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Schiebel AG of has signed a teaming agreement to pursue marketing and support opportunities for Schiebel's CAMCOPTER® S-100. The S-100 is a compact unmanned aerial vehicle that provides a platform for a wide variety of payloads, including a stabilized video system for surveillance and reconnaissance. |
12 August 2009 |
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Iridium Satellite LLC announces that, in conjunction with Boeing, the companies have achieved two major milestones to further develop and demonstrate capability enhancements to the High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) program for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. |
23 July 2009 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $38 million contract April 27 to develop and test a nonlethal, high power microwave (HPM) airborne demonstrator for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Counter-electronics High power microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP). |
18 May 2009 |
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Boeing and AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, today signed a contract for the manufacture and support of 16 ICH-47F Chinook helicopters for the Italian Army. The contract makes Boeing the prime subcontractor to AgustaWestland for the new aircraft. |
14 May 2009 |
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Boeing is to relocate the headquarters for its Missile Defense Systems (MDS) division from Arlington, Va., to the company's facilities in Huntsville, starting immediately. |
13 May 2009 |
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Boeing has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Air Force to continue providing Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) for the KC-10 Extender fleet. The Air Force is expected to name the winner of the contract later this year.
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09 May 2009 |
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Boeing Company and Turkish Airlines have signed an order for five Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes valued at $1.36 billion at current list prices. |
07 May 2009 |
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Boeing built part of the Arrow II interceptor that successfully shot down a ballistic missile target April 7 in a test of Israel's national missile defense system. |
06 May 2009 |
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Marinette Marine Corporation, a subsidiary of Fincantieri Marine Group, LLC, and Boeing have announced a teaming effort to capture the U.S. Navy's Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) program and provide a lower cost, higher availability, next-generation platform. The Navy plans to replace the existing Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) with the new SSC, a priority to support the joint warfighter. |
05 May 2009 |
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Boeing's 787 Dreamliner that will fly later this quarter has moved to the flight line. Fuel testing - the first in the next phase of extensive checks the airplane must undergo - will begin in the next few days. |
05 May 2009 |
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Boeing has delivered the 75th 777 commercial jetliner to Emirates. |
02 May 2009 |
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Boeing and the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) today announced that the RAF fleet of six C-17 Globemaster III airlifters has surpassed 50,000 flying hours in eight years of service. |
02 May 2009 |
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Boeing will showcase a wide range of advanced naval solutions, including tactical, maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft; unmanned aerial vehicles; rotorcraft; weapons; and ship-based information systems, at the 2009 Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition, May 4-6 in National Harbor, Md. |
02 May 2009 |
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Boeing's P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T-1 successfully completed its first flight on 25 April 2009, taking off from Renton Field at 10:43 a.m. and touching down at Boeing Field in Seattle at 2:14 p.m. The P-8A performed a series of flight checks, reached a maximum altitude of 25,000 feet, and landed after three hours, 31 minutes in the air. |
02 May 2009 |
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Boeing and Danish Aerotech, a civil defense and aerospace company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlines opportunities for Danish Aerotech to provide select F/A-18E/F Super Hornet logistics support capabilities. |
29 April 2009 |
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Boeing 747-8 has passed a major milestone in its design, completing 25 percent of the design releases for the new passenger airplane. |
28 April 2009 |
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Boeing, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have begun Airborne Laser (ABL) flight tests with the entire weapon system integrated aboard the ABL aircraft.
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25 April 2009 |
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Air China Cargo and TAECO (Taikoo Aircraft Engineering Co.) today celebrated the redelivery of the carrier's first 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter, the first of three 747-400BCFs ordered by the airline. The airplane is converted from an Air China 747-400 Combi. |
23 April 2009 |
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New 747 wings |
22 April 2009 |
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Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing, has become the first company in the Southern Hemisphere with the authority to test medium-sized military and commercial aircraft, and a range of other military equipment and commercial platforms, for electromagnetic environmental effects (E3).
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20 April 2009 |
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Boeing and Science Applications International Corp., together the Lead Systems Integrator (LSI) for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) modernization program, today announced that the program's Common Controller has successfully completed its preliminary design review (PDR). This evaluation allows the Common Controller to begin testing with the Army later this year. |
18 April 2009 |
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Norwegian Air Shuttle to operate 737 with special decal |
17 April 2009 |
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Boeing has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract valued at up to $163 million, with an initial task order of $6.9 million, to develop the Free Electron Laser (FEL) weapon system, which will transform naval warfare in the next decade by providing an ultra-precise, speed-of-light capability and unlimited magazine depth to defend ships against new, challenging threats, such as hyper-velocity cruise missiles. |
16 April 2009 |
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A fourth U.S. Army unit has fielded the CH-47F Chinook helicopter. Company B, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, is based at Fort Bragg, N.C. |
13 April 2009 |
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The ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS), a joint effort of Boeing and its subsidiary Insitu Inc., last week flew its 150,000th hour in service with the U.S. Marine Expeditionary Forces, U.S. Navy, U.S. Special Operations Command, Australian Army and Canadian Forces. ScanEagle has provided persistent in-theater intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) to the joint forces in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2004. |
13 April 2009 |
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Boeing and longtime partner Air France celebrated significant milestones today with the delivery of the 777th Boeing 777 airplane. The new Boeing 777-300ER also will be the first to bear a new Air France livery and company brand identity. |
11 April 2009 |
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Boeing will showcase the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II flight simulator and an array of company products, services and capabilities at the Latin America Aerospace and Defence (LAAD) 2009 trade show, held April 14-17 in Rio de Janeiro. |
09 April 2009 |
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Boeing, on March 16 2009, successfully demonstrated simultaneous command and control of three ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft flying over Washington state. |
08 April 2009 |
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Boeing has acquired the first on-orbit signals from the second of six Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites that the company is building for the U.S. Air Force. The signals indicate that the spacecraft is healthy and ready to begin orbital maneuvers and operational testing. |
07 April 2009 |
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Boeing has announced an agreement with Times Aerospace Korea, LLC (TAK) to jointly develop a wing assembly for the 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range (JDAM ER). |
04 April 2009 |
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Boeing in February delivered its F-15E Suite 5 upgrade to the U.S. Air Force's F-15E Mission Training Centers (MTC) at Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho; Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.; and Royal AFB Lakenheath in the United Kingdom. |
27 March 2009 |
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Boeing has recognized a milestone for its KC-10 Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) program: The program has provided aircraft maintenance more than 750 times for the current fleet of 59 aerial-refueling tanker aircraft. |
27 March 2009 |
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Boeing has successfully demonstrated its Re-Deployable High-Energy Laser System (RHELS) by quickly relocating the prototype weapon system from its Albuquerque development site to a test range, where it tracked ground and airborne targets and fired at a ground target.
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26 March 2009 |
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Boeing has demonstrated for the first time the ability to deliver streaming video over a mobile, ad hoc tactical network from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to a Chinook helicopter and ground troops. The demonstration proves that the high-bandwidth connection can deliver video beyond line-of-sight to the tactical edge, providing greater situational awareness to warfighters equipped to receive video. |
25 March 2009 |
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Boeing has last week completed loads calibration testing of the first P-8A Poseidon test aircraft two weeks ahead of schedule. Loads calibration is one of the prerequisites for the U.S. Navy flight clearance process. |
23 March 2009 |
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Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered the first two engineering development models (EDM) of the Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radios (JTRS GMR) to the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program on Feb. 27. |
23 March 2009 |
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The sixth and final Boeing 787 Dreamliner designated for flight test is now undergoing final assembly in Everett, Wash. The airplane, designated ZA006, will be powered with General Electric GEnx engines.
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20 March 2009 |
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Boeing and Science Applications International Corp., together the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) modernization program, today announced that the program has successfully completed preliminary design reviews (PDR) for all its unmanned vehicle systems (UVS). |
17 March 2009 |
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Boeing will promote the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet as the next-generation fighter for the Hellenic Republic (Greece).
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17 March 2009 |
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Boeing has successfully completed the first test flight of the U.S. Air Force's third C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) aircraft on Jan. 17, three weeks ahead of schedule. The flight marked another milestone for the most comprehensive C-130 avionics modification ever conducted. |
16 March 2009 |
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Boeing has marked a key milestone at its C-17 final assembly facility in Long Beach -- the 'major join' ceremony for the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) consortium's first C-17 Globemaster III. |
16 March 2009 |
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The Boeing Company and the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT) have launched a joint research-and-development effort to coordinate and fuse multiple types of sensor data in a secure environment for Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) and space situational awareness concept exploration.
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13 March 2009 |
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The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Infrared Search and Track (IRST) program has successfully completed a series of risk-reduction flight tests that demonstrated the compatibility and effectiveness of the IRST system on the Super Hornet strike fighter. |
12 March 2009 |
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Boeing has delivered an operational flight trainer (OFT) to Australia for the Project Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) program. The OFT, which the customer accepted on Feb. 27, is the first segment of the Wedgetail program to be delivered to Australia. |
11 March 2009 |
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The outer skin of the first Boeing [NYSE: BA] F/A-18F Super Hornet for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is fitted to its forward fuselage on a pulse assembly line in St. Louis. The aircraft is approximately three months ahead of schedule and set for an early delivery date in July. |
10 March 2009 |
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Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has achieved a significant milestone toward delivery of the Modernised High Frequency Communications System (MHFCS) to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). |
10 March 2009 |
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Middle East Carrier has a total of 27 777s on order |
09 March 2009 |
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Hardware provides customers the flexibility they want in an EFB solution |
06 March 2009 |
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Boeing and Science Applications International Corp., together the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, have successfully completed Integrated Mission Test-1 (IMT-1), verifying that the integration of FCS systems and Battle Command software is proceeding as planned. |
04 March 2009 |
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Boeing will showcase an array of leading-edge technology, products, services and capabilities at the 2009 Australian International Airshow, which opens March 10 at Avalon Airport in Victoria. |
04 March 2009 |
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Boeing has announced delivery of the first CH-47F Chinook manufactured under a five-year U.S. Army contract awarded in August 2008. The helicopter will be assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., the fourth unit scheduled to be equipped under the Army's ongoing Chinook modernization program. |
03 March 2009 |
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ScanEagle, a long-endurance, fully autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed by Boeing and subsidiary Insitu, today successfully completed a ship-based trial with the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).
