Boeing MQ-25

The Boeing MQ-25 will not enter production until after development testing can begin on the first production-representative aircraft.

Geopolitical tensions create a demand for carrier deployments that is not likely to abate soon.

A reporter riding on a Grumman C-2A considers what is in store for future aircraft carrier delivery.

Boeing’s dual challenges—commercial aircraft supply, and defense and space program execution—continued to haunt the company in the third quarter.

The first uncrewed aircraft system to operate from an aircraft carrier is two years behind schedule due to design, production and supplier management problems.

The U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have agreed to work together on developing collaborative combat aircraft by standardizing multiple system components.

Boeing and Aurora Flight Sciences on June 20 announced a joint effort to develop new defensive systems and countermeasures for the KC-46 and future tankers.

Boeing Defense and Space CEO Ted Colbert told reporters ahead of the Paris Air Show on June 18 that the second quarter will look like the earnings of the first.

The companies, services and people dependent on today’s promising new generation of aircraft would do well to heed the lessons of the past.

The latest setback means the IOC milestone is now expected nearly two years after the original schedule set at contract award to Boeing in August 2018.

The U.S. Navy wants to end the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton buy at 22, far short of the program of record as it looks to procure other uncrewed systems.