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Michael Marrow

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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Michael Marrow

    Boeing nabs $2.4 billion deal for more F-15EX fighters - Breaking Defense (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON — The Air Force on Tuesday awarded Boeing a roughly $2.4 billion contract to produce a new batch of 22 F-15EX fighter jets, narrowly meeting a deadline to disburse reconciliation funds. Despite headwinds like inflation and a 2025 strike that stopped work at Boeing’s F-15 production line, the Air Force said in a press release that the service struck an agreement that managed to preserve all 22 aircraft planned for the jet’s seventh production lot. “Lot 7 reflects a disciplined approach

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Diana Stancy and Michael Marrow

    What Boeing’s F/A-XX win means for the company, and what challenges come next - Breaking Defense (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON — Boeing has emerged the champion to build the Navy’s sixth-generation strike fighter — beating out competitor Northrop Grumman to produce the aircraft that will replace the service’s aging F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler fighter jets. But while the more than $20 billion win gives Boeing a stranglehold on America’s sixth-generation fighter fleets, the challenge now is making sure the company can execute, according to analysts who spoke to Breaking Defense ahead of the contract

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Michael Marrow

    Raytheon nets potential $20.7 billion AMRAAM deal - Breaking Defense (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON — The Defense Department has awarded RTX subsidiary Raytheon a contract worth up to nearly $20.7 billion for production of the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), the Pentagon announced Monday. The multi-year deal for the air defense missile spans five years with options for an additional two years. It covers orders for the US Air Force and Navy as well as 16 international customers, according to a separate Pentagon contract notice. Roughly $240 million drawn from Air F

  4. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Michael Marrow

    Fate of Air Force's China Aerospace Studies Institute up in air - Breaking Defense (opens the original)

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    Editor’s Note: After publication of this story, the official X account of CASI shared a statement “that Air University has decided to close the China Aerospace Studies Institute,” despite the Air Force’s previous statement on the status of the organization. Breaking Defense has requested clarification from the service and will update this story with more information. WASHINGTON — The Air Force is eliminating civilian staff roles for a service-run organization dedicated to studying Chinese airpow

  5. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Michael Marrow

    Aussie defense chief confirms missing F-35 parts, says none are ‘sensitive’ - Breaking Defense (opens the original)

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    WASHINGTON — Australia’s defense minister said today that he did not believe any parts of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft reportedly diverted to Hong Kong were “sensitive,” but said Canberra was working with Washington and F-35-maker Lockheed Martin on the issue. “We are examining very much everything that has occurred at the Australian end, but the point I would make here is that we are confident about the way in which we’ve engaged with the program, and through the US’s prime contractor, Lo

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