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03 March 2009 |
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On 25 Feb 09, Boeing transferred the third KC-767J tanker to the company's Japanese partner, Itochu Corp., for delivery to the Japan Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). When Itochu officially delivers the aircraft in March, it will join two KC-767J tankers that Japan received in 2008. |
28 February 2009 |
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Boeing has delivered the first Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) Engineering Development Model (EDM) to the U.S. Air Force B-2 Program. Boeing and the Air Force will use the EDM to initiate platform integration and test activities. |
26 February 2009 |
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Boeing will demonstrate the Vigilare integrated air battle management command-and-control (C2) system Feb. 22-26 at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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21 February 2009 |
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Boeing has celebrated the delivery of the company's first 777 Freighter to launch customer Air France in a ceremony at the Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour near Paine Field. The contractual delivery and airplane departure are scheduled for Friday. |
21 February 2009 |
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Boeing's Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) weapon system scored a direct hit against a remote-controlled, land-based moving target Jan. 15 in a flight test conducted at the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, Calif. |
19 February 2009 |
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The Boeing Company has delivered the first Legacy Communications payload and the first digital channelizer to Lockheed Martin in support of the U.S. Navy's new Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications system. |
18 February 2009 |
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Boeing Company has received a $45 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade avionics software on the B-1 long-range heavy bomber. The award is Sustainment Block 15 of an upgrade program launched in 2003. |
14 February 2009 |
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Boeing Company delivered its first EA-18G Growler maintenance trainer to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, Wash., on Nov. 21 -- two weeks ahead of an already tight schedule.
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13 February 2009 |
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Boeing and the U.S. Navy on Feb. 2 delivered a proposal to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) offering the advanced, multirole F/A-18E/F Super Hornet as part of Brazil's F-X2 fighter aircraft competition. |
12 February 2009 |
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Boeing and Bharat Electronics Limited, one of India's leading defense companies, will jointly develop an analysis and experimentation center in India to offer customers the ability to make better-informed decisions in modernizing India's defense forces. |
12 February 2009 |
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Boeing has delivered the final upgraded missile guidance set (MGS) for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to the U.S. Air Force, completing 82 months -- or nearly seven years -- of consecutive on-time or early deliveries. |
11 February 2009 |
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The Boeing Company received a $28.3 million contract on Jan. 21 for two Virtual Mission Training System (VMTS) retrofit kits that will integrate low-cost, realistic radar training into the U.S. Navy's T-45 Training System for undergraduate military flight officers (UMFO). Flight officers are the 'backseaters' who operate weapons and electronic warfare systems. |
09 February 2009 |
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The newest member of the Boeing [NYSE: BA] 777 family, the 777 Freighter, today received its formal stamp of approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). EASA validated the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Feb. 3 type certification of the 777 Freighter. |
08 February 2009 |
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Boeing and the Virgin Group's new V Australia long-haul airline today celebrated the first 777-300ER to go to an Australian carrier. The airplane, delivered by Boeing to International Lease Finance Corp. and leased to V Australia, is one of seven leased and purchased 777-300ERs V Australia will deploy on trans-Pacific and other routes. |
07 February 2009 |
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Boeing has shipped the second in a series of new, high-capacity military communications satellites to Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida, where it will be readied for a March launch. |
05 February 2009 |
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Boeing has been awarded a one-year, $250 million Missile Defense Agency (MDA) contract for Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) maintenance and operations support, ensuring the United States' only defense against long-range ballistic missiles remains ready for operational service. |
05 February 2009 |
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Boeing has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Air Force to participate as an associate prime contractor in the projected $1.6 billion A-10 Thunderbolt Life-Cycle Program Support (TLPS) contract to support the sustainment of the A-10 Thunderbolt II weapon system and integration of current and future requirements.
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04 February 2009 |
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Boeing has announced its first contract award under the U.S. Air Force Future Flexible Acquisition and Sustainment Tool (F2AST) program. The award is a $19.1 million Air Force Special Operations Command contract for AC-130U Gunship operational flight and simulation software sustainment/maintenance; field service representative support; configuration, data and obsolescence management; and intermediate-level repairs. |
03 February 2009 |
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Boeing has conducted successful functional check flights of two 737-700 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft modified in Australia for Project Wedgetail |
03 February 2009 |
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Boeing and Singapore Airlines reached an historic milestone with the delivery of the airline's 77th 777, which also is its 19th 777-300ER. |
02 February 2009 |
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Production of Boeing 787 Dreamliners has resumed with the join of the fifth airplane designated for flight test. |
02 February 2009 |
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Boeing Company has received the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation's Omnibus Contract II (STOC II). |
31 January 2009 |
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Boeing will assist in the development of the U.S. Air Force F-16 Mission Training Center (MTC) program as part of a team led by L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link). The Aeronautical Systems Center's Simulator Systems Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, awarded L-3 Link a $68.2 million contract for the program in December 2008. |
30 January 2009 |
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Boeing has received a $75 million contract extension from the U.S. Air Force to continue risk reduction and system definition for the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT). |
29 January 2009 |
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The Bell Boeing Program Office has announced that it was awarded Phase I of a two-phase Joint Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract from Naval Air Systems Command in support of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command to support the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. |
28 January 2009 |
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Boeing has successfully demonstrated that a laser system mounted on an Avenger combat vehicle can shoot down a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) like those that increasingly threaten U.S. troops deployed in war zones. |
27 January 2009 |
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Boeing Company has completed the first aerial refuelings of a 737 platform. The historic flights were conducted for Project Wedgetail, Australia's airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) program |
17 January 2009 |
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Boeing has received a $1.1 billion contract for C-17 Globemaster III total systems support from the U.S. Department of Defense. |
14 January 2009 |
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Boeing has successfully completed the systemwide Critical Design Review (CDR) for its Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) satellite communications program, paving the way for implementation of a new data capability. |
13 January 2009 |
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The Government of India has selected The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] to provide eight P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft to the Indian navy. The P-8I is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing is developing for the U.S. Navy. |
12 January 2009 |
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Boeing has received two contracts totaling $217.1 million from the U.S. Department of Defense for continued production of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits and Small Diameter Bombs (SDB).
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11 January 2009 |
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Boeing has successfully reconfigured an on-orbit U.S. Navy satellite, adding 30 percent more communications capability |
10 January 2009 |
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Boeing in 2008 recorded 662 net commercial airplane orders, bringing its backlog of unfilled commercial orders to more than 3,700 airplanes |
09 January 2009 |
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The ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS), a joint effort of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Insitu Inc., this week completed its 1,500th shipboard sortie in service with the U.S. Navy. ScanEagle has provided persistent, cost-effective intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) to the Navy since July 2005.
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08 January 2009 |
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Boeing Defence UK Ltd., a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, announced the establishment of a new operation to focus on Boeing's rotorcraft support business in the United Kingdom. The new organization, Boeing UK Rotorcraft Support, is part of the Boeing Integrated Defense Systems business unit. |
07 January 2009 |
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Boeing has been selected by Southwest Airlines as the lead integrator for the airline's 737-300/-700 flight deck upgrade to incorporate advanced performance-based navigation capabilities. |
26 December 2008 |
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the all-new 787 Dreamliner's scheduled maintenance program.
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24 December 2008 |
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Boeing's A160 Turbine (A160T) Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft has achieved two key milestones: using its two-speed transmission to change gears in flight, and passing the 100-flight-hour threshold. |
22 December 2008 |
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Boeing Company has completed its acquisition of Digital Receiver Technology Inc. (DRT), a Germantown, Md.-based company that develops wireless surveillance products for government customers. |
22 December 2008 |
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A Boeing KC-767 aerial refueling aircraft built for the Italian Air Force transfers fuel to another Italian KC-767 during a Dec. 17 flight test over northern Kansas, marking the first time a KC-767 tanker has been refueled by another aircraft. |
20 December 2008 |
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Boeing through its commercial launch business, has received a contract to launch the fourth satellite for the COSMO-SkyMed (Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation) program for Thales Alenia Space Italia, prime contractor of the Italian Space Agency. |
20 December 2008 |
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The Boeing Company has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Air Force to provide contractor logistics support services for the T-1A Jayhawk training aircraft fleet. |
18 December 2008 |
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Boeing began final assembly operations Dec. 9 in St. Louis on the first of 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The Super Hornet multirole fighter aircraft will be delivered to the RAAF from the first quarter of 2010 through late 2011. |
18 December 2008 |
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Boeing Schedules 787 Dreamliner First Flight for Second Quarter 2009; First Delivery for First Quarter 2010. Schedule change driven by impact of Machinists' strike and fastener replacement work. |
15 December 2008 |
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Boeing has, through its work on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program, contributed more than $193 million to Arizona's economy in 2007 and supported more than 1,900 direct and indirect jobs in the state, according to an Arizona State University study released today. |
15 December 2008 |
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Boeing and the U.S. Air Force held a ceremony Dec. 5 to mark delivery of the new C-17 Aircrew Training System (ATS) to Dover Air Force Base (AFB), Del. The ATS began operation on Nov. 21 -- more than four months ahead of schedule. It provides training to C-17 Globemaster III airlifter crews from Air Mobility Command and Air Force Reserve Command. |
13 December 2008 |
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Boeing's Rotorcraft Systems facility in Philadelphia has earned International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 certification, a global benchmark of an organization's commitment to understand and continuously improve its environmental performance. |
10 December 2008 |
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Boeing, working with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, today completed the successful intercept of a target warhead in the most challenging test to date of the United States' only long-range ballistic missile defense system.
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08 December 2008 |
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Boeing has announced a teaming arrangement with Creative Technologies Inc. (CTI) of Hollywood, Calif., to explore new training solutions for the military and law enforcement. The agreement brings together Boeing's expertise in aviation training systems and CTI's experience in game-based simulations for ground forces training. |
04 December 2008 |
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A team led by Boeing has completed a major mission-system upgrade for the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet under the $1.32 billion Mid-Term Modernisation Programme.
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04 December 2008 |
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Boeing Company has received a $3.7 million contract from Northrop Grumman Corp. to evaluate enhancements to communications security and replacements for data-storage media for the U.S. Air Force's Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system. |
02 December 2008 |
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The Royal Netherlands Navy has successfully test-launched two Boeing Harpoon missiles from air defense and command frigate (LCF) HMS De Zeven Provinciën. The exercise, which was the first LCF launch of a Harpoon, was held off the coast of Virginia on 8 Nov. 08. |
26 November 2008 |
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The Boeing Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range (JDAM ER) weapon system successfully completed testing with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in August. |
26 November 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that the NATO Airlift Management Agency (NAMA) general manager, on behalf of the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) nations, has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance with the U.S. government for the acquisition of two Boeing C-17 Globemaster III long-range cargo jets. |
25 November 2008 |
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Boeing and the U.S. Department of Defense Joint Program Executive Office, Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) have demonstrated how software-defined Ground Mobile Radios (GMRs) are able to operate with one another in a tactical operational environment.
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20 November 2008 |
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Boeing has successfully completed Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) upgrades on C-130 aircraft AMP 3 (H3). The aircraft moved into ground test and evaluation at Boeing's Global Services & Support facility in San Antonio on Sept. 26. AMP 3 reached its 'power up' milestone on Oct. 1, when Boeing employees turned on the aircraft's electrical systems. |
20 November 2008 |
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Boeing has delivered the first production Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) guidance kits to the U.S. Navy, addressing the service's need to engage fast-moving land targets. |
19 November 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that its CH-47F Chinook helicopter has been fielded by Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. This is the third U.S. Army unit to field the CH-47F since the aircraft was certified combat-ready in July 2007. The 4th Infantry Division fielded the F model earlier this year. |
19 November 2008 |
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* Deliveries of 747-8 Freighter to begin third quarter of 2010; deliveries of 747-8 Intercontinental passenger model to begin second quarter of 2011.
