WASHINGTON — The four-star general in charge of the Air Force’s cargo fleet said Wednesday that he saw no need for a new version of the hulking C-17 cargo aircraft being proposed by Boeing Co ...

Southern California’s last major airplane factory, slated to close in two years, could find new life under a bold plan being floated by Boeing Co. to build a new version of the massive C-17 ...

The C-17B adds a centreline landing gear, more powerful engines and redesigned flaps that increase lift for short take-offs - similar in concept to the 1970s-era McDonnell Douglas YC-14 prototype.

The future of the embattled C-17 airlifter is about to be decided by a series of intersecting funding and program decisions, but Boeing is quietly confident that a new clutch of orders could ...

C-17 PITCH: A modification of the C-17 could meet 80 percent of the U.S. Air Force/Army Joint Future Theater Lift (JFTL) requirement for 10 percent of the price, Boeing’s defense chief Jim ...

Arthur J. Lichte’s comments Wednesday were about Boeing’s proposed C-17B, which would have stronger engines and extra landing gear designed […] Skip to content. All Sections.

Boeing hopes to exploit a gap between the fielding of the US Army’s future combat systems brigades from 2015 and the introduction of a yet-to-fly joint future theater lift (JFTL) aircraft from ...

Congress is being asked to add as much as $3.75 billion to the Pentagon’s fiscal 2008 budget to continue building the Air Force’s C-17 cargo aircraft, according to Congressional sources and ...