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Re:Canada tells Boeing its bid for fighter jet contract fall... by Eelongate on Thursday November 25, 2021 @09:27PM (#29346981)
This article is about the F-18 Super Hornet, which Boeing manufactures. However I think it's interesting to note that the F-18 and F-15 were both designed by McDonnell Douglas. The last time Boeing designed a successful fighter jet on their own was never.
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Re:Canada tells Boeing its bid for fighter jet contract fall... by missedthecue on Thursday November 25, 2021 @09:36PM (#29347024)
Tanker and bomber aircraft complimented their business better. Those products have been fantastically successful.
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Re:Canada tells Boeing its bid for fighter jet contract fall... by nradov on Thursday November 25, 2021 @10:21PM (#29347247)
That had been true, but the recent KC-46 tanker is far from successful.
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Re:Canada tells Boeing its bid for fighter jet contract fall... by ethbr0 on Thursday November 25, 2021 @11:44PM (#29347546)
The KC-46 is somewhere at $5B in losses to Boeing (the USAF wrote the program contract defensively, for once) and years behind schedule.

And as for bombers, Northrop Grumman is at the pole position with the B-21 Raider contract.

The B-52 will be flying forever, but that can't be a major revenue win for Boeing.

The F/A-18E/F is getting a bit long in the tooth, and the Navy (and Air Force) are both starting up new fighter programs (aka Next Generation Air Dominance, separate for each service).

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Re:Canada tells Boeing its bid for fighter jet contract fall... by missedthecue on Friday November 26, 2021 @12:44AM (#29347772)
The maintenance contracts on the B-52s alone are worth tens of billions of dollars. And like you pointed out, they're going to keep renewing those contracts for decades to come.
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Re:Canada tells Boeing its bid for fighter jet contract fall... by ethbr0 on Friday November 26, 2021 @02:57PM (#29353524)
Yes, but there are apparently 76 active + 18 reserve. And notably only used by the USAF.

That's a lot of planes, and a huge contract, but it's not a recipe for growth.

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Re:Canada tells Boeing its bid for fighter jet contract fall... by Jeema101 on Friday November 26, 2021 @09:18AM (#29350360)
True but they just introduced their very successful piston-engined P-26 fighter [1] a mere 89 years ago. Barely even had time to design a follow up! /s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_P-26_Peashooter

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