* Company working with customers to minimize disruption. |
18 November 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that it will add improved capabilities to its technology for the U.S. Air Force's Operational Control Segment (OCS) satellite ground-control system. The new technology will allow the system to operate the new Boeing-built Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites in addition to the current on-orbit GPS fleet, and provide advanced encryption and data-protection capabilities. The first of 12 GPS IIF satellites is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2009. |
18 November 2008 |
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Boeing subsidiary Boeing Defence UK Ltd. has been invited by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (MOD) to compete for the 10-year Future Logistics Information Services (FLIS) delivery partner contract. As many as six industry teams, including Boeing, will compete toward a further downselect to three competitors next summer and a final contract award in spring 2010. |
17 November 2008 |
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Boeing has completed destructive testing on a full-scale composite wing box of the 787 Dreamliner, the first all-composite wing box ever built for a Boeing commercial airplane. This test is part of the certification process for the all-new jetliner. |
17 November 2008 |
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Boeing has achieved numerous network-centric successes this summer during the U.S. Army's C4ISR On-The-Move (OTM) Event 08 at Fort Dix, N.J.
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14 November 2008 |
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Air New Zealand and Boeing Announce December Date for Sustainable Biofuels Test Flight. Partnership with Rolls-Royce and UOP highlights the path to fuel certificatio |
12 November 2008 |
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Boeing has announced the successful demonstration of a common software application that can support the space and ground segments of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT). |
12 November 2008 |
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Boeing and Uzbekistan Airways have finalized an order for four 767-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The order is valued at $597 million at list prices. Including today's announcement, Uzbekistan Airways has now ordered six Boeing jetliners (two previously ordered 787-8s and the four 767-300ERs). |
09 November 2008 |
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Boeing and Air China Cargo today announced that the carrier will add three 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF) to its cargo fleet. |
05 November 2008 |
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The Boeing Company has rolled out the first F-15SG jet fighter to the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF). The F-15SG is a variant of the highly capable, combat-proven F-15E.
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05 November 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that Nov. 1 marked the 20th anniversary of its first Avenger fire unit delivery to the U.S. Army. |
04 November 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $238 million System Development and Demonstration (SDD) contract by the U.S. Air Force to modernize the radar system on F-15E fighter aircraft. |
01 November 2008 |
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The Boeing Company has successfully tested a fuze well (the area where the fuze is installed) and fuze for high-speed penetrator warheads along with its partners Applied Research Associates (ARA), L-3 KDI Precision Products and Ellwood National Forge Co. The companies tested their design this past summer in a bomb that penetrated reinforced concrete at supersonic speeds. |
24 October 2008 |
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Boeing will manufacture and deliver control system hardware and modification kits to improve security at more than 450 Minuteman III facilities as part of the U.S. Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Security Modernization Program. |
22 October 2008 |
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Alsalam Aircraft Co a Boeing Partner has been awarded a contract to provide depot maintenance to the Royal Saudi Airforce. |
22 October 2008 |
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The Boeing Company opened a new experimentation center today in Suffolk, Va., bringing its full modeling, simulation, analysis and experimentation capability to government customers in the high-tech Hampton Roads area. |
20 October 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a contract for the initial phase of upgrading the radar on Saudi Arabia's fleet of five E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. |
17 October 2008 |
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Boeing has announced its delivery of the 20,000th Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) communications system to the joint services, strengthening their ability to reach and rescue isolated military personnel. |
14 October 2008 |
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Boeing Company has announced a new rotorcraft program, the AH-6 light attack/reconnaissance helicopter. |
08 October 2008 |
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Boeing has begun its final phase of system integration, testing and certification of the Joint Tactical Radio System, Ground Mobile Radios (JTRS GMR) engineering development model (EDM). The milestone follows on-time availability of the EDM systems to the JTRS program on Sept. 17. |
07 October 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that the Brazilian Air Force has selected the F/A-18E/F Block II Super Hornet as one of three aircraft to be evaluated in the Request for Proposals phase of Brazil's F-X2 fighter competition. |
06 October 2008 |
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Boeing Company has been awarded the initial phase of a new three-year U.S. Air Force contract to continue the C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership (GSP) program following a decade of comprehensive logistics support of C-17 fleets around the world. |
06 October 2008 |
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Boeing is combining Alteon, a wholly owned subsidiary, and existing training groups within Boeing Commercial Airplanes to form a new, unified training organization. The new training organization retains the Alteon name as a business unit within Boeing Commercial Aviation Services. |
03 October 2008 |
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Boeing has submitted a comprehensive proposal in response to U.S. Special Operations Command's (USSOCOM) Request for Proposals for the $5 billion Special Operations Forces Support Activity (SOFSA) contract. |
03 October 2008 |
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Boeing as been awarded an $18.3 million follow-on contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to conduct a third powered flight of the HyFly hypersonic missile. HyFly is powered by a Dual Combustion Ramjet (DCR) engine. |
03 October 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that an international consortium of 10 NATO members -- joined by Partnership for Peace nations Sweden and Finland -- signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Sept. 24 to acquire three Boeing C-17 Globemaster III long-range cargo jets. The agreement sets the stage for NATO's first major defense purchase in 30 years. |
02 October 2008 |
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Boeing has announced the recent delivery of the Kuwait Air Force's first Apache Longbow Crew Trainer (LCT). The LCT is a full-mission, high-fidelity flight simulator that provides training for individuals, crews and maintenance test pilots. |
02 October 2008 |
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The Boeing Company has received a contract worth up to $78 million from VSE Corp. as part of a team that will provide logistics support services for the Route Clearing Vehicles (RCV) Modernization Program to strengthen the U.S. military's defense against roadside mines and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The contract has a potential value of $226 million if the program is lengthened to cover the entire fleet of RCVs. |
02 October 2008 |
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Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have opened the new F-15E Mission Training Center (MTC) at Royal Air Force Lakenheath in Suffolk, United Kingdom. |
30 September 2008 |
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Boeing last month delivered on schedule the first production Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) kinetic warhead kit built in Huntsville, Ala. |
30 September 2008 |
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Boeing successfully completed a high-pressure test, known as 'high blow,' on the 787 Dreamliner static test airframe at its Everett factory. |
29 September 2008 |
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Boeing has announced a $15 million contract award from the U.S. Air Force to develop advanced targeting capabilities for the B-52 Stratofortress. |
26 September 2008 |
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Boeing to Acquire Tapestry Solutions to Enhance Its Growing Global Services & Support Business |
26 September 2008 |
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Boeing Joins Aviation, Energy and Academic Leaders to Accelerate Development and Availability of Sustainable Biofuels. Environmental groups applaud effort to develop sustainable fuel alternatives |
25 September 2008 |
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Boeing will provide a Performance Improvement Package for British Airways' 777 fleet that will result in a one percent fuel efficiency gain, along with the emission reductions that come with reduced fuel usage. The package will be applied to the airline's 42-airplane 777 fleet. |
25 September 2008 |
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Boeing Company has delivered the second of two mission system simulators to NATO as part of the $1.32 billion Mid-Term upgrade of NATO's 17 E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. |
23 September 2008 |
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Boeing has moved a step closer to linking military ground, air and space assets with the delivery of its next-generation Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) prototype to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Mass. |
17 September 2008 |
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Boeing Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) has been loaded, carried and delivered from a B-52H.
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16 September 2008 |
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Boeing has completed mission system flight testing for Block 40/45, the largest upgrade in the history of the U.S. E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet. |
13 September 2008 |
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Boeing has completed its acquisition of Insitu Inc., a pioneer in the unmanned air systems (UAS) market and leader in the design, development and manufacture of high-performance, low-cost UAS used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. |
10 September 2008 |
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Boeing, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency on Sept. 7 achieved a major milestone in the development of the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program by firing a high-energy chemical laser onboard the ABL aircraft for the first time during ground testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. |
09 September 2008 |
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Boeing and Saga Airlines have announced that the Istanbul-based airline has ordered two Boeing 737-800s with Blended Winglets. Saga Airlines has also secured two purchase rights for the same model. This order is valued at $149 million at current list prices. |
09 September 2008 |
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Boeing has completed software development for its C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP). |
08 September 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $33 million U.S. Air Force Foreign Military Sales contract to provide a C-17 Aircrew Training System (ATS) to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). |
06 September 2008 |
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Boeing has delivered two 737-800s to Brazil's Varig Airlines. |
31 August 2008 |
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Boeing and EgyptAir have announced an order for two 777-300ER (Extended Range) jetliners as part of the airline's twin-aisle fleet upgrade for its long-haul service. The order, which is worth $529 million at current list prices, previously was attributed to an unidentified customer on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries Web site |
29 August 2008 |
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27 August 2008 |
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Boeing and the U.S. Navy delivered a proposal Aug. 15 offering the advanced F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the Royal Danish Air Force as part of Denmark's New Combat Aircraft competition.
