Boeing has completed the research, development, test and evaluation phase for the MH-139A Grey Wolf. The aircraft manufacturer said Monday it will now transition to and concentrate on the production of the helicopters, with the delivery of the first low-rate production aircraft to the U.S. Air Force expected in mid-2024.

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The joint venture of Boeing and Textron’s Bell subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $41.2 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide engineering and logistics sustainment support for the V-22 Osprey aircraft platform. Under the agreement, Bell Boeing will deliver support services to various clients, including the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force as well as the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

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Boeing is partnering with the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration to launch an initiative that aims to foster the development and use of sustainable aviation fuel among members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. The aerospace company said Thursday that the initiative seeks to address various challenges APEC countries might face in establishing or growing a market for SAF. These challenges include the production of the fuel itself and the formulation of policies underpinning SAF production and use.

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Boeing is expanding its factory in Huntsville, Alabama, that manufactures the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile seeker. The company announced Monday that it is adding 35,000 square feet of production space to boost the site's capacity by more than 30 percent every year.

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The first test version of the U.S. Air Force's T-7A Red Hawk has arrived at Edwards Air Force Base in California where developmental flight testing for the Boeing-built advanced pilot training aircraft will begin. The aircraft, dubbed APT-2, traveled from Boeing's production facility in St. Louis, Missouri, and made stops at air bases in Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona to refuel, the defense contractor said Thursday.

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Boeing has delivered to the U.S. Army the 100th unit of the Next Generation Automatic Test System, a mobile platform designed to quickly detect and isolate defects in electronic line replaceable units on M1 Abrams and M2 Bradley combat vehicles. The company said Thursday it partnered with Teradyne and Logisys to hand over the NGATS platform to the Army.

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Boeing and nonprofit manufacturing organization ASTRO America unveiled a 3D-printed main rotor link assembly for the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. The main rotor system, which will be tested next spring, is the first component produced by the two companies using additive manufacturing equipment at Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois.

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Technical Directions Inc., a unit of Kratos' Unmanned Systems Division, entered into a memorandum of understanding to supply turbine engines for Boeing's Powered Joint Direct Attack Munition guidance kit. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced Monday that the TDI-J85 turbine engine will help the Powered JDAM achieve high-end range strike capability.

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Boeing has partnered with NASA and United Airlines to conduct in-flight tests to examine how sustainable aviation fuel can impact contrails and non-carbon emissions and reduce carbon soot. The study will involve the Boeing-manufactured second ecoDemonstrator Explorer, which will fly using 100 percent SAF and conventional jet fuel stored in separate tanks.

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A Millennium Space Systems-built satellite took off Thursday aboard Firefly Aerospace‘s Alpha rocket from a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as part of a Space Systems Command-led Tactically Responsive Space mission, called Victus Nox. The liftoff occurred 27 hours after the U.S. Space Force issued a launch order for the TacRS […] More

A Millennium Space Systems-built satellite took off Thursday aboard Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket from a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as part of a Space Systems Command-led Tactically Responsive Space mission, called Victus Nox. More

A Boeing and Red 6 team has finished the initial flight testing of augmented reality technologies designed to enhance the combat capabilities of the U.S. Air Force. Incorporating Red 6’s Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System and Augmented Reality Command and Analytic Data Environment on the TA-4J tactical aircraft took less than a year to complete, Thomas Bergeson, president […] More