Boeing expects additional losses on Starliner program

Boeing expects additional losses on Starliner program

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Boeing expects additional losses on Starliner program



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aviation giant Boeingcommercial space crew program CST-100 Starliner in the fourth quarter financial results regarding additional losses He announced that he would announce it. Before the financial report to be published on January 28, the company announced the following within the scope of its defense, space and security unit. Total loss of $1.7 billion announced his prediction.

According to Boeing’s press release, most of these losses will be for two programs: $800 million for the KC-46A tanker and $500 million for the T-7A trainer aircraft. However, a total loss of 400 million dollars is predicted for the Starliner program, VC-25B presidential aircraft and MQ-25 unmanned aerial vehicle projects.

Things are not going well for Starliner

The latest developments in the Starliner program came to the fore with an important decision made by NASA in October. NASA, Starliner’s first operational mission has been postponed until after 2025 announced. In this process, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft was preferred for the Crew-10 and Crew-11 missions to the International Space Station.

As you may remember, astronauts launched with the Starliner vehicle Butch Wilmore ve Sunny Williamscurrently located on the International Space Station. The Starliner vehicle carrying them returned to Earth last September. NASA had drawn attention to concerns about the performance of the thrusters that malfunctioned during the spacecraft’s journey to the station.

NASA is refraining from giving an exact date for Starliner’s next flight, waiting for Boeing to clarify its steps towards system certification. NASA said in a statement at the time: “The timing and configuration of Starliner’s next flight will be determined based on the steps Boeing takes for system certification.” he said.

In its last earnings call in October, Boeing also signaled that it would make new decisions that could include stopping work in some areas other than commercial aviation and defense. CEO of the company Kelly OrtbergIn a statement made in October, it stated that some business areas other than commercial aviation and defense may be reconsidered: “There are probably some things we could be more efficient at, or things that take us away from our main goals.” In a report published on January 23, Space Capital predicted that Boeing and Airbus would divest their space divisions this year.