Boeing Records $565 Million Loss on KC-46 Tanker Program
Boeing reported a new $565M loss on the KC-46 program, while looking to a reprice because of supply chain costs, production support, and ongoing RVS 2.0 upgrades. Boeing has once…
NASA WB-57F Canberra Lands Gear Up at Houston’s Ellington Field
NASA has confirmed that crew members are safe after one of its three WB-57 Canberra high-altitude research aircraft made an emergency gear-up landing in Texas. N927NA, the most recent addition…
U.S. Navy Selects New Helmet for Fixed Wing Crews
The U.S. Navy has selected the Gentex Pursuit helmet as the Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet (NGFWH) to equip flight crews of E-2D, F/A-18, E/A-18G, T-45, T-6 and UJTS. Gentex…
USAF Announces Exercises in Middle East as USS Lincoln CSG Joins Build Up
U.S. Air Forces Central is launching a multi-day readiness exercise to demonstrate the ability to deploy, disperse, and sustain combat airpower in the CENTCOM AOR. The U.S. Air Forces Central…
Seven Firms Invited for UK’s AH-64 Apache Loyal Wingman Initiative
The UK’s MoD has invited seven firms to propose their designs for Project NYX, which will give the AH-64 Apache an unmanned loyal wingman. The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD)…
U.S. Air Force Announces “Air Expeditionary Wing 2.0” Introduction
The USAF is introducing an improved version of its deployment construct, called Air Expeditionary Wing 2.0, based on the total force’s inputs and units’ feedback. The U.S. Air Force has…
