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News archive: Boeing Defense, Space & Security

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30 April The MQ-25A is intended to provide carrier-based aerial refuelling, significantly extending the operational range of the carrier air wing.

Boeing and US Navy complete first Stingray test flight

The two-hour autonomous mission validated control systems and an Rolls-Royce AE 3007N engine integration, paving the way for carrier-based refuelling trials.

5 February The MH-139A is designed for patrol, transport and search and rescue operations.

USAF expands Boeing’s Grey Wolf order to 38

An additional contract for four helicopters and sustainment followed closely behind an earlier eight-aircraft deal worth $173 million.

11 December 2025 The Wichita facility assembling 737 fuselage sections for integration into Boeing’s commercial aircraft production line.

Boeing and Airbus absorb Spirit operations

Boeing has taken on Spirit AeroSystems's commercial programmes, aftermarket operations and 15,000 staff, while Airbus has added six global production facilities to its network.

20 September 2025 The centre will accelerate Boeing's work on defence programmes while enabling collaboration with Embry-Riddle.

Boeing engineering centre opens at Embry-Riddle Research Park

The facility will support design, development and prototyping for defence programmes while promising 400 jobs and economic growth across Daytona Beach and Volusia County.

28 August 2025

Qarbon delivers first forward fuselage for Red Hawk

The celebration at Red Oak in Texas highlighted Qarbon Aerospace’s proud legacy, the importance of the T-7A Red Hawk programme and partnerships with Boeing and the U.S. Air Force.

21 May 2025 Boeing’s T1 demonstration aircraft.

Syensqo's composites can replace titanium on Stingray exhaust

CYCOM 5250-4HT is a bismaleimide resin system with excellent thermal stability after thermal cycling and ideal for use in high temperature areas near engines.

27 March 2025 A concept image of Boeing's F-47, the U.S. Air Force's sixth-generation stealth fighter.

Boeing wins contract to deliver sixth-generation NGAD fighter

The U.S. Air Force selected Boeing to design and produce its Next-Generation Air Dominance platform following record investment in defence.

15 August 2024

IS&S receives contract for military MFD and Mission Computers

This marks the latest OEM contract for IS&S building on existing OEM programs with Pilatus Aircraft for the PC-24, Textron for the King Air 260/360, and Boeing for the KC-46A, KC-767A and the T-7A.

7 August 2024 In 2024, the U.S. Air Force awarded an additional seven MH-139As to Boeing. With six Research, Development, Test and Evaluation aircraft already delivered, Boeing currently has 26 aircraft on contract.

Boeing delivers first MH-139A production aircraft to USAF

Leonardo produces the baseline helicopter at its plant in northeast Philadelphia, while Boeing is responsible for military equipment procurement and installation and post-delivery support of the aircraft.

13 June 2024 Embry‑Riddle announced that Boeing will lease the new Cici and Hyatt Brown Center for Aerospace Technology on June 11, 2024. The centre will employ an expected 400 workers, through 2026.

New Boeing location at Embry-Riddle promises 400 jobs

Boeing will lease the entire Cici and Hyatt Brown Center for Aerospace Technology, located in Embry-Riddle’s Research Park, on the university’s Daytona Beach Campus.

1 May 2024 T-7A APT-3 completed the climate chamber testing with the U.S. Air Force and returned to Boeing St. Louis for continued testing.

T-7A Red Hawk passes three key testing milestones

Boeing is also building a new production line for low-rate initial production, aiming to load the first forward and aft fuselages for LRIP mid-year as suppliers are already underway developing parts for production.

1 May 2024 Boeing has secured critical supply chain resources.

Boeing takes over GKN's St Louis operations

The agreement provides continuity of the production and sustainment of critical parts for the F/A-18 and F-15 programs. Nearly the entire GKN St Louis workforce of 550 people have been hired by Boeing.

22 November 2023 Boeing delivered the final Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter to the U.S. Air Force. Boeing will now begin delivering the first production aircraft in 2024.

