Boeing offers more C-17s, lower price

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Boeing Co has offered the US Air Force (USAF) 60 C-17 transport planes at a cost that is under 15% of prevailing contract prices. The offer, if accepted by the USAF, will increase the service's inventory of the advanced airlifters to 180 from the present 120 units. Boeing's new C-17 aircraft, which will have a price tag of $149 million each under the offer, features increased fuel capacity that extends the aircrafts payload and range.

Marketing procedures, Aircraft Manufacturing, Military Transport & Cargo Aircraft, Boeing Co., Military transport aircraft

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Next, the unmanned bomber? Getting Congress to go along; To organize, train, and... and

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The launch date for the Next Generation Long-Range Strike (LRS) Aircraft program, a new, possibly unmanned program of the US Air Force (USAF) is brought forward from 2037 to 2018. USAF hopes to fund this program by significantly reducing its current bomber inventory but getting Congress to reverse its policy of not permitting old iron to be retired in support of the LRS plan could be an arduous task.

Government expenditures, Product information, Financial management, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, Personnel administration, Schools & educational services, not elsewhere classified, Aircraft Training Services, Other Technical and Trade Schools, Finance, Testing, Training, United States. Air Force, Company financing, Flight training, Government finance, Drone aircraft, Unmanned aerial vehicles

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