpart signed an agreement that will...
UK Flagship HMS Albion leads SS3 Task Force
David Oliver - The Royal Navy’s Fleet Flagship, the Landing Platform Dock (LPD) HMS Albion culminated a ten month Far East deployment by leading...
Tapestry Solutions Wins U.S. Army Contract to Provide In-Transit Visibility for U.S. Central Command
Boeing, through its subsidiary Tapestry Solutions, has received an award from the U.S. Army to provide In-Transit Visibility (ITV) for ground transportation logistics in...
AAR Signs Agreement with Ontic for Support of Military MRO Business
Ontic, a BBA Aviation company and the aerospace industry’s leading provider of ‘Extended Life Solutions’ for OEM legacy products, has appointed AAR as its...
U.S. Air Force selects Saab and Boeing T-X Trainer
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing USD 9.2 billion for the development of a new advanced pilot training system that will help train...
Boeing wins $2.4 billion Air Force helicopter contract
The U.S. Air Force says it will turn to Chicago-based defense giant Boeing to replace its aging fleet of UH-1N Huey helicopters, which are...
Boeing Awarded $2.9 Billion for KC-46A Tanker
The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a $2.9 billion contract for 18 KC-46A tanker aircraft, spares, support equipment, spare engines and wing air refueling...
U.S. Navy Awards Boeing $805 million MQ-25 Contract
Boeing will build the U.S. Navy’s first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft, the MQ-25 aerial refueler, through an $805 million contract awarded on the 30th...
Fighters on the edge of reason
Where fourth generation fighters excelled, the capabilities of the fifth generation are still being realised with integration often a challenge as well as a...