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27 August 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a U.S. Army contract valued at approximately $36 million to continue developing a truck-mounted, high-energy laser weapon system that will destroy rockets, artillery shells and mortar rounds. |
25 August 2008 |
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The first of eight Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) jetliners ordered by TAM Airlines, Brazil's largest airline, left Paine Field for Sao Paulo. |
19 August 2008 |
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Boeing has delivered a detailed proposal July 30 offering its advanced F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the Brazilian Air Force as part of Brazil's F-X2 fighter competition. |
18 August 2008 |
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Boeing has successfully completed the first ground test of the entire weapon system integrated aboard the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft. |
15 August 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that it is ready to use a new 'pulse line' process for assembling satellites in El Segundo, Calif. The new process is expected to shorten the time needed to build a space vehicle. |
12 August 2008 |
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Boeing has announced the completion of a $10 million, 20,500-square-foot satellite Mission Control Center (MCC) in El Segundo, Calif. The MCC can manage up to four commercial or government satellite missions at the same time. |
11 August 2008 |
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Boeing also announced that GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) has purchased two 777-300ERs, airplanes that were previously listed as an unidentified order on the Boeing Web site. The airplanes are two of four 777s that BA has agreed to lease from GECAS, including two 777s ordered in 2007, as part of its recent commitment to the 777-300ER. |
10 August 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $153 million U.S. Navy contract to design and develop the Countermine System (CMS) for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, Fla. The CMS, part of the Navy's effort to field a comprehensive Assault Breaching System, will help minimize mine-related combat losses during amphibious landings. |
09 August 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $28.8 million sole-source U.S. Navy contract to upgrade the service's fleet of 16 E-6B airborne command, control and communications aircraft. |
07 August 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $5.4 million firm, fixed-price contract by the U.S. Navy to produce an updated shipboard network communications system for the USS Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer (DDG). |
07 August 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $153.5 million U.S. Naval Research Laboratory contract to demonstrate High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) technology concepts. The contract is expected to run through 2010. |
06 August 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that it earned certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for its new carbon brakes designed for the Next-Generation 737. |
05 August 2008 |
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Boeing has delivered two new 737-800 airplanes to Turkish Airlines this week that take the airline's fleet beyond 110 airplanes for the first time. The Next-Generation 737s are part of a 23-airplane order from 2004. |
02 August 2008 |
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A team led by Boeing [NYSE: BA] Advanced Systems has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract for the first phase of the Fast Access Spacecraft Testbed (FAST) program. |
01 August 2008 |
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Boeing began final assembly of the second P-8A Poseidon for the U.S. Navy on July 24 in Renton, Wash. The aircraft, S1, is the program's static test vehicle and will be used to test the airframe's structural strength. |
30 July 2008 |
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Boeing and Aviation Training International Limited (ATIL) recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of a joint venture that provides Apache AH Mk1 attack helicopter training services to the British Army. |
29 July 2008 |
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Boeing Company has recently delivered to Cargolux Airlines International S.A. its 16th and last 747-400 Freighter with a ceremony at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. |
27 July 2008 |
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Boeing is helping Aeroflot Cargo improve its operational efficiency and adapt to growing market demands by providing three leased MD-11 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCFs). |
27 July 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that Raytheon has joined its EP-X industry team. EP-X is a manned airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting aircraft that will replace the U.S. Navy's EP-3 signals intelligence (SIGINT) platform. |
27 July 2008 |
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Boeing has announced an agreement to acquire Insitu, Inc., a pioneer in the unmanned air systems (UAS) market and leader in the design, development and manufacture of high-performance, low-cost UAS used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). |
24 July 2008 |
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Boeing has successfully conducted the first flight test of the first 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft modified by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in Ankara for Turkey's Peace Eagle program. |
17 July 2008 |
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The first Boeing 777 Freighter, the world's most capable twin-engine cargo airplane, today successfully took to the sky for the first time and completed an initial series of tests during a flight lasting more than three-and-a-half hours. The airplane performed well. |
15 July 2008 |
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Boeing, U.S. Army leaders, supplier representatives and other guests celebrated the first flight of the AH-64D Apache Block III helicopter this week in Mesa, Ariz. |
12 July 2008 |
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Boeing and partners in industry and government achieved significant reductions in fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions during a recent deployment of an innovative Air Traffic Management (ATM) concept called Tailored Arrivals. |
12 July 2008 |
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Boeing Company and SkyHook International Inc. have announced a teaming agreement to develop the JHL-40 (Jess Heavy Lifter), a new commercial heavy-lift rotorcraft designed to address the limitations and expense of transporting equipment and materials in remote regions. Boeing has received the first increment of a multiyear contract from SkyHook to develop the new aircraft. |
09 July 2008 |
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Boeing has installed two CFM56-7B engines on the U.S. Navy's first P-8A Poseidon in Renton, Wash. The on-schedule assembly closely follows the aircraft's wing-to-body join and 'power on' milestones. |
08 July 2008 |
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Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, successfully completed destructive testing on the horizontal stabilizer of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. |
03 July 2008 |
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Boeing has completed environmental tests of the first of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites, which confirm the mechanical integrity of the spacecraft. The program is on track to deliver the first satellite to the U.S. Air Force this year. |
02 July 2008 |
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Boeing and Biman Bangladesh Airlines have announced an order for two Boeing Next-Generation 737-800s, with purchase rights for two additional 737s. The signing ceremony, held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, was attended by dignitaries from Bangladesh and the United States and also celebrated Biman's selection of an all-Boeing jet fleet for its future operations. |
01 July 2008 |
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Boeing has selected Elbit Systems as chief supplier of the Virtual Mission Training System (VMTS), which will integrate realistic radar training into the U.S. Navy's T-45 Training System. |
30 June 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $14.9 million contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and mature technologies required to enable airborne electronic attack from long distances, filling the stand-off electronic attack role. The contract includes systems engineering studies focusing on potential pod installation on the B-52H aircraft, as the designated demonstration airframe. This effort will advance the technology required for the planned Core Component Jammer (CCJ). |
28 June 2008 |
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Boeing has welcomed Caribbean Airlines, Ltd., into the Boeing 737 Component Services Program (CSP), a materials management and supply-chain solution designed to help airlines reduce costs, enhance efficiency and improve spare parts availability. |
27 June 2008 |
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Boeing has moved the 787 Dreamliner designated for fatigue testing from the final assembly factory in Everett, Wash., to another production bay at the facility, where assembly work will continue. |
21 June 2008 |
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Boeing, Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd (ST Aerospace) and ANA (All Nippon Airways) celebrated the completion and certification of the first 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter at a redelivery ceremony held in Singapore today. Boeing launched the 767-300BCF passenger-to-freighter conversion program in 2005 with three firm orders and four options from ANA. Since then, ANA has exercised all the options and now has ordered seven passenger-to-freighter conversions in all. |
18 June 2008 |
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Boeing has said that the first C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) aircraft, H2, has completed its 100th flight. The aircraft, which is undergoing flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), Calif., has flown several cross-country sorties and is ahead of development schedule. The milestone also marks the halfway point in the aircraft's flight-test program. |
15 June 2008 |
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Boeing delivered the United Kingdom's sixth C-17 Globemaster III to the Royal Air Force (RAF) during a ceremony at the company's Long Beach, Calif., C-17 manufacturing facility. The delivery completes the RAF's initial order for the world's most advanced airlifter. |
14 June 2008 |
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The U.S. Air Force has awrded a contract to deliver the first phase of the next-generation Department of Defense range-upgrade program, the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS), to Boeing. |
11 June 2008 |
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Boeing, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have achieved a milestone for the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program this month by completing the first laser activation testing on the ground at Edwards Air Force Base. |
11 June 2008 |
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Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle Flight Demonstrates Real-time Radar Imaging Using NanoSAR |
10 June 2008 |
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Boeing, in partnership with Insitu Inc., has been awarded a $65 million contract to provide continuing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services through the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system. |
07 June 2008 |
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Boeing has started using a moving assembly line for final assembly of the P-8A Poseidon in Renton, Wash. This military derivative of the Next-Generation 737-800 is expected to move through the final assembly process at a continuous pace similar to commercial 737s. |
04 June 2008 |
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Boeing has begun work on the first Boeing Business Jet 3 (BBJ 3). The BBJ 3 is a new, larger business jet based on the Boeing Next-Generation 737-900ER (extended range), which entered commercial service and was certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in April 2007. Certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency occurred in April 2008. |
04 June 2008 |
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Boeing has fired its new thin-disk laser system repeatedly in recent tests, achieving the highest known simultaneous power, beam quality and run time for any solid-state laser to date. |
04 June 2008 |
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Boeing and Alenia Aermacchi, a company of Finmeccanica, have announced an agreement to jointly pursue the international trainer aircraft market. |
02 June 2008 |
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Boeing Aims to Make Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Facilities More Environmentally Progressive |
25 May 2008 |
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Boeing Company has fired a high-energy chemical laser aboard a C-130H aircraft in ground tests for the first time, achieving a key milestone for the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration program. |
25 May 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $5.2 million U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract to demonstrate the effectiveness of Guidance Integrated Fuzing (GIF) technology developed under the Seeker Integrated Target Endgame Sensor (SITES) program. |
25 May 2008 |
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Boeing successfully flew its A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft for 18.7 hours May 14-15, claiming an unofficial world endurance record for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) weighing between 1,102 and 5,511 pounds (500 to 2,500 kilograms). |
21 May 2008 |
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A China Eastern Airlines (CEA) Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 today completed a flight into China's Lijiang Airport to validate the capability and benefits of an advanced navigation method known as Required Navigation Performance (RNP). |
21 May 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that the U.S. Air Force has placed the first Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite into operation over the Pacific region. The Boeing-built satellite transitioned to operations on April 16, following extensive satellite and ground system tests conducted by the government with support from Boeing engineers. |
17 May 2008 |
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Boeing Company has dedicated a new test and evaluation facility in Huntington Beach, Calif., that provides the technology and capability to support both current and future radar-based weapon systems. The |
15 May 2008 |
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Boeing and Asiana Airlines have completed an order for two 777-200ERs (Extended Range). |
14 May 2008 |
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Boeing has joined the wing assembly and fuselage of the first P-8A Poseidon for the U.S. Navy on May 1 in Renton, Wash. |
13 May 2008 |
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Boeing and the Government of Iraq today announced an order for 30 Boeing 737-800 commercial airplanes, the first step in re-establishing that country's scheduled commercial aviation operations. Iraq has also contracted options for 10 additional 737s. |
11 May 2008 |
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Boeing last week delivered Europe's first two Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplanes to GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) and its leasing customer, Spanish carrier Futura International Airways, based in Palma de Mallorca. |
11 May 2008 |
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Boeing and the Australian College of Kuwait have completed a joint vocational training project, satisfying an offset requirement of Kuwait's purchase of 16 AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters in 2002. The National Offset Company (NOC) and the Kuwait Ministry of Finance announced the milestone Tuesday in Kuwait. |
03 May 2008 |
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Progress continues on the first Boeing 777 Freighter as the company's newest cargo airplane was towed out of its factory in Everett, Wash. and onto the flight line. Work will continue on the 777 Freighter to prepare for flight test this summer and to paint the airplane in the Boeing livery. |
03 May 2008 |
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The ScanEagle unmanned aircraft (UA), a joint effort of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Insitu Inc., this month logged a pair of service milestones as it surpassed 50,000 combat flight hours with the U.S. Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) in Iraq and 1,000 shipboard recoveries with the U.S. Navy. |
02 May 2008 |
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Boeing and Jakarta-based Lion Air today celebrated the delivery of the airline's 10th Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplane. |
01 May 2008 |
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Boeing hasmoved the 787 Dreamliner static test airframe from its Final Assembly facility in Everett to its structural test rig this evening. The test rig is located only 1,000 feet away from Final Assembly at the Everett factory. |
28 April 2008 |
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Boeing has delivered a detailed, 7,000-page proposal offering its advanced F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the Indian Air Force as part of India's Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition.
