{"id":66932,"date":"2024-04-24T18:14:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T18:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/04\/24\/boeings-defense-unit-shows-profit-despite-222m-loss-on-kc-46-t-7\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:06:18","slug":"boeings-defense-unit-shows-profit-despite-222m-loss-on-kc-46-t-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2024\/04\/24\/boeings-defense-unit-shows-profit-despite-222m-loss-on-kc-46-t-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing\u2019s defense unit shows profit, despite $222M loss on KC-46, T-7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing\u2019s defense unit recorded $222 million in losses in the first quarter of 2024 on two of its main fixed-price development programs, the KC-46A Pegasus refueling tanker and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2023\/09\/12\/boeing-to-deliver-first-t-7-to-us-air-force-outlines-testing-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\">T-7A Red Hawk trainer<\/a>, the company announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The KC-46 suffered a loss of $128 million, Chief Financial Officer Brian West told investors in an earnings call, and the T-7\u2032s losses amounted to $94 million. In documents submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the American firm said the KC-46\u2032s loss primarily stemmed from factory disruptions caused by supply chain constraints, and the T-7\u2032s loss came from higher-than-expected production costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It marks the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2024\/02\/01\/boeing-defense-unit-reports-139m-loss-across-three-major-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\">second quarter in a row<\/a> in which Boeing lost money on those programs. In the last quarter of 2023, the company reported $139 million in losses combined on the KC-46, T-7 and MQ-25 Stingray refueling drone. However, those losses were small enough that the company did not have to publicly disclose them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest figures bring the KC-46\u2032s cumulative losses to at least $7.1 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2023\/11\/09\/first-t-7-trainer-lands-at-edwards-air-force-base-for-test-flights\/\" target=\"_blank\">T-7 program<\/a> was also slowed by problems with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/02\/05\/boeing-pushes-back-t-7-plans-due-to-faulty-parts\/\" target=\"_blank\">quality of some jet parts<\/a>, which Boeing received from multiple suppliers. Some parts were sent back to their original manufacturer to be fixed, Boeing told Defense News in February, but the quality issues delayed the planned start of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2021\/12\/17\/the-t-7-takes-shape-inside-the-factory-where-the-air-forces-next-trainer-is-being-built\/\" target=\"_blank\">T-7\u2032s low-rate initial production<\/a> by several months, to mid-2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, Boeing Defense, Space and Security performed stronger than the entire company in the first quarter of 2024, which was dragged down by its struggling commercial aviation sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing has been under intense scrutiny and criticism for months after an alarming in-flight emergency when a door blew out mid-flight from one of its 737 Max passenger aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing recorded nearly $16.6 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2024, an 8% decline from the $17.9 billion the company pulled in a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It lost $355 million in the first quarter of 2024, although that was less than the $425 million loss the company suffered in the first quarter of 2023. Much of that decline came from the company\u2019s commercial airplane sector \u2014 revenues for which dropped 31%, from $6.7 billion a year ago to $4.7 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur first quarter results reflect the immediate actions we\u2019ve taken to slow down 737 production to drive improvements in quality,\u201d Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said in a statement. \u201cWe will take the time necessary to strengthen our quality and safety management systems and this work will position us for a stronger and more stable future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing\u2019s defense sector brought in nearly $7 billion in revenue in the first quarter, up 6% from a year earlier. 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