Yearly Archive: 2022

VietJet Aviation JSC confirmed a deal for 200 Boeing Co. 737 Max jets, giving the US planemaker another boost at one of the industry’s biggest events.

The first 50 aircraft will be delivered to Thai Vietjet, the Vietnamese budget carrier’s affiliate in Thailand, the company said in a Tuesday rel…

A shortage of spare engines may leave some F-35s grounded because it’s taking longer than planned to repair a key component for the US’s costliest warplane, according to congressional auditors.

“Inadequate maintenance depot capacity leading to a shortage of operating” engines has “grounded F-35s …

WASHINGTON —Boeing’s delivery of two new Air Force One planes has been delayed again, the Air Force announced Tuesday, with the completion of the first of the new presidential planes not expected for at least another four years.

“The new objective delivery date to the Presidential Airlift Group…

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the United Arab Emirates of C-17 Aircraft Sustainment and related equipment for an estimated cost of $980.4 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the requ…

The F-35 is DOD’s most ambitious and costly weapon system. But DOD’s strategy for maintaining the aircraft’s highly advanced engine has shortcomings.

DOD’s strategy allows 6% of F-35s to be unavailable for missions at any given time due to engine issues. But the number of F-35s that this leaves a…

EAST HARTFORD, CONN. — Pratt & Whitney (P&W) continues to work closely with stakeholders across the F-35 enterprise in support of an effective and efficient F135 sustainment program that delivers the highest levels of propulsion readiness for our warfighters at an affordable cost to taxpayers.

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