Re:Canada tells Boeing its bid for fighter jet contract fall...
by nradov on Thursday November 25, 2021 @10:21PM
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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
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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).
Re:Canada tells Boeing its bid for fighter jet contract fall...
by missedthecue on Friday November 26, 2021 @12:44AM
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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.