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27 April 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that it has finished installing the hardware for its Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system's Satellite Operations Center (SOC). The SOC now has the necessary security certification to allow the SBSS program to begin integrated testing. |
27 April 2008 |
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Boeing Support Systems employees in San Antonio work on a C-130 transport aircraft being modified and upgraded as part of the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program. |
26 April 2008 |
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Boeing and HAVELSAN, a leading software and systems company in the Republic of Turkey, have announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to continue pursuing solutions in regional and global ballistic missile defense. |
24 April 2008 |
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Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Boeing today announced the airline's order for four 777-300ER (Extended Range) and four 787-8 Dreamliner airplanes at a signing ceremony in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. |
24 April 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $3.8 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract for Phase 1 of the Vulture air vehicle program, an effort to create a new category of ultra-long-endurance aircraft. |
23 April 2008 |
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Boeing has opened a new F-15E Mission Training Center (MTC) at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom. The center, Boeing's third, will provide F-15E aircrews with high-fidelity, simulator-based training without the material, personnel and environmental costs associated with training on operational aircraft. |
23 April 2008 |
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Boeing and Ball Aerospace Achieve New Milestone for SBSS Program |
22 April 2008 |
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Boeing has delivered the first Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) kits to the U.S. Air Force. The Precision Laser Guidance Set (PLGS) kits are being produced to satisfy the Air Force and Navy's urgent need for engagement of fast-moving land targets. |
19 April 2008 |
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Boeing has said the U.S. Air Force's decision to award a contract for the next aerial refueling airplane to the team of Northrop Grumman and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) is at odds with the fact that the Northrop/EADS team's KC-30 is less survivable and more vulnerable to attack than the Boeing KC-767 Advanced Tanker. |
16 April 2008 |
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Boeing and ANA celebrated the inaugural flight of the first 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter this week, as well as completion of the airplane's journey to Seattle on the airplane's second flight. |
16 April 2008 |
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Mechanics at The Boeing Company began final assembly work on the first 777 Freighter at the company's Everett, Wash., facility this week. |
14 April 2008 |
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Boeing Revises 787 First Flight and Delivery Plans; Adds Schedule Margin to Reduce Risk of Further Delays
* First flight moved into fourth-quarter 2008; deliveries to begin third-quarter 2009
* Production plan now targets approximately 25 787 deliveries in 2009
* Company expresses confidence in plans; will work closely with customers to minimize disruption
* No change to 2008 earnings guidance; strong 2009 EPS growth still expected |
13 April 2008 |
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Boeing has announced a teaming agreement with Computer Sciences Corp. to pursue the multibillion-dollar U.S. Special Operations Forces Support Activity (SOFSA) contract. |
11 April 2008 |
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The Boeing Company and its TEAM TSAT industry partners have successfully demonstrated the readiness of the advanced electronics that will be used in the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT). |
11 April 2008 |
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Boeing's CH-47F Chinook helicopter has been fielded by Bravo Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, based at Fort Hood, Texas. This is the second U.S. Army unit to field the CH-47F since the aircraft was certified combat-ready in July 2007. |
09 April 2008 |
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Boeing has delivered the Canadian Forces' fourth C-17 Globemaster III today at the company's Long Beach, Calif., C-17 manufacturing facility, completing Canada's order for the world's most advanced airlifter. |
07 April 2008 |
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Boeing and Tokyo-based ANA (All Nippon Airways) have announced that the airline exercised options for two more 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighters. The value of the agreement is not being disclosed. |
07 April 2008 |
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Boeing has started final assembly of the first P-8A Poseidon for the U.S. Navy. The P-8A will provide increased capability in long-range anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. |
06 April 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that it has agreed to acquire Vought Aircraft Industries' interest in Global Aeronautica, LLC, a South Carolina fuselage sub-assembly facility for Boeing's newest airplane, the 787 Dreamliner. |
05 April 2008 |
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Boeing has returned the second C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) aircraft, H2.5, to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for continued testing and software upgrades. |
01 April 2008 |
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Boeing has confirmed an order for three Next-Generation 737s by national flag carrier Turkmenistan Airlines. The order for two 737-900ERs and one 737-700 is worth approximately $221 million at list prices. |
01 April 2008 |
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Boeing Company has announced that Qantas Airways' fleet of 747-400 airplanes will be monitored by Boeing's Airplane Health Management (AHM), a software system that helps airlines improve the management of unscheduled maintenance events. In addition, Qantas will use Airplane Health Management for future 787 Dreamliner deliveries. Qantas has 65 Boeing 787s on order. |
26 March 2008 |
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Boeing Company and the U.S. Army have demonstrated for the first time that the software-defined Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radios (JTRS GMR) can receive data from unattended ground sensors and pass the data to nearby vehicles equipped with the Future Combat Systems (FCS) network integration system. |
26 March 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $49.5 million U.S. Air Force contract to integrate the Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) into 145 F-15E aircraft. |
24 March 2008 |
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Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, has successfully completed the 'ultimate load testing' of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner horizontal stabilizer. The test has been carried out at the Laboratory of Structural Tests at Alenia's Pomigliano plant in Naples in the presence of Boeing engineers. |
22 March 2008 |
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Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from its DIRECTV 11 satellite, indicating that the satellite is healthy and operating normally. A ground station in Hartebeesthoek, South Africa, reported spacecraft acquisition at 1:44 a.m. Eastern time, as scheduled. |
22 March 2008 |
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Boeing, in partnership with ImSAR and Insitu Inc., has successfully flight-tested NanoSAR, the world's smallest Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), aboard the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft (UA). |
21 March 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $130 million U.S. Air Force contract to upgrade 16 Air Force and Air National Guard F-15C Eagles with the APG-63(v)3 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. |
19 March 2008 |
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Boeing has received the Outstanding Achievement in Modeling & Simulation (M&S) award from the National Training and Simulation Association for Project Alpine, an Integrated Live, Virtual and Constructive (I-LVC) proof-of-concept training demonstration. |
14 March 2008 |
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A formal protest from Boeing, asking the GAO to review its contract award for refuelling tankers to a consortium from EADS and Northrup, has been filed. |
13 March 2008 |
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The contributions of Canada and Japan to the International Space Station, a robotic device and a laboratory, have been integrated thanks to help from Boeing. |
13 March 2008 |
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Boeing has completed 50 percent of the design releases for the new 747-8 Freighter. The program has released the 747-8 Freighter's detailed designs to Boeing factories and its suppliers in order to begin building parts, assemblies and tools for the new cargo airplane. |
12 March 2008 |
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The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and Boeing have demonstrated successfully that ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles modified to look for biological warfare agents can effectively intercept, detect and fly through simulated biological plumes or clouds to collect airborne agents. |
12 March 2008 |
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Boeing has submitted a proposal to participate as a prime contractor in the projected $5.4 billion Future Flexible Acquisition and Sustainment Tool (F2AST) competition to support all U.S. Air Force-operated weapons systems, including Special Operations Forces systems. |
10 March 2008 |
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Boeing has delivered its 700th Boeing 777 airplane, a 777-300ER (Extended Range), to International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) and its customer, Cathay Pacific Airways. The 777 Program reached this milestone after 12 years in service -- faster than any other twin-aisle airplane program in commercial aviation history. ILFC has ordered 79 Boeing 777s since 1992 and the airplane delivered today is its 74th, which makes ILFC the world's largest 777 customer. |
08 March 2008 |
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The Boeing Company has delivered the second Japan KC-767 Tanker to the Itochu Corp. for Japan's Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), two weeks after delivering the first refueling aircraft to the Japanese military. |
05 March 2008 |
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The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a $280.5 million U.S. Army contract for 11 new CH-47F Chinook helicopters, increasing the number of new Chinooks on contract to 59. Aircraft deliveries under this award will begin in 2011 |
01 March 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that its more than 260 commercial and civil satellites have achieved a total of 2,500 years of service. |
01 March 2008 |
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Boeing has celebrated a trio of Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) delivery milestones -- the 1,000th SDB I, the 200th BRU-61/A Bomb Rack Unit Carriage System and the first 50 Focused Lethality Munitions (FLM) -- demonstrating a commitment to providing effective solutions to the U.S. military. |
01 March 2008 |
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Boeing has delivered its 1,400th 747, a 747-400 Freighter delivered to GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) for lease to AirBridgeCargo Airlines, a subsidiary of the Volga-Dnepr Group. |
01 March 2008 |
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The composite technology, design and construction of the 787 was proven during a series of testing scenarios conducted beginning in late 2007 and concluding this week. The tests were performed on a composite fuselage test section and are part of Boeing's certification efforts for the 787. |
01 March 2008 |
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Boeing, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have achieved a significant milestone for the revolutionary Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program with the installation of all six chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) modules on the ABL aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. |
23 February 2008 |
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As Boeing looks forward in the freighter business, the company doesn't have to look very far to see that 'The Future of Freighters Is Now.' |
23 February 2008 |
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Boeing has delivered the first Japan KC-767 Tanker to the Itochu Corp., for Japan's Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). It is the first aerial refueling aircraft in Japan's history. |
21 February 2008 |
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Boeing Company and Jakarta-based Lion Air today announced an order for 56 Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplanes. This order, valued at more than $4.4 billion at current list prices, brings Lion Air's combined orders for the 737-900ER to 178. Additionally, the airline acquired purchase rights for an additional 50 737-900ERs. |
20 February 2008 |
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Boeing and Jakarta-based Garuda Indonesia have announced at the Singapore Air Show that the airline has ordered four 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The order is valued at more than $1 billion at current list prices. |
19 February 2008 |
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Boeing has completed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification requirements for Japan's first KC-767 Tanker, receiving the FAA stamp of approval in the form of a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC). |
17 February 2008 |
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Boeing and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines today celebrated the delivery of the airline's first 777-300ER (Extended Range). The airplane joins KLM's fleet of 15 Boeing 777-200ERs when it arrives at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on Wednesday, Feb. 13. |
17 February 2008 |
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Final assembly started on the second flight-test airplane for the all-new Boeing [NYSE: BA] 787 Dreamliner.
