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DAYTON, Ohio—The troubled KC-46 tanker has yet another problem Boeing has to fix on its own dime, the Air Force said Tuesday.It’s in the engine: vibrations from the fuel pump are damaging the tanker’s air ducts, said Kevin Stamey, program…

DAYTON, Ohio—The Air Force is pausing its sixth-generation fighter jet program as it weighs whether the companies in the running to build it have the right design, a move that’s likely to delay the service’s plans to pick a builder…

BRAMPTON, ON – Following news that Loblaws will settle a class-action bread price fixing suit for $500 million, the company has announced that all products sold in their stores will now carry a Bread Price-Fixing Settlement fee. The new fee…

Updated: 1:58 p.m. ET.FARNBOROUGH, UK—The price tag for F-35 Lightning II jets has been coming down for years, but that might not be the case in the production lots now being negotiated, Lockheed Martin officials said. Lockheed will be…

FARNBOROUGH, UK—“Talk to me, Goose—about our robot wingmen,” Maverick might say, if he were flying the F-15EX fighter jet, and if Boeing can sync up with the Air Force’s plans for collaborative combat aircraft. “As these missions…

FARNBOROUGH, UK—Raytheon officials say they need a third U.S. supplier of solid rocket motors to keep up with missile orders. “We are strategically looking at how we can have a third domestic source of rocket motors,” Barbara…

LONDON—Boeing’s defense business will take a fresh charge on the Air Force One program this quarter as the company works through major challenges while building the presidential jets, the division’s head said on Sunday. Expect…

RAF FAIRFORD, England—The Pentagon is withholding money from Lockheed Martin because the full upgrade for the latest version of the F-35 fighter jet isn’t ready, even though deliveries have restarted.On Friday, Lockheed resumed deliveries…

RAF FAIRFORD, England—The U.S. Air Force has reached a deal with Boeing for the new E-7 Wedgetail radar plane, more than a year into negotiations. But they had to bring in a former Pentagon official known for driving hard bargains to do…