President’s new copter hits setback: It’s unreliable in a crisis
The president's new helicopter is "failing to meet the reliability, availability or maintainability threshold requirements" set for it, according to an internal summary prepared for...
Pentagon swoops in to buy last-of-kind chips for B-2 bomber, destroyer
The Pentagon is spending about $2 billion on customized semiconductors by early March. The spending was triggered when the company that owns the facility where...
GE bests Raytheon for $1.58 billion Air Force engine project
General Electric was awarded a billion dollar plus contract for an Air Force engine project. The engine's will power the Boeing built F-15EX jet.
Boeing tanker deliveries were paused this spring because of a stray plastic cap
Deliveries of Boeing troubled KC-46 tanker were halted for about a month earlier this year after Air Force and company inspectors found a red plastic...
Afghan collapse follows 20 years of U.S. missteps, federal watchdog reports
The nearly $1 trillion in U.S. spending since late 2001 was hobbled by shifting U.S. strategy, Afghan corruption, unsustainable projects and failure "to understand the...
Boeing pays Pentagon $10.7 million to settle double-billing case
Boeing quietly agreed to repay the U.S. $10.7 million after a three-year investigation concluded it double-billed the military for taxes paid to foreign governments on...
U.K. reaches $2 billion deal to buy 14 Boeing Chinook helicopters
The UK said that, due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, it needed to delay delivery of the aircraft but expected to complete the purchase...