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17 February 2008 |
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Boeing is celebrating a milestone for the T-45 Goshawk, the U.S. Navy's premier jet trainer aircraft, which this week flew its 800,000th hour in its 15th year of service with the Naval Air Training Command. The twin-seat, single-engine Goshawk prepares student aviators to transition to front-line Navy and Marine Corps fleet aircraft. |
15 February 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that it has been awarded a $4 million U.S. Navy contract to provide a ship-wide communications network for two guided missile destroyers (DDG) now under construction. |
13 February 2008 |
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Boeing Australia Limited and Insitu, Inc.'s ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has successfully delivered 10,000 surveillance and reconnaissance flight hours to help protect Australian troops on active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
11 February 2008 |
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Boeing has announced an order from Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air Transport Aerian for two Next-Generation 737-800s and purchase rights for two more. The airplanes will join the airline's all-Boeing fleet to provide extra capacity in a fast-growing market. The order is valued at approximately $150 million at list prices. |
07 February 2008 |
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The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has today announced the award of a contract to Thales UK in partnership with Boeing, for the System of Systems Integrator (SOSI) role on the Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) programme |
07 February 2008 |
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Boeing has announced it has entered into an agreement with India-based TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors Ltd., for manufacturing structural components for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner airplane program. |
07 February 2008 |
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Boeing and Cathay Pacific Airways last week celebrated the delivery of the airline's newest 777-300ER. The airplane is painted in the unique 'Asia's world city' livery that will help promote Hong Kong as the aircraft flies around the world. |
07 February 2008 |
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Boeing Company has been awarded a $1.25 million concept refinement contract for the U.S. Navy's EPX program. |
07 February 2008 |
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Boeing has received a $307 million U.S. Air Force contract extension to continue providing logistics support and other services to the nation's KC-10 Extender aerial refueling tanker fleet. |
04 February 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $73.7 million U.S. Navy contract to design and develop the Harpoon Block III missile, a next-generation weapon system that will enhance naval surface warfare capabilities. |
03 February 2008 |
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Boeing has entered into an agreement with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and two leading Indian information technology companies to develop wireless and other network technologies for aerospace-related applications. |
02 February 2008 |
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Boeing mechanics began major assembly of the new 777 Freighter at the company's Everett, Wash., facility today. The 777 Freighter will fly farther and provide more capacity than any other twin-engine cargo airplane. |
02 February 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $116 million U.S. Air Force contract for more than 4,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits. |
02 February 2008 |
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Boeing has made KC-767 program history Jan. 26 when one if its aircrews successfully transferred fuel from a KC-767 tanker aircraft to an F-15E at night -- the first nighttime refueling ever accomplished on a KC-767. |
01 February 2008 |
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Boeing Company has, through its Wilmington (Del.) Training Center, trained more than 425 U.S. and foreign military and company personnel in 2007, providing hands-on training opportunities for CH-47 Chinook helicopter maintainers. |
29 January 2008 |
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Boeing has announced the successful on-orbit handover of the first of six Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites to the U.S. Air Force. The satellite will be monitored and controlled by the Air Force's 3rd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base. |
28 January 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $20 million contract to provide an AH-64D Apache Longbow Crew Trainer (LCT) and Life Cycle Support to the Egyptian air force. The LCT, a full-mission, high fidelity flight simulator, provides training for Apache Longbow helicopter crews. |
28 January 2008 |
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Boeing today announced that Deucalion Capital VII Limited ('Deucalion'), a company advised and managed by DVB Bank AG, has purchased eight Boeing 777 Freighters for lease to AeroLogic, a new joint venture airline formed by Lufthansa Cargo and DHL Express. |
28 January 2008 |
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The Boeing Company has announced that Naveed Hussain will serve in India as its Vice President of Engineering and Technology. |
25 January 2008 |
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Boeing] and Lockheed Martin today announced they will team to perform studies and system development efforts including collaborative research and development in pursuit of the anticipated U.S. Air Force Next Generation Bomber program. |
25 January 2008 |
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Boeing has conducted a successful functional check flight of the first 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft modified in Australia for Project Wedgetail. |
24 January 2008 |
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The Boeing Company has been awarded a $14.9 million U.S. Air Force contract for systems engineering and modeling services for the A-10 Wing Replacement program. The contract will provide the engineering foundation for the program and ensure the on-schedule delivery of the production wings. |
23 January 2008 |
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Boeing and Spanish carrier Air Europa today announced an order for eight Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners valued at $1.3 billion at list prices. The order, placed by Air Europa in 2007, previously was accounted for on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries Web site as an unidentified customer. Air Europa also acquired purchase rights for an additional eight 787s. |
23 January 2008 |
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The Boeing Company today announced the selection of Telair International to supply the cargo-handling system for the new Boeing 747-8. The supplier will provide systems for the main deck and lower hold of the 747-8 Freighter, as well as the lower hold of the 747-8 Intercontinental. |
23 January 2008 |
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Boeing and Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air have finalized negotiations for up to 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a deal that could be worth approximately $3.9 billion at list prices if all options are exercised. The agreement is for 16 787s on direct order with purchase rights for eight additional 787s. |
21 January 2008 |
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Boeing and Geneva-based PrivatAir today announced an order for one Boeing 787-8 VIP airplane, a purchase-right exercise from PrivatAir's initial 787 order in 2006. Today's order is valued at $162 million . Through this agreement, PrivatAir has two 787s on order and has secured an additional purchase right. |
19 January 2008 |
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Boeing has delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) its fourth C-17 Globemaster III during a ceremony at the company's Long Beach, Calif., C-17 manufacturing facility. |
19 January 2008 |
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Boeing has announced that first flight of the 787 has been moved from the end of the first quarter of this year to around the end of the second quarter to provide additional time to complete assembly of the first airplane. Deliveries are now expected to begin in early 2009, rather than late 2008. There is not expected to be any impact on 2007 financials; no material impact on 2008 earnings guidance.
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17 January 2008 |
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Boeing and partner Science Applications International Corporation, the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, today announced that the Army has accelerated test schedules for two FCS robotic prototypes based on current readiness levels and positive feedback from soldiers who are using early versions of the systems in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
17 January 2008 |
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Boeing has been awarded a contract to build a commercial satellite for ProtoStar Ltd. The 601 HP-model spacecraft will deliver direct-to-home satellite television programming and broadband Internet access throughout Asia. The value of the deal was not disclosed. |
16 January 2008 |
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Boeing has acquired the first signals from the Thuraya-3 Geo-mobile satellite following today's launch aboard a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket, indicating that the Boeing-built spacecraft for Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company is healthy and operating as designed. |
16 January 2008 |
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Boeing has begun initial production of Engineering Design Models (EDMs) of its software-defined Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radios (JTRS GMR), meeting an important milestone in the plan approved by the program's Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO). |
11 January 2008 |
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Boeing delivered 3a total of 36 Chinook helicopters to U.S. Army and international customers, meeting scheduled commitments and matching the program's performance during the Army's model upgrade program in the early 1990s. |
09 January 2008 |
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Boeing has submitted its revised HH-47 Combat Boeing's Search and Rescue (CSAR) helicopter proposal to the U.S. Air Force in response to Amendment Five of the service's original request for proposals.
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07 January 2008 |
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Boeing has responded to a U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) request for industry feedback on the follow-on Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program. |
07 January 2008 |
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Boeing industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have achieved the final 2007 milestone for the Airborne Laser (ABL) program, capping a successful year for the revolutionary airborne directed energy weapon system. |
05 January 2008 |
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Boeing has submitted its final KC-767 Advanced Tanker (AT) proposal for the U.S. Air Force's KC-135 Tanker Replacement Program. |
03 January 2008 |
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Boeing and Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) have concluded all contractual obligations for the purchase of 100 airplanes valued at $10.9 billion at average list prices. |
02 January 2008 |
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The Boeing Company has announced that VALC have finalized an order for a total of 12 Boeing 787-8s with a list value of approximately US$ 2 billion. |
02 January 2008 |
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Boeing and Brazil's GOL Linhas Aéreas S.A., the parent company of Brazil's low-cost airlines GOL Transportes Aéreos S.A. and VRG Linhas Aéreas S.A., today announced the airline has ordered an additional 40 Next-Generation 737 passenger airplanes. The airplanes will be included in Boeing's 2007 order total. |
02 January 2008 |
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Boeing hasannounced that South Korea-based Jeju Air has ordered five Boeing Next-Generation 737-800s to meet future growth plans. The new aircraft are valued at US$370 million at list prices.
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01 January 2008 |
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Boeing and London-based British Airways have finalized an order for eight Boeing 787-8s and 16 787-9s, raising the total number of 787s ordered worldwide from 766 to 790 and taking the 787 order book past the 787th mark. The order is valued at $4.4 billion at list prices. British Airways also placed options for 18 787s and purchase rights for an additional 10. |
27 December 2007 |
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Boeing has announced that the U.S. Air Force has exercised an option for a sixth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite and has authorized Boeing to begin construction. The Commonwealth of Australia is funding the procurement as part of a cooperative agreement between the U.S. and Australian governments. The satellite is expected to launch in the fourth quarter of 2012.
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24 December 2007 |
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Boeing and India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) today signed a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) intended to bring more than US$1 billion of new aerospace manufacturing work to India.
