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Boeing wins bid for futuristic US fighter jet with eye on China

Boston Herald 22 Mar 2025
The U.S ... in New York ... Boeing’s defense business has been hammered by billions of dollars in cost overruns on fixed-price development programs such as the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker and the next-generation Air Force One presidential aircraft.
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Trump awards Boeing contract for sixth generation fighter jet F-47

Blitz 22 Mar 2025
“At my direction, the US ... Its KC-46 aerial refueling tanker project, for example, has suffered from repeated technical issues, while its Starliner space capsule program has been plagued by multiple failures and delays ... We cannot tell you the price.” ... .
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CBS Sports 21 Mar 2025
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Boeing Secures Multibillion Dollar Contract for Next-Gen F-47 US Fighter Jet, Beating Lockheed Martin

Gulf News 21 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON. Boeing Co ... Boeing’s defense business has been hammered by billions of dollars in cost overruns on fixed-price development programs such as the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker and the next-generation Air Force One presidential aircraft ... .
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Trump awards Boeing much-needed win with fighter jet contract

CyprusMail 21 Mar 2025
U.S ... Trump, the 47th U.S ... Cost overruns at the KC-46 mid-air refueling tanker program have surpassed $7 billion in recent years, while another fixed-price contract to upgrade two Air Force One planes has created a $2-billion loss for the top 5 U.S ... ....
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Trump awards contract for new US fighter jet to Boeing

RTE 21 Mar 2025
Cost overruns at the KC-46 mid-air refuelling tanker programme have surpassed $7bn in recent years, while another fixed-price contract to upgrade two Air Force One planes has created a $2bn loss for the top 5 US defence contractor ... .
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Boeing bags F-47 contract, Donald Trump touts it as ‘most lethal’ next-gen jet

Hindustan Times 21 Mar 2025
Boeing Co ... (AP). The company outpaced rival Lockheed Martin Corp ... The company’s defence division has struggled with cost overruns on fixed-price projects, including the KC-46 aerial refuelling tanker and the next-generation Air Force One ... “” ... ....
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Boeing wins Air Force’s next-gen fighter contract

Defense One 21 Mar 2025
David Allvin ... The announcement delivers a shot in the arm to Boeing, which has been hemorrhaging money and struggling to deliver on key military programs such as the KC-46 tanker, T-7 trainer, and new VC-25 presidential jets ... .
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Trump announces new US sixth-generation fighter jet that will be built by Boeing

CNN 21 Mar 2025
Another major Boeing program for the Air Force - the KC-46 tanker - is projected to be more than seven years behind its original timeline for reaching full-rate production, according to the Government ...
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Boeing awarded $20B to build next American fighter jet, the F-47

Stars and Stripes 21 Mar 2025
... been plagued in recent years by safety issues with their aircraft, quality control problems and production delays, including in the company’s new Air Force One program and its KC-46 Air Force tankers.
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Trump unveils world's priciest fighter jet to take on China...and its name has a special ...

The Daily Mail 21 Mar 2025
'It'll be known as the F-47 ... Cost overruns at the KC-46 mid-air refueling tanker program have surpassed $7 billion in recent years, while another fixed-price contract to upgrade two Air Force One planes has created a $2-billion loss for the top 5 U.S.
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As tanker plans remains uncertain, today’s Air Force refuelers may fly past their 100th birthday

Defense One 20 Mar 2025
This crack discovery is the latest setback with the KC-46 program, which has been working to fix a number of "category one” deficiencies—issues with the potential to cause a crash or loss of life.
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USAF’s ‘Angry Kitten’ EW pods to turn F-16s, A-10s, C-130s into electronic warriors

Interesting Engineering 18 Mar 2025
Current tests on the MQ-9 are being conducted in Syracuse, New York, and there is growing interest from the KC-46 and KC-135 tanker communities after successful demonstrations at the Air Reserve ...
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Boeing delivered 44 jets in February, outpacing the start of 2024

The Spokesman-Review 11 Mar 2025
It has spent the year since preparing to ramp back up and is starting to see progress ... Those deliveries included a 767 freighter each for FedEx and UPS, as well as three 767s to Boeing’s defense division for the KC-46 tanker program ... .
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Pentagon wants to buy 10 cargo ships to bolster aging logistics fleet

Freight Waves 07 Mar 2025
Beyond sealift, Reed also highlighted readiness concerns with the Air Force’s aging KC-135 air refueling tankers and called for accelerated fielding of new KC-46 tankers.
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