THE U.S. Air Force will soon decide on a new tanker to replace the aging KC-135. Boeing has proposed a KC-767AT and Northrop Grumman is offering the KC-30 based on Airbus’ A330 commercial aircraft.

If President Obama really intends to “win the future,” his administration should hand a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract to Boeing, several lawmakers said on Thursday. “A win for the Boeing ...

For thousands of California workers, rising unemployment rates, an enormous budget deficit and a looming recession are the least of their concerns. California aerospace workers are more worried about ...

Bob Jacques expects his Sylmar parts manufacturer to increase its workforce by about 10 percent in the coming year, in part because of the firm’s expected work on the Air Force’s next-generation ...

Northrop Grumman Corp. said Monday that it has nearly doubled its estimate of the number jobs that will be created as a result of the $35 billion contract it got from the Air Force to make aerial ...

EVERETT — The Boeing Co.’s tanker will create 10 times as many U.S. jobs as its former competitor’s would have, according to a study paid for by Boeing. The study, released Wednesday, by consulting ...

This next story takes us back down into the atmosphere. The Air Force will shortly announce the winner of a contract that could be worth up to $150 billion. It's for a new fleet of refueling tankers, ...

Some days, an aircraft wants to be more than just a troop transport. The Bell Boeing V-22 program is now trying out the tilt-rotor Osprey to see how it might fare as a flying gas station. Jon ...

WICHITA, Kan. -- In what company officials described as a bid to cut costs in a tight market for defense spending, Boeing announced plans to close its massive plant in Wichita before the end of 2013, ...

Boeing and Airbus are competing for a major Air Force contract to build air refueling tankers. The competition has been public, political and nasty. And the stakes are high — a contract worth up to ...