Pratt & Whitney, Boeing and the US Air Force are working to improve the reliability of the F117-100 turbofan powering the C-17 airlifter following a rise in unscheduled removals and unsatisfactory ...
Now that Elon Musk has acknowledged withholding satellite internet service to Ukraine, the U.S. Air Force secretary said the military needs commercial services available. “If we're going to rely upon ...
HARTFORD, Conn. — Pratt & Whitney is completing its 1,000th F117 engine for Boeing’s C-17, and expects to continue building them up to around 2015. The 1,000th engine, a military derivative of the ...
The US Air Force is targeting the mid-2040s to field a new strategic airlifter that would serve as the single successor to ...
Tech Sgt. Connor Oswald, a loadmaster assigned to the 4th Airlift Squadron, connects a fuel hose during a wet-wing defuel while Senior Airman John Soto, a fellow loadmaster, looks on at Thule Air Base ...
WASHINGTON >> The Pentagon inspector general has subpoenaed United Technologies Corp.’s Pratt & Whitney engine unit, saying the company has repeatedly refused to document more than $1.54 billion in ...
The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a workhorse transport and cargo plane of the US Air Force. As many as 102 troops can be flown anywhere in the world on the aircraft. More than 800 Afghan refugees ...