Boeing shifts towards production of MH-139A Grey Wolf

Delivering all of the RDT&E aircraft to the Air Force enables them to continue critical operational testing and allows Boeing to focus on building the first production aircraft.

13 September 2023 Zero-G Helmet Mounted Display System+.

US Navy contracts for improved helmet-mounted display for F/A-18

the Zero-G Helmet Mounted Display System+ (HMDS+), which will provide an augmented view of the battle space inside the pilot's helmet to allow for faster decision making, increasing survivability and effectiveness.

21 June 2023

Triumph units gain diverse manufacturing contracts

Boeing, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation and Innovate UK have entrusted projects in environmental cooling systems, helicopter transmission and electro-mechanical landing gear actuation respectively.

31 May 2023

Phantom Works set to gain coatings centre

The Advanced Coatings Center is the third new facility revealed as part of Phantom Works' multi-billion-dollar Production System of the Future effort, enabling platform-agnostic, modular and flexible digital production.

6 April 2023

IS&S supplies GPS units for the Red Hawk

The GPS/WAAS Beta-3 Receiver is a satellite receiver that uses the signals from GPS satellites and satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) such as the USA Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS).

15 March 2023 Production is under way with a handshake.

US Air Force gives go-ahead for MH-139A production

The initiation of low-rate production will yield the first operational aircraft set to replace the U.S. Air Force's current fleet of UH-1N “Huey” helicopters, with first delivery slated for 2024.

2 March 2023 A Boeing-built F/A-18 Super Hornet takes off from Lambert International Airport in St. Louis. Boeing will continue to deliver new Block III Super Hornets to the Navy through 2025.

Boeing builds on St Louis investment with F/A-18 sunset plan

A clear timetable for the end of F/A-18 production allows Boeing to redirect resources to future military aircraft programs, including support work on the next generation of advanced crewed and uncrewed aircraft.

21 September 2022 L3Harris provides mission-management processors for the T-7A Red Hawk aircraft, the newest U.S. Air Force jet trainer in 60 years.

L3Harris processor selected to crunch the Red Hawk's data

The processor technology is part of a digital, open-systems design that decreases maintenance and lifecycle costs while increasing reliability. The processors include extra payload slots to expand mission capabilities.

9 June 2022 RSA is providing duct products for the T-7A.

RSA gathers contract for ducting aboard the Red Hawk

RSA Engineered Products has been awarded several components used in fluid conveyance applications, more specifically within the air ducting system, by Boeing for its T-7A Red Hawk training jet program.

6 April 2022 Collins Aerospace will provide all three seating platforms and its Perigon computer for the DEFIANT X advanced utility helicopter.

Collins applies commercial seating tech to military helicopter

Collins Aerospace will supply the DEFIANT X with armoured pilot, cabin crew and troop seats. And its Perigon flight control computer will tackle the helicopter's utility management, prognostic health and autonomy.

6 April 2022 Highly integrated hydraulics and flight controls from Parker Aerospace land the lowest risk and weight, plus highest reliability for the Sikorsky-Boeing DEFIANT X.

Parker pumps and actuation feature in DEFIANT X

A long-standing supplier of the flight controls and hydraulic power systems for the Army's Black Hawk and Apache helicopters, Parker Aerospace will now be part of the DEFIANT X collaborative team.

3 March 2022 Rossell Techsys is presented with a Boeing contract to manufacture wire harnesses for the T-7A.

Rossell Techsys wins contract for Red Hawk wire harnesses

Indian manufacturer Rossell has already manufactured over 100,000 EWIS parts for Boeing, and now it has a ten-year agreement to supply more for the T-7A Red Hawk.

16 February 2022 Mark Cherry, vice president and general manager, Boeing Vertical Lift; Ricky Freeman, president, Defense & Space at Honeywell Aerospace and Paul Lemmo, president of Sikorsky celebrate Honeywell’s selection as engine provider for Defiant X.

Defiant team selects Honeywell power for Army contender

The Defiant X flies twice as far and fast as the venerable Black Hawk helicopter it is designed to replace, and is currently undergoing testing in a digital combat environment. The Army's contract award is expected this year.

