LONG BEACH, California – February 9, 2026 – The Boeing Company today announced the award of a contract by the U.S. Air Force that will keep the C-17A Globemaster III flying and mission-ready for decades to come.
The contract provides for the design, manufacturing, integration, qualification and military certification of a modernized flight deck for the C-17A. The program replaces critical avionics and mission-essential equipment with a modern, modular open systems architecture (MOSA) that enables plug-and-play improvements and ensures the fleet can adopt new capabilities quickly and affordably.
“The C-17A has been the backbone of global air mobility for more than three decades,” said Travis Williams, vice president of U.S. Air Force Training and Mobility Services, Boeing. “With the US Air Force’s requirement to keep the C-17A viable through 2075, we already have a clear and achievable roadmap to meet its needs and the needs of our international partners around the world. By solving avionics obsolescence and introducing MOSA, we are preserving a proven, highly reliable heavy transport aircraft and keeping it at the forefront of performance and efficiency for decades to come.”
Boeing delivered 275 C-17A aircraft between 1993 and 2015. The Air Force received 222 and our international partners received 53, forming what is now a fully integrated and well-established virtual fleet support system in nine partner countries.
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