The teaming arrangement created almost two years ago between Boeing and Lockheed Martin to pursue the Air Force’s next-generation bomber is officially “in stasis mode right now,” according to Boeing Phantom Works chief Darryl Davis. Speaking with reporters Monday via telecon, Davis said the two companies aren’t clear at this point just what the Air Force wants in a long-range strike aircraft. He said the two companies would continue to watch USAF requirements unfold and decide later whether to stay linked on this project. “I’m not sure that the agreement will endure,” he said, “and at this point, I’d say the jury is still out on what we’ll do.” Thus far, the two companies have “collaborated on a lot of configuration studies, a lot of technology roadmaps” and accomplished “an awful lot,” he noted.
U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles have roared out of Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., for the last time. The 104th Fighter Wing’s last three F-15Cs departed the base Oct. 23 for the “Boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., ending the aircraft's era on the frontlines of homeland defense.