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24 December 2007 |
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Communications satellite contract is valued at up to $1.2 billion. |
21 December 2007 |
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Qantas Airways has agreed a US$2.3 billion order for 31 737-800 aircraft from Boeing. |
20 December 2007 |
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Boeing has announced that it has succesfully completed an on-orbit handover of a communications satellite to Hughes Network Systems. |
18 December 2007 |
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Boeing and Poseidon industry team have started production of the fuselage for the P-8A aircraft. |
13 December 2007 |
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Boeing's Peace Eagle AEW aircraft successfully completed its first mission system test flight on 12 Dec 07. |
12 December 2007 |
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Boeing has announced that it has successfully completed test of the Space Based Surveillance System (SBSS). |
11 December 2007 |
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Boeing has announced that it has been selected to take part in the next GPS ground system development for the USAF. |
11 December 2007 |
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Boeing has announced an order for 20 of its Next-Generation 737's by Babcock & Brown |
10 December 2007 |
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Boeing has announced that four COSMO satellites have been launched aboard a Delta II rocket. |
08 December 2007 |
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Boeing Supports First Dual Intercept Test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System |
06 November 2007 |
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Boeing to Showcase Advanced Range of Products, Services at Dubai 2007 |
05 November 2007 |
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Boeing has celebrated the delivery of the 500th U.S. Navy F/A-18 strike fighter modified at the company's Cecil Field facility near Jacksonville, Fla. |
02 November 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has began modifying the first of three U.S Air Force C-40B transport aircraft with a laser-based countermeasures system that defeats incoming infrared-seeking missiles. |
01 November 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has broken ground on a new EA-18G Growler Support Center (GSC) at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., that will provide technical and logistics support for the U.S. Navy's premier airborne electronic attack aircraft. |
01 November 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has announced that it continues to log test milestones on its C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP), including some significantly ahead of schedule. |
31 October 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has opened its first F-15E Mission Training Center (MTC) for the U.S. Air Force's 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The center will provide aircrews with high-fidelity, simulator-based training without the material and personnel costs associated with training on operational aircraft. |
29 October 2007 |
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The Boeing Company and Textron Inc. have announced a teaming agreement to compete in the technology demonstration and system development phases and ultimately the production phase of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program for the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. |
29 October 2007 |
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The Boeing Company is teaming with Northrop Grumman Corporation to develop a new airborne electronic attack capability for U.S. Air Force B-52H aircraft. |
24 October 2007 |
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The Boeing Company, the U.S. Air Force 82nd Training Wing and industry partners opened a state-of-the-art, Boeing-designed F-22 maintenance training facility at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, on Oct. 19, offering a realistic training environment for future Raptor maintainers. |
23 October 2007 |
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Boeing Awarded Singapore Ministry of Defence Contract for Additional F-15SG Aircraft |
22 October 2007 |
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Boeing and its P-8A Poseidon team last month completed the program's 200th live-fire shot at the U.S. Navy's Weapons Survivability Laboratory in China Lake, Calif. |
22 October 2007 |
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Boeing Logs 12-hour A160T Hummingbird Flight |
16 October 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has been awarded a $46 million contract by F-22 prime contractor Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to integrate the air dominance fighter into the U.S. Air Force Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) training network. |
16 October 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has successfully demonstrated that its Avenger-mounted laser system can neutralize the kinds of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) that threaten U.S. troops deployed in war zones. |
15 October 2007 |
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The Boeing Company recently completed its 700th consecutive on-time depot-level servicing of U.S. Air Force KC-10 aircraft, successfully capping a Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) agreement signed in 1998. |
15 October 2007 |
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Boeing Signs Agreement with Sargent Fletcher for KC-767 Fuel Tank Systems |
12 October 2007 |
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The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has shipped a new CH-47D Chinook helicopter maintenance trainer to the U.S. Army National Guard that will provide a hands-on tool for soldiers, technicians and other flight personnel. |
10 October 2007 |
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Boeing has acquired signals from the first Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite, a new military spacecraft that will help meet the growing demand for military satellite communications by providing a 10-fold increase in telecommunications capacity over the satellite it will replace. |
10 October 2007 |
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Under the contract, which has a base year and two one-year options, Boeing will provide fixed-price, total logistics support for hundreds of AH-64D components. The program provides total asset visibility for the customer and supply chain management support through best-of-industry practices. The total value of the base year and two one-year options is $173 million. |
09 October 2007 |
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Boeing Awarded $70 Million Contract for Enhanced F-15C Radar |
09 October 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has delivered the first factory-installed, dual-cockpit F/A-18F Super Hornet Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) to the U.S. Navy, providing significant improvements to in-flight crew coordination. |
09 October 2007 |
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Future Combat Systems Industry Team Delivers Network Capability to Current Force |
08 October 2007 |
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The Boeing Company this week delivered the first AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter built under the extended Block II contract to the U.S. Army during a ceremony at the company's Mesa, Ariz., Apache production facility. |
05 October 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has been awarded a $600,000 U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract to develop the Seeker Integrated Target Endgame Sensor (SITES) to help advance Joint Dual Role Air Dominance Missile (JDRADM) technology. |
05 October 2007 |
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Boeing Delivers 13,000th CSEL Radio to Joint Services |
03 October 2007 |
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The Boeing Company, working with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, successfully completed a missile defense flight test today that resulted in the intercept of a target warhead and demonstrated the capability and reliability of the nation's only defense against long-range ballistic missiles. |
28 September 2007 |
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The Boeing Company yesterday delivered the first production EA-18G Growler to the U.S. Navy ahead of schedule and within budget. |
25 September 2007 |
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Boeing today reached a significant milestone at its Long Beach, Calif., C-17 final assembly facility with a 'major join' ceremony for the United Kingdom's fifth C-17 Globemaster III. |
25 September 2007 |
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Boeing has recently delivered a refurbished E-4B National Airborne Operations Center to the U.S. Air Force Strategic Command after completing programmed depot maintenance (PDM) at its modification center in Wichita, Kan. |
21 September 2007 |
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Boeing Awarded $49.2 Million Contract to Upgrade Saudi AWACS Fleet |
20 September 2007 |
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Boeing has successfully assisted the U.S. Air Force in deploying a new ground control system that will enhance the operation of 32 Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites currently in orbit. |
20 September 2007 |
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Boeing Conducts Successful Test of SDB I Focused Lethality Munition |
17 September 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has been awarded a 10-year, $1.1 billion U.S. Air Force contract to continue providing programmed depot maintenance (PDM) for the nation's KC-135 Stratotanker fleet. Boeing will perform the work for more than 200 KC-135 aircraft at facilities in Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri. |
11 September 2007 |
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Boeing Successfully Completes First Test Flight of AEW&C Peace Eagle Aircraft |
06 September 2007 |
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Boeing Demonstrates FAB-T Interoperability with Milstar Satellite |
05 September 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has been awarded a three-year, $20.6 million U.S. Air Force contract to build antenna radio frequency processors and associated electronics for the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS)-Electronic Systems Measures (ESM) program. |
05 September 2007 |
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Boeing has announced that the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's (JASDF) first KC-767 Tanker has resumed flight testing following the completion of scheduled ground modification work. |
31 August 2007 |
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Boeing-led Airborne Laser Team Completes 'Low Power' Flight Tests and Prepares to Install High Energy Laser |
31 August 2007 |
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Boeing Awarded $19.9 Million Contract to Support U.S. Army Apache Helicopters |
28 August 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has submitted its proposal to the U.S. Air Force for the development and production of up to 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellites. The enhanced spacecraft will offer positioning service that is 10 times better than today's system as well as improved anti-jamming capabilities for the warfighter. |
27 August 2007 |
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Boeing to Study Key Elements of Conventional Prompt Global Strike Demonstration |
27 August 2007 |
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Boeing and U.S. Joint Forces Command to Analyze Joint Warfighting Concepts and Capabilities |
27 August 2007 |
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Boeing Delivers First Upgraded Phase II CF-18 Hornet to Canadian Defense Forces |
22 August 2007 |
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Boeing has been awarded a $107 million U.S. Air Force contract for an additional 15,452 Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) radios and supporting equipment. |
22 August 2007 |
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Boeing and FCS Partners Announce the Kick-off of Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon Work in Elgin, Okla. |
22 August 2007 |
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Boeing Awarded $30 Million U.S. Air Force Contract to Provide Continued Broadband Communications Services |
14 August 2007 |
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The Boeing Company's CH-47F Chinook helicopter has been certified combat-ready by the U.S. Army and fielded to the first operational unit, making it the latest addition to the Army's aviation fleet. |
14 August 2007 |
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Boeing Receives Undergraduate Military Flight Officer Ground-Based Training System Contract |
10 August 2007 |
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Boeing Adds Spirit AeroSystems to P-8A Industry Team |
09 August 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has delivered the first of four C-17 Globemaster IIIs to the Canadian Forces during a ceremony at the company's Long Beach, Calif., C-17 manufacturing facility. |
08 August 2007 |
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Boeing Awarded U.S. Marine Corps Contract to Extend ScanEagle Services |
31 July 2007 |
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The Boeing Company and its TEAM TSAT industry partners today submitted a proposal to the U.S. Air Force for the Development and Production phase of the Transformational Satellite Communications System Space Segment (TSAT) program. |
30 July 2007 |
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Boeing Apache Helicopter Flight Simulators Provide High Fidelity Training |
27 July 2007 |
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The Boeing Blended Wing Body (BWB) research aircraft -- designated the X-48B -- flew for the first time last week at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. |
26 July 2007 |
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The first of four Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIs for the Canadian Defense Forces took flight for the first time Monday, a major milestone leading to the aircraft's delivery on Aug. 8. With a takeoff weight of 460,000 pounds, (208,650 kg), the advanced airlifter lifted off from Long Beach, Calif., at 3:36 p.m. Pacific time, and flew for three hours and 45 minutes. |
25 July 2007 |
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The US Army has awarded Boeing a contract valued at approximately $7 million to begin developing the initial phase for a truck-mounted laser weapon system that destroys rockets, artillery shells and mortar rounds. |
23 July 2007 |
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Boeing Australia Limited Receives Authorised Maintenance Organisation Certification |
20 July 2007 |
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Boeing and partner Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, today announced that the Army has authorized planning for FCS low-rate initial production, including long-lead items for the first FCS capability Spin Out and Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV) early production units. The latter is focused on the Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C) initial production platform, which will be fielded in 2010 according to a Congressional mandate. |
18 July 2007 |
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The Boeing Company is preparing a response to a U.S. Air Force Request for Proposals for the development and production of an enhanced constellation of Global Positioning System satellites known as GPS III. |
16 July 2007 |
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The Boeing Company, along with industry teammates and its government customer, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, successfully completed a key Airborne Laser (ABL) flight test Friday, demonstrating the weapon system's ability to actively track an airborne target, compensate for atmospheric turbulence and fire a surrogate for its missile-killing high-energy laser. |
16 July 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has received U.S. Army authorization for full-rate production and fielding of the new CH-47F Chinook helicopter. |
16 July 2007 |
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Boeing to Bid for Ares I Instrument Unit Avionics Contract |
13 July 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has delivered the second of three C-40C transport aircraft to the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), providing a critical airlift asset to government leaders on official business. |
11 July 2007 |
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QinetiQ and The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today opened The Portal, a new decision-support capability at QinetiQ's Cody Technology Park site in Farnborough, UK. |
11 July 2007 |
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Boeing, ALAFCO Sign for 10 Additional 787s |
07 July 2007 |
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On the eve of the unveiling of the world's newest commercial jetliner, the 787 Dreamliner, The Boeing Company and Air Berlin announced an order for 25 787-8 airplanes valued at $4 billion at list prices. The order is the single largest placed by any European carrier and brings the total number of 787s ordered worldwide to 677. |
07 July 2007 |
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Boeing, CIT Aerospace Sign Order for Additional 787 Dreamliners |
05 July 2007 |
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Boeing Selects Supplier for Super Hornet Block II Infrared Search and Track Capability |
