Boeing inks contracts worth more than $4B for KC-46s, P-8s
The deals include seven new P-8s and 15 KC-46s.
Anduril, General Atomics drone wingmen clear critical design review, Air Force says
The Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program is expected to carry out its first flight next year and field operational drone wingmen by the end of the decade.
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How defensive cyber responds to hockey-stick growth of AI-driven threats
Artificial intelligence is reshaping adversarial cyber operations at machine speed, requiring defenders to increase operational tempo while imposing pain and cost.
EXCLUSIVE: How the Pentagon (quietly) spent $1 billion of inflation relief money
To help fight inflation, the Pentagon was given $1.05 billion to disperse to industry. Now, documents reviewed by Breaking Defense and interviews with key officials reveal how and why certain programs won out.
Israel signs $5.2 billion deal for 25 new F-15 fighter jets
The Israeli Ministry of Defense called the agreement, which will see new Boeing-made planes delivered in 2031, a "landmark transaction."
Army’s FLRAA fuselage production staying in Kansas, Bell announces
Bell Textron has "a lot of experience with composite fuselages, and so they're going to use their experience to potentially design it ... more modular,” Brig. Gen. David Phillips told Breaking Defense.
Boeing machinists vote to end strike, putting KC-46, P-8 programs back on track
Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), which represents about 33,000 Boeing workers mostly in Washington state and Oregon, voted in a 59 percent majority to end the strike and will return to work on Nov. 6.
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In contested seas, autonomy must anticipate, not just navigate
As missions stretch farther and comms grow less reliable, predictive software could become the edge that keeps missions afloat.
Boeing CEO says defense is ‘core’ to business, doesn’t preclude sell-off of ‘fringe’ assets
“Clearly our core of commercial airplanes and defense systems are going to stay with the Boeing Company for the long run," Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said in an earnings call.
Saab braces for ‘couple of years’ of ‘stop-and-go’ production instability on T-7A trainer fuselage
“I'm confident in the [T-7A] capability such that we have the facilities. It's not technical problems. It's more … stop-and-go in production that we need to get the flow going right," Saab CEO Micael Johansson told investors.
Bell to manufacture FLRAA fuselage after dumping Spirit AeroSystems ahead of Boeing acquisition
Sources first indicated this summer that Bell would drop Spirit AeroSystems as a supplier due to Boeing’s upcoming acquisition of the embattled aerostructures company.
Boeing’s defense unit logs massive $2 billion in losses for third quarter
"In BDS [Boeing Defense Space and Security], our performance on fixed-price development programs is simply not where it needs to be," Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said.
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Congress denies Air Force request for second C-40 VIP transport plane
The new C-40s would supplement executive airlift missions for “Top Five” users — the vice president, first spouse, defense secretary, Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state — who rely on a fleet of C-32 aircraft that can only support 59 percent of Top Five travel requests, the Air Force told Breaking Defense.
Boeing subsidiary, Indian firm ink new agreement to produce unmanned vehicles: White House
The US and India have advanced several initiatives around defense cooperation in recent years.
Boeing defense chief Ted Colbert pushed out
New Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg announced Friday evening that Colbert was exiting the company, effective immediately.
Sixth-generation fighter at F-35 costs? ‘That’s not going to happen,’ industry predicts.
“That’s not going to happen,” one defense industry official told Breaking Defense, adding that there are “distinct differences” in design parameters, materials and fleet sizes that drive higher costs for a sixth-generation fighter versus older, more prolific jets like the F-35 and F-15.