Overview
- Boeing announced that the planned certification flight tests for its smallest and largest 737 MAX models, the 737‑7 and 737‑10, have concluded and the program has moved to regulatory closeout.
- The 737‑10 campaign logged 976 test flights, more than 2,060 flight hours and about 1,040 ground test hours using three dedicated test aircraft that were often flown in parallel.
- Test teams validated specific technical requirements including the main landing gear, brakes on wet runways with maximum‑energy stops, the redesigned Engine Anti‑Ice system, and the enhanced angle‑of‑attack system.
- Boeing reports progress on certification paperwork with development assurance review 3 complete, review 4 roughly 60% finished and system safety assessments about 32% complete as it prepares to submit deliverables to the FAA; the FAA’s recent restoration of Boeing’s authority to issue final airworthiness certificates means regulators will now review those materials under continued oversight.
- Boeing reaffirmed a 2026 certification target and 2027 customer deliveries, a timeline that would relieve airline delivery shortfalls and shape the company’s planned production ramp and fleet plans.