The Defense Contract Management Agency supported the delivery of the 1,000th modified F/A-18 Super Hornet from a contractor facility at Cecil Airport, Florida, on June 30.
Production will take place at Kratos’ 22,500-square-foot propulsion manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Israel plans to request information from the United States about Boeing’s F-47 sixth-generation fighter and assess whether it may eventually seek the aircraft for its air force.
Israel has received its second Boeing KC-46A Giedon tanker, advancing a U.S.-funded plan to replace its KC-707 aerial refueling fleet.
The U.S. State Department approved a possible sale to Qatar of up to four Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft.
Boeing is marking 20 years since the first flight of the EA-18G Growler, the U.S. Navy’s carrier-based airborne electronic attack aircraft.
The U.S. Navy’s Orca extra-large uncrewed undersea vehicle has completed a transit of more than 1,000 nautical miles in the eastern Pacific, marking a new milestone for the program.
RTX said it is working with Boeing and the U.S. Department of War to accelerate production of key components for the Standard Missile-3 family of interceptors.
The framework is intended to support higher production rates for both SM-3 variants as demand for the interceptors increases.
The U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone is now expected to become operational in 2029, four years later than originally planned.
Boeing is evaluating the technology for use across its integrated air and missile defense, direct attack and cruise missile portfolios.
The industrial framework is intended to support Poland’s future fleet for decades and reduce its reliance on overseas support.
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