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Charge On 777X Commercial Aircraft Dings Boeing’s Earnings And KC-46 Program

Charge On 777X Commercial Aircraft Dings Boeing’s Earnings And KC-46 Program
A New Hampshire Air National Guard KC-46A Pegasus refuels five Marine Corp’s F/A-18D Hornets with the Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, as the fighters returned home to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. from MCAS Iwakuni, Japan on Sept. 10, 2020, over the Pacific Ocean–the first official transoceanic coronet mission accomplished with a Pegaus refueler. The coronet involved 16 aerial refuelings of the fighters (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Boeing [BA] on Wednesday reported narrower losses in its third quarter despite a hefty charge related to the 777X commercial aircraft, while the company’s defense segment continued to show signs of improvement with strong top and bottom-line gains. A delay in the 777X program that led to the charge rippled through to the Air Force KC-46A aerial refueling tanker, which is based on the 767 commercial airframe. Jay Malave, Boeing’s new chief financial officer, said the tanker program “absorbs additional…

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