Vice Adm. Carl Chebi suggested program officials needed to ramp up discussions about pre-flight issues if they want to see the MQ-25 in flight before the end of the year.
“The [MQ-25] platform will set a new standard for future unmanned operations from the sea,” said commander of NAVCENT and Fifth Fleet Vice Adm. George Wikoff.
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
The desire for technical data rights “is one of those areas where industry and government have been at odds for a long time. And certainly Boeing on F-18 and the Navy as well," Boeing fighters VP Mark Sears told Breaking Defense. "So being able to put that on a path to final resolution ... is a really positive step."
“These are disappointing results in the quarter and year to date. This performance is below our expectations and we acknowledge that we aren't as far along in this recovery as we expected to be at this stage,” said Chief Financial Officer Brian West.
“It's hard to make large capital investments when your business is not as healthy as it could be or you want it to be,” said Boeing's Steve Nordlund. “But that's the time that you also have to make those hard decisions, so you come out on the other side much stronger.”
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Boeing Chief Financial Officer Brian West previously warned that it could take several years until the company’s struggling defense sector turns a profit.
The aerospace giant’s defense and space division recorded new charges for NASA’s Starliner shuttle, the Air Force’s T-7A training jet and the Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray drone.
The troubled tanker’s charges are now up to over $7 billion as Boeing wrestles to get its fixed-price development contracts on track.
The successful testing onboard an active Navy aircraft carrier is a win for the high-profile program under pressure to stay on schedule.
Modeling and simulation get an AI upgrade for more realistic training and improved autonomous platforms.
Boeing’s lead in digital engineering has underpinned the F-15EX’s success, schedule and low price, and will provide rapid capability growth through open architecture and agile software development.
The successful refueling is the Navy and Boeing's second demonstration with T1, and the first exercise refueling an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye.
The Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray prototype successfully refueled a Navy Super Hornet fighter in mid-air during a Friday test.
"I can clearly -- in my mind -- envision a way to say ‘fly a defensive combat spread, shoot on this target,’ and I will squeeze the trigger or I will enable that unmanned platform to shoot the designated target," Rear Adm. Gregory Harris says.