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NATO Selects Boeing E-7A to Replace Aging E-3A Early Warning Fleet

NATO has selected Boeing’s E-7A Wedgetail as its new command and control aircraft.  In a press release, the security alliance said a “consortium of allies” approved the acquisition. The next-generation E-7A aircraft will replace NATO’s aging E-3A Airborne Warning and Control fleet, which has been in use since the ’80s. It is a militarized version of...

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Boeing, Ferra Engineering Extend Collaborative Effort to Produce Precision Bomb Guidance Kits

Boeing has expanded its partnership with Australia’s Ferra Engineering to continue manufacturing Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range precision bomb guidance kits. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding extending their collaboration until 2028. According to Boeing, the deal will also explore potential applications for Powered JDAM, a low-cost version of the wing kit...

Poland Seeks Multirole Fighters for Air Superiority Wish List
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Poland Seeks Multirole Fighters for Air Superiority Wish List

The European consortium-made Eurofighter Typhoon and Boeing’s F-15EX Eagle II are the “only two options” for the air superiority that Poland seeks over Russian warplanes, Tomasz Smura, director of the research office at the Warsaw-based Casimir Pulaski Foundation, told Defense News. Smura, a resident fellow at the foundation who specializes in military technologies and U.S....

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Boeing Broadens Brazilian Footprint With New Engineering and Technology Center in Sao Paulo

Boeing has opened its latest engineering and technology center in Sao Jose dos Campos in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, the aerospace company announced on Tuesday. The facility is its 15th engineering site worldwide tasked with developing advanced technology for aerospace innovation. The new center expands Boeing’s footprint in Brazil, where it already employs...

Lockheed Creates Team for UK New Medium Helicopter Contract Bid
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Lockheed Creates Team for UK New Medium Helicopter Contract Bid

Lockheed Martin UK has established its own team of British companies to compete for the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s $1.27 billion New Medium Helicopter contract award, under which the MOD would procure up to 44 aircraft as part of its modernization efforts. The team proposes the Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter to replace MOD’s aging aircraft...

Leonardo Establishes UK Supply Chain to Support $1B New Medium Helicopter Bid
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Leonardo Establishes UK Supply Chain to Support $1B New Medium Helicopter Bid

Leonardo Helicopters plans to build AW149 helicopters using components solely from U.K.-based businesses if the company wins the $1.27 billion New Medium Helicopter contract from the UK Ministry of Defence. According to the NMH contract notice published in 2022, the MOD intends to acquire between 36 and 44 aircraft to phase out existing rotorcraft systems...

US Approves $12B Apache Helicopters Sale to Poland
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US Approves $12B Apache Helicopters Sale to Poland

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday that it has moved to notify Congress of the Department of State granting approval of a possible $12 billion helicopter sale to Poland. The proposed sale includes 96 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters plus Hellfire missiles and Hellfire captive air training missiles, Joint Air-to-ground Missiles and Stinger missiles. The...

Indonesia Inks Deal to Acquire 24 F-15EX Fighter Jets
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Indonesia Inks Deal to Acquire 24 F-15EX Fighter Jets

The Indonesian government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Boeing to purchase 24 units of the F-15EX fighter jet. Boeing said Air Vice Marshal Yusuf Jauhari, head of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense’s Defense Facilities Agency, and Mark Sears, vice president and program manager for Boeing Fighters, inked the agreement following a visit to...

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