While that’s still years behind the original delivery date of 2022, it’s one to two years earlier than Boeing had most recently predicted.
Trump has expressed anger at the delays, and he reportedly had been looking at buying a different jet to use on an interim basis.
News of the potential 2027 delivery came Wednesday from Darlene Costello, the Air Force’s acting acquisitions chief, who testified before the House Armed Service Committee about recent negotiations between the Air Force and Boeing.
“I would not necessarily guarantee that date, but they are proposing to bring it in ’27, if we can come to agreement on the requirement changes,” Costello said.
She was referring to contract requirements that are being loosened to get to that earlier date – such as the Air Force “relieving” Boeing of some of the top-clearance security requirements for workers performing work on the aircraft, which has been blamed for some of the delays.
Source: https://edition.cnn.com
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