28 October 2021 Saab’s West Lafayette, Indiana, factory will produce the aft section of the T-7A advanced jet.

Saab opens US facility to aid Boeing contract

The Boeing-Saab team is producing an advanced trainer for the U.S. Air Force, with Saab providing the aft section, which is currently manufactured in Sweden before being shipped to the U.S.

28 July 2021 T-7A aft section production at Saab's Linkoping site in Sweden.

Red Hawk's aft airframe arrives in St Louis

Saab's airframe section will complete the test aircraft for the EMD's flight test program. Including hydraulics, fuel and secondary power, it forms the centre structure from behind the cockpit to the end of the aircraft.

20 May 2021 Rohde & Schwarz was awarded a contract by Boeing to deliver radio communications for the T-7A Red Hawk.

Rohde & Schwarz makes the grade for T-7A radio communications

Airborne transceivers from the SOVERON radio family provide excellent RF characteristics suitable for applications in harsh military environments, making the software-defined radio ideal for Boeing's T-7A.

20 May 2021 Boeing T-7A Red Hawk aircraft mechanic Will Helton examines the surface of the first spliced advanced trainer being produced in St. Louis as part of the U.S. Air Force contract for 351 of the new jets. (Photo: Randy Jackson)

Boeing completes first production digital splice of Red Hawk

It took just half an hour to join the front and aft sections of the T-7A trainer, with a 98% reduction in drilling defects. The latest digital techniques are delivering an improvement of 50% in production quality.

21 April 2021 The first aft fuselage section for the T-7A Red Hawk program at Saab’s Linkoping facility.

Saab ships first aft airframe for Boeing's T-7A trainer

The first delivery has been made from Sweden, but Saab's brand new facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA will undertake future production of the aft sections for the T-7A program.

21 April 2021 Norway’s first P-8A Poseidon aircraft arrives by rail car in Renton, Washington, ready for final assembly.

First P-8A fuselage for Norway joins the production line

Norway is expected to receive its first P-8 later this year. In total, five P-8s will eventually replace Norway's current fleet of six P-3 Orions and three Falcon 20s. The first fuselage has arrived in Renton.

24 March 2021 Boeing MH-47G Block II Chinook.

Kaman wins contract for MH-47 refuelling boom assemblies

Kaman Composites is to expand its facility to accommodate the increased production scale that the MH-47 assemblies will require, ready for the start of the program in the second half of 2021.

24 February 2021 Work under way at Boeing's St. Louis, Mo., facility.

Boeing begins T-7A Red Hawk trainer production

Just four months after Triumph Aerospace Structures Red Oak loaded the first wings parts into an assembly jig, production of the advanced trainer has begun at Boeing's St. Louis facility

11 February 2021 The F-15EX fighter jet demonstrates a vertical “Viking” departure during its first flight on Feb. 2, 2021. (Boeing photo by Eric Shindelbower)

F-15EX first flight clears path for deliveries to US Air Force

The latest variant of the F-15 fighter jet is not simply an evolution, its digital backbone will enable it to be an effective testbed for future technology. First deliveries are scheduled within the first quarter.

11 November 2020 Northrop Grumman demonstrating an OMS-compliant advanced sensor during a live ground demonstration.

Northrop Grumman demonstrates OMS-compliant advanced sensor

Northrop Grumman plans to integrate a combination of OMS/Open Communication Systems sensors and software-defined radios across multiple platforms, networks and nodes to ensure multi-domain interoperability.

29 October 2020

Triumph loads up first assembly for T-7A

Triumph in Red Oak, Texas, have marked the beginning of an assembly process that could see it produce in excess of 2,000 ship sets of wings and empennage for the T-7A military trainer aircraft.

7 October 2020 Boeing has selected Raytheon Intelligence & Space to provide the APG-82(V)1 active electronically scanned array radar for the F-15EX.

Raytheon's proven AESA radar selected for the F-15EX

The APG-82(V)1 radar is combat proven, having flown in multiple theatres around the world. Eight systems will be delivered for the F-15EX by 2022.