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Boeing CEO David Calhoun: Defense Industry to Get Continued Government Support
Boeing CEO David Calhoun said he believes the defense industry will continue to receive support from the U.S. government regardless of whoever wins the U.S. presidential elections in November, CNBC reported Wednesday.
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Air Force Eyes Contractor Selection for ‘Skyborg’ UAV Prototyping Effort in Summer
The U.S. Air Force plans to select a contractor this summer to prototype the service brach’s “Skyborg†unmanned aerial vehicle ahead of flight tests scheduled for 2021, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday.
Boeing Integrates Aerial Refueling Store With MQ-25Â Drone Test Asset
Boeing installed an aerial refueling store into an MQ-25Â unmanned tanker test asset in preparation for flight testing later this year, Seapower Magazine reported Thursday.
Submission of Bids for Air Force B-52 Bomber Engine Replacement Program Closes
The Air Force closed on Wednesday the window for Pratt & Whitney, General Electric's aviation business and Rolls-Royce to submit their proposals for a program to replace the engines of its fleet of 76 Boeing-built B-52 Stratofortress bombers, Breaking Defense reported.
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DARPA Selects Boeing Subsidiary, Lockheed, GTRC for New X-Plane Tech Project
Boeing's Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary, Lockheed Martin and Georgia Tech Research Corp. have received separate contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to explore active flow control approaches for X-plane development.
Blue Origin Delivers First BE-4 Engine for New ULA Rocket
Blue Origin, an aerospace company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has shipped a development engine technology to a Decatur, Ala., facility where United Launch Alliance is building the Vulcan Centaur rocket, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. ULA intends to use a pair of BE-4 engines to power the rocket that the Boeing and Lockheed Martin joint venture will test-fly in early 2021.
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Boeing Marks 2500th Apache Attack Helicopter Delivery
Boeing has completed the 2,500th delivery of the AH-64 Apache, a new milestone for the attack helicopter being used by the U.S. Army and international customers. The company said Tuesday it built and delivered an E-model of the aircraft from a production facility in Mesa, Ariz., to the service branch.
Army Begins Terrestrial Layer System Program’s First Phase With Two Contract Awards
The U.S. Army awarded other transaction agreements to Boeing and Lockheed Martin in the last two months to begin the initial phase of prototyping for the Terrestrial Layer System program that seeks to deploy a ground-based platform to deliver cyber, electronic warfare and signals intelligence capabilities to brigades, C4ISRNET reported Thursday.
Navy to Test-Fly Modernized Boeing Super Hornet Aircraft
The U.S. Navy has received a pair of F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet jets Boeing manufactured for flight testing use. The company said Wednesday it delivered one single-seat E variant and a two-seat F variant of the modernized fighter aircraft to the service branch,