While the Air Force will originally focus on a competition to place new ejection seats in the service's F-16 fleet, “decisions following the competition could extend to other platforms, including the F-22 and B-1," the Air Force said.
The Air Force is nearing a decision on whether to recompete an ejection seat contract held by Collins. If the service changes course, it will send shockwaves through the duopoly that fights over every potential ejection seat sale.
The initial command and control gateway to earn a continuous Authority to Operate is changing multi-domain operations.
A Boeing official tells Breaking Defense that the company is making strides on issues around the training jet's ejection seat.
Beyond actual aviation news, I will continue to mention Taylor Swift in these lists until my editors force me to stop. [Editor's Note: Fine.]
Fear over a defective part led to grounding and inspection of hundreds of planes. After all that, only four problems were actually discovered. Was shutting down flight operations worth it?