Boeing
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Awards
Air Force Awards Anduril and General Atomics Production Contracts for First Operational CCA Drone Wingmen
Air Force picked Anduril (FQ-44A Fury) and General Atomics (FQ-42A Dark Merlin) for the first CCA production contracts June 17, 2026, bypassing Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman. Three production lots target 150 aircraft by decade-end at under $30M per unit.
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Enforcement
B-52 Crash at Edwards Kills 8—Including Two Boeing Employees—During AN/APQ-188 Radar Test
A B-52H crashed June 15, 2026 at Edwards AFB, killing all eight aboard—including two Boeing employees—during an AN/APQ-188 AESA radar test. The aircraft was the first in the fleet to receive the upgrade under the B-52J modernization program, which had already slipped three years.
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Policy
Pentagon Asks Congress to Gut McCain-Era Revolving Door Rules for Mid-Grade Officials in FY2027 NDAA
The Pentagon submitted a FY2027 NDAA proposal in June 2026 to eliminate one-year post-service lobbying cooling-off periods for O-7/O-8 officers and narrow all remaining restrictions to only the specific department office where former officials served.
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Policy
SASC Advances $1.14T FY2027 NDAA With F-35, F-15EX Multiyear Contracts and Buyback Ban
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 18-9 on June 11, 2026 to advance the FY2027 NDAA, authorizing multiyear procurement for F-35 and F-15EX aircraft and prohibiting DoD from allowing defense firms to buy back their own stock using contract profits.
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Awards
Boeing Withdraws From Navy UJTS Jet Trainer Competition, Leaving Textron and SNC in $2.7B T-45 Replacement Race
Boeing withdrew from the Navy's $2.7B UJTS competition in June 2026, citing engine qualification timelines for the T-7A Red Hawk. Textron Aviation Defense and SNC remain as the only two competitors to replace the T-45 Goshawk.
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Policy
GAO: Air Force Tanker Fleet Missed Readiness Targets for 6 Straight Years as KC-46 RVS Fix Slips to 2028
A new GAO report finds the KC-135 and KC-46A both failed mission-capable-rate goals every year from FY2019 through FY2025, driven by parts shortages, inexperienced maintainers, and a KC-46 Remote Vision System redesign now pushed to early 2028.
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Awards
Boeing Wins $200M AFRL IDIQ for Aerospace Vehicle Technology R&D
Boeing won a competitively awarded $200M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory for multidisciplinary aerospace vehicle technology research, integration and transition, with work in St. Louis through May 2037.
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Awards
Boeing Wins $854.7M P-8A Poseidon Lot 13 Modification for Four Foreign Military Sales Aircraft
Boeing received an $854,672,911 NAVAIR contract modification for P-8A Poseidon Lot 13, covering four aircraft for Foreign Military Sales customers plus DMSMS engineering, software integration, and hardware updates. FMS funds cover $852.6M; work runs through September 2030.
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Awards
Air Force Opens Dedicated EPAWSS Speedline at Warner Robins to Accelerate F-15E Electronic Warfare Upgrades Outside Normal Depot Cycle
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center launched an EPAWSS Speedline at Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex on May 26, 2026, enabling 99 F-15E Strike Eagles to receive the AN/ALQ-250 electronic warfare suite years ahead of their scheduled depot maintenance.
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Policy
Navy FY2027 Budget Restarts P-8A Poseidon Procurement After Two-Year Pause, Requests 12 Aircraft at $4.2 Billion
The Navy's FY2027 budget request proposes 12 new P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for $4.2 billion — restarting procurement after two consecutive years of zero purchases — timed to coincide with the Increment 3 Block 2 upgrade reaching initial operating capability on April 24, 2026.
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Boeing Wins $396M Army Contract for Final CH-47F Block I Chinook Production Run for South Korea and Spain
The Army definitized a $396.8 million modification to produce 19 CH-47F Block I Chinook helicopters for foreign military sales -- 18 for South Korea and one for Spain -- in what Boeing and the Army describe as the final Block I production run before transitioning to the improved Block II configuration.
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Awards
Boeing Wins $251M Sole-Source Navy Contract to Deliver P-8A Poseidon Training Systems for Germany
NAVAIR sole-sourced a $251 million contract to Boeing to design and field a complete P-8A Poseidon training ecosystem for the German Navy at Nordholz, covering tactics trainers, maintenance trainers, electronic classrooms, and mission systems trainers, with a cost-sharing provision for Canada's future P-8A training system.
