Boeing is floating a proposal to sell the U.S. Navy more F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, just in case Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II suffers further production delays, according to company officials.
The U.S. Marine Corps announced April 13 that the first MV-22 Osprey deployment would be to Iraq for seven months starting September, where the aircraft's main role will be carrying troops into combat.