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 ...

The Air Force wants more and the Army is likely to need more, so there is easily enough interest to keep the Long Beach-built C-17 cargo plane flying high. What’s missing? Money. Without more ...

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 ...