The Air Force One replacement faces further delays due to the postponement of ground-based subsystem testing and other issues at Boeing.
The first flight of the VC-25B, the replacement aircraft of the Air Force One , has been delayed again for another 16 months, according to an Air Force spokesperson.The program is facing additional setbacks for two key objectives, compounding earlier delays.
Boeing is currently updating the program’s schedule, stated an Air Force spokesperson, which could lead to changes in the provided dates. The next schedule update is expected later this summer, and the spokesperson added that the impact on expected delivery dates remains unclear.company has suffered over $2 billion in losses on the presidential airlift recapitalization effort alone. Originally scheduled, the first airplane delivery was expected this year.
The program’s contract, negotiated by former Chief Executive Officer Denis Muilenburg with then-President Donald Trump in 2018, has posed challenges for the company’s current leadership. Last year, Boeing officials acknowledged the VC-25B program represented “a very unique set of risks that Boeing probably shouldn’t have taken.”
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