Boeing is proposing a human lunar lander that can be launched as a single payload into lunar orbit, rather than making an assembly stop at NASA's proposed Gateway.

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U.S. Air Force Col. Dale White, who formerly led surveillance and special operations acquisition programs, will lead the new Advanced Aircraft office.

The USAF's Space and Missile Systems Center and the NRO has awarded a $1.18B sole-source contract modification to the United Launch Alliance to support five Delta IV heavy launches over five years.

U.S. pilots who have tested the new Boeing 737 MAX flight-control software have given it positive reviews and some carriers are beginning to finalize step-by-step MAX return-to-service plans, suggesting that Boeing’s notional time line of getting FAA approval by year-end may come to fruition.

The moves are Boeing’s most substantive publicly announced organizational changes since the mid-March 737 MAX grounding.

Boeing Super Hornets and Growlers in the Primary Mission Aircraft Inventory, at 345 and 95 aircraft respectively, are above the 80% target, according to a Sept. 24 Naval Air Forces commander statement.

NASA has agreed to buy six more Orion capsules for lunar sorties beginning in 2024.