Aerospace & Spaceflight Boeing Puts SpaceX Network on Nine C-17s; Contracts Cover 19 David WhitakerNovember 5, 2026November 5, 20260 Boeing technicians at Port San Antonio have finished installing SpaceX’s Starshield satellite connection on nine U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Nine C-17 Cargo Jets Gain SpaceX Links, While 203 Await Funding David WhitakerNovember 3, 2026November 3, 20260 Boeing technicians at Port San Antonio have completed SpaceX Starshield installations on nine U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Boeing Connects Nine C-17s to SpaceX Network; Contracts Cover 19 David WhitakerOctober 27, 2026October 27, 20260 Boeing technicians have equipped nine U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo jets with communications hardware linked to SpaceX’s military…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Boeing Connects Nine C-17 Cargo Jets, but Deal Covers Only 19 David WhitakerOctober 27, 2026October 27, 20260 Boeing technicians at Port San Antonio have completed SpaceX Starshield installations on nine U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo…
Engineering Policy & Innovation Ethics Air Force Studies C-17 Restart That Could Cost Billions Before Delivery David WhitakerSeptember 21, 2026September 21, 20260 The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III remains valuable because it combines heavy-cargo capacity with access to relatively short or rough airfields….
Engineering Policy & Innovation Ethics Air Force Studies Reviving Boeing C-17 Production Versus Building New Airlifter David WhitakerSeptember 18, 2026September 18, 20260 The U.S. Air Force has moved a once-speculative idea into a formal procurement study: whether Boeing can restart production of…