A Boeing official tells Breaking Defense that the company is making strides on issues around the training jet’s ejection seat.
By Michael MarrowThe stand-down follows the Navy grounding an undisclosed number of jets due to concerns with ejection seat safety.
By Valerie Insinna and Justin KatzA recent test saw a real pilot with a virtual F-22 as a wingman going up against a virtual Chinese J-20. “It’s crazy,” the company’s chief executive says.
By Valerie Insinna“Gen. Raymond has asked me, in particular, to make sure that we are incorporating all aspects of space warfighting … into our curriculum.”
By Theresa HitchensWASHINGTON: Aerospace behemoth Boeing will build the new T-X jet trainer, the Air Force announced this afternoon, beating out the Lockheed/KAI T-50 and the Leonardo DRS/CAE T-100 after years of maneuvering and uncertainty that saw multiple companies drop out of the competition. The first planes will enter service at Randolph Air Force base in 2023, with…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.FARNBOROUGH: For the first time at an air show, Raytheon has presented its offering for the replacement of the T-38 trainer here, the T-100. Thanks to the buckets of rain that keep falling we can’t offer you a photo, but we can tell you the plane is here. We understand the company is likely to make…
By Colin Clark
Air Force Cuts Mean Service Is ‘Slowly Going Out of Business’
A year has passed since Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the Budget Control Act-the legislation mandating sequestration. Funding cuts that once seemed politically remote now loom large for leaders increasingly anxious about the impact $1.2 trillion in automatic budget reductions will have upon their respective districts and states. An estimated two million…
By Mackenzie Eaglen