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While the X-32A was expected to make an appearance, the roll out of the X-32B was a surprise, as construction of the latter aircraft had started some three months after the former and was completed six weeks after the X-32A. [11] Boeing attributed the rapid construction of the STOVL version to the use of digital design and assembly methods. [12]
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is a division of The Boeing Company based in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The division builds military airplanes , rotorcraft , and missiles , as well as space systems for both commercial and military customers, including satellites , spacecraft , and rockets .
The Sukhoi Su-75 Checkmate (Russian: Сухой Су-75), also designated as the Light Tactical Aircraft (LTA; Russian: Лёгкий Тактический Самолёт - ЛТС, romanized: Legkiy Takticheskiy Samolyot - LTS), [1] [2] is a single-engine, stealth fighter aircraft under development by Sukhoi for export and for the Russian Aerospace Forces. [3]
The Boeing F-15EX Eagle II is an American all-weather multirole strike fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle.The aircraft resulted from the U.S. Department of Defense's Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (OSD CAPE) study in 2018 to recapitalize the aging F-15C/D fleet due to inadequate numbers of F-22s, delays in the F-35 program, and maintaining diversity in the U ...
The aircraft is now competing with six other aircraft in a fresh tender, referred to as MMRCA 2.0 in the Indian media, for the procurement of 114 multi-role combat aircraft. [78] In March 2020, Russia announced that they will offer an upgraded MiG-35 fighter jet equipped with an automatic landing and G-force protection systems as its entry for ...
Indonesia's defence ministry and U.S. planemaker Boeing have signed an agreement on the sale of 24 F-15EX fighter jets to help modernise the Southeast Asian country's ageing fleet, the ministry ...
By then, the Soviet Union had disintegrated, and the ensuing economic crisis in Russia throughout the 1990s meant that the original plan to mass-produce the aircraft between 1996 and 2005 was abandoned, [7] with the aircraft to serve as experimental test-beds to validate the canards, the flight-control system and thrust-vectoring technology. [13]
Boeing competitor Airbus on Wednesday announced it would take steps to cut 2,500 jobs in the company’s defense and space division through the middle of 2026. Airbus said the job cuts would ...