02 July 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract worth up to $2 billion between 2007 and 2018 for engineering services and the manufacturing of 242 wing sets for the Air Force's A-10 fleet. |
29 June 2007 |
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Boeing Delivers 777-200ER in Asiana Airlines' New Livery |
28 June 2007 |
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Boeing Demonstrates Autonomous Command and Control of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
27 June 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has announced that the US-India Business Council (USIBC), the premier U.S.-India business advocacy organization, has presented the company with the USIBC Global Vision Award. |
27 June 2007 |
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Boeing to End Parts Production Operations in Tennessee |
27 June 2007 |
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Boeing Supports Ninth Successful Intercept Test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System |
25 June 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has announced that the Orbital Express system, a program to validate spacecraft servicing capability led by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has performed a fully-autonomous 'fly-around and capture' of its NextSat client spacecraft, marking another industry first for the innovative program. |
22 June 2007 |
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Boeing and its industry teammates recently demonstrated the advanced capabilities the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) will offer the nation's warfighters during a critical Space Segment Design Review (SSDR). |
21 June 2007 |
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Boeing Delivers First New-Build Apache Longbow Helicopter to U.S. Army |
20 June 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has begun assembling the fifth C-17 Globemaster III for the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force (RAF) at its C-17 manufacturing plant in Long Beach, Calif. |
20 June 2007 |
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The AIR FRANCE-KLM Group has placed orders with Boeing for nine 777-300ERs and seven Next-Generation 737-700s. At a combined value of $2.7 billion at list prices, these orders mark the first time the combined airline Group, consisting of Paris-based Air France and Amsterdam-based KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, has announced an airplane acquisition at the Group level. The 777 and 737 orders were previously accounted for on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries Web page, assigned to unidentified customers. |
20 June 2007 |
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Boeing and International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) today announced that the two companies have finalized orders for 63 airplanes worth approximately $8.8 billion at current list prices. |
19 June 2007 |
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Boeing Signs Agreement with Korea Aerospace Industries for E-X Airborne Early Warning and Control Program |
19 June 2007 |
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Just weeks before the premiere of its first all-new jetliner in 13 years, Boeing is making progress daily on the first 787 Dreamliner in its final assembly factory in Everett, Wash. |
19 June 2007 |
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Boeing Completes JDAM Anti-Jamming Developmental Flight Test Program |
18 June 2007 |
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Boeing Completes First Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite and Prepares Spacecraft for Shipment |
18 June 2007 |
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Boeing has named John Hinshaw chief information officer and vice president of the company's Information Technology organization. Hinshaw, who was formerly chief information officer of Verizon Wireless, is replacing Scott Griffin, who has announced his retirement after 28 years at Boeing. |
18 June 2007 |
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Boeing Completes First Flight of A160T Hummingbird Unmanned Helicopter |
18 June 2007 |
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Boeing and GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) today announced an order for six Boeing 777 Freighters worth approximately $1.42 billion at list prices. |
18 June 2007 |
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The Boeing Company and Jakarta-based Lion Air today announced that the airline has ordered an additional 40 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplanes. Valued at more than $3 billion at list prices, today's announcement brings Lion Air's combined orders for the 737-900ER to 100. |
18 June 2007 |
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Boeing's New CH-47F Chinook Helicopter Completes U.S. Army Operational Test Flights |
18 June 2007 |
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Boeing-led Team Responding to TSAT Space Segment Request for Proposal |
14 June 2007 |
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Boeing Begins Mission System Flight Testing of First Australian Wedgetail Aircraft |
13 June 2007 |
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Boeing has awarded a contract to Harris Corporation to provide the data link system for the Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II) precision-guided weapon. Boeing and Lockheed Martin won one of two U.S. Air Force contracts for the competitive risk-reduction phase of the SDB II program in April 2006. |
13 June 2007 |
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With training from Boeing engineers and help from two robotic arms, Space Shuttle Atlantis astronauts today will install a Boeing-built truss element that will provide an extra boost of power to the International Space Station (ISS). |
11 June 2007 |
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Engineers at The Boeing Company have recently completed 50 percent of the design for the new 777 Freighter. The completion of this work means that half of the detailed design of the 777 Freighter is defined and has been released to Boeing factories and its suppliers to begin building parts, assemblies and tools for the new cargo airplane. |
11 June 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has been awarded a $28 million U.S. Air Force quick reaction capability contract for delivery of its Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) weapon system. |
11 June 2007 |
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The Boeing Company is very pleased that Aeroflot has selected the 787 Dreamliner for its fleet requirements. Boeing looks forward to working with Aeroflot to finalize the order. |
09 June 2007 |
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Boeing and United Aircraft Corporation Announce Cooperative Agreement |
09 June 2007 |
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The Boeing Company and Sukhoi today signed an agreement to expand collaboration between the two companies. As a result of extended negotiations, Boeing will expand its advisory role on the Sukhoi regional jet program, known as the Superjet 100 (SSJ). |
09 June 2007 |
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The Boeing Company on June 7 signed a five-year $258.5 million performance-based logistics contract with an option for an additional five years with the U.S. Department of Defense to support AV-8B Harriers operated by the U.S. Marine Corps, Italy and Spain. |
08 June 2007 |
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The Boeing Company, through its commercial launch business, successfully launched the first of four Italian Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO) SkyMed spacecraft June 7 aboard a Delta II rocket. |
08 June 2007 |
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Boeing Australia Limited to Provide ScanEagle UAV to Troops in Afghanistan |
07 June 2007 |
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Boeing Demonstrates Integrated Voice, Data and Video Services with TSAT Tests |
06 June 2007 |
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Boeing and industry teammate Lockheed Martin successfully completed the first flight of the Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II) weapon system May 22 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. |
06 June 2007 |
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Thales UK and Boeing [NYSE: BA] have agreed to form an exclusive team, led by Thales UK, to jointly bid to deliver the System of Systems Integrator (SOSI) role for the planned Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) program. FRES is the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) program to provide the British Army with a network-enabled and highly deployable medium-weight armored vehicle force, which will complement the UK's existing heavy and light forces and enable the UK to rapidly project warfighting capability world-wide. |
05 June 2007 |
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Boeing Completes Critical Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite Tests |
05 June 2007 |
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The Boeing Company and Philippine Airlines (PAL) have announced that the airline has increased its fleet plans for Boeing 777-300ERs to a total of six airplanes with a new order for two of the popular and efficient twinjets. The order is an exercise of purchase rights disclosed in March when PAL placed an order for two 777-300ERs. |
05 June 2007 |
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Boeing Signs Additional Customer to Next-Generation 737 Landing Gear Overhaul/Exchange Program |
05 June 2007 |
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Successful Design Review and Engine Test Bring Boeing X-51A Closer to Flight |
01 June 2007 |
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Boeing Wins Next Phase of U.S. Air Force Missile Technology Program |
31 May 2007 |
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Boeing has delivered the first of 13 C-17 Globemaster IIIs to Dover (Del.) Air Force Base (AFB) officials during a ceremony at the company's Long Beach, Calif., C-17 manufacturing facility. |
31 May 2007 |
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Boeing Company has announced that Californians will fill more than 4,000 direct and indirect jobs if it is selected to build the U.S. Air Force's new tanker aircraft fleet. The economic activity generated in California will exceed an estimated $175 million annually. |
30 May 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has been awarded a $3 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract to test an innovative main rotor system that promises quieter operation, reduced vibration and potentially improved performance for military helicopters like the AH-64D Apache Longbow. |
29 May 2007 |
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Boeing Business Jets and Ocean Sky Aviation today announced an order for a BBJ. Based in London, Ocean Sky is Europe's fastest growing private jet charter company. |
23 May 2007 |
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Boeing Awarded $30 Million U.S. Air Force Contract to Upgrade B-52s |
22 May 2007 |
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Boeing Business Jets today announced it has received an order for a 787 VIP airplane from Hong Kong real estate tycoon Joseph Lau. The order is valued at approximately $153 million at today's list price. |
22 May 2007 |
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Boeing Business Jets has announced it has won seven new orders this year, bringing total program sales to 135 jets. The new orders are worth $478.5 million at list prices. |
21 May 2007 |
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Final assembly of the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner began today with a ceremony in Everett, Wash. |
21 May 2007 |
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IAMAW District 837 Members Vote to Approve Boeing Contract Offer |
20 May 2007 |
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Boeing and Royal Jordanian today announced an order for Boeing's highly sought-after 787 Dreamliner, confirming two unidentified customer purchases previously listed on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries Web site. |
20 May 2007 |
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Boeing Dual-Cockpit Cueing System Introduced to U.S. Navy Squadron |
18 May 2007 |
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The first Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet retrofitted with an aft cockpit Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) has arrived at Strike Fighter Squadron 213 (VFA-213), the first U.S. Navy fleet squadron to fly the aircraft with the dual-cockpit system. |
18 May 2007 |
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The final major assembly for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was delivered to Everett early today. |
16 May 2007 |
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Boeing has announced orders for 11 787-8 Dreamliners and 50 Next-Generation 737s with TUI Group, Europe's largest integrated-tourism company. The orders were previously recorded on Boeing's Orders and Deliveries Web site as unidentified. The value of the orders is approximately $4.7 billion at list prices. Two of the airplanes have since been delivered and identified. |
16 May 2007 |
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The gigantic composite wings for the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner were delivered to Everett today (15 May 07). |
15 May 2007 |
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JetX Takes Delivery of its First New Boeing 737-800 in Seattle |
14 May 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has announced that its 777 jetliner fleet has completed its 1 millionth flight under regulations for extended operations (ETOPS). Based on reported and projected 777 fleet data, Boeing estimated the 1 millionth 777 ETOPS flight occurred on May 11. |
14 May 2007 |
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Fuselage Sections for Boeing 787 Dreamliner Delivered to Everett |
11 May 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has delivered the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) second C-17 Globemaster III during a ceremony at the company's Long Beach, Calif., C-17 manufacturing facility. |
11 May 2007 |
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Boeing Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag Selected for ANA's New 777-300ERs |
10 May 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has been awarded a $19 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide Mission Training Center (MTC) services for F-16 pilots at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.; Misawa Air Base in Japan; and Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. |
09 May 2007 |
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Boeing Names Armstrong to Lead New Enterprise Environmental Organization |
04 May 2007 |
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Boeing and Copa Airlines executives today said the Panamanian airline placed an order for four Boeing 737-800 airplanes in a deal valued at approximately $282 million at list prices. |
02 May 2007 |
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The Boeing Company and Jet Airways, India's largest private airline, on Monday celebrated the delivery of the airline's first of 10 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The airplane was delivered in Jet Airways' new paint scheme, that features a new design, colors and typeface. The airplane will enter service on May 5, commemorating the airline's 14th anniversary of operations. |
01 May 2007 |
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Forty years ago today, The Boeing Company opened the major assembly buildings of its Everett factory to build the first-ever jumbo jet - the 747. Four decades later, that factory has grown into the largest building in the world by volume and is home to every Boeing twin-aisle airplane program - 747, 767, 777 and 787 Programs. To date, Boeing employees at the Everett site have built and delivered more than 2,950 airplanes. |
01 May 2007 |
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Boeing and Continental Airlines today announced that the airline will be the first U.S. carrier to use the Boeing Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) on its 777s. Boeing has delivered the second of two 777-200ER airplanes equipped with the Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) to Continental Airlines. The airline accepted delivery of their first EFB-equipped 777-200ER in March. Continental also selected the Boeing EFB to retrofit on its previously purchased 777s. |
01 May 2007 |
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines took delivery of its 15th Boeing 777-200ER (Extended Range) last Friday from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., north of Seattle. KLM is leasing the airplane from International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC). KLM, part of the Air France KLM Group, operates the 777-200ER on long-haul international routes from its Amsterdam base to cities such as Cape Town, Los Angeles and Tokyo. |
30 April 2007 |
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Turkish Airlines Adopts Innovative Boeing Maintenance Tool |
30 April 2007 |
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The Boeing Company and launch- customer Lion Air today celebrated the delivery of the first Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplane. The airplane was delivered in a special dual paint scheme that combines the Lion Air lion on the vertical stabilizer and the Boeing livery colors on the fuselage. Boeing launched the 737-900ER program in July 2005 when Jakarta-based Lion Air announced the initial order for 30 of the newest 737 model. To date, Lion Air has ordered 60 737-900ERs. |
27 April 2007 |
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The newest member of the Boeing Next-Generation 737 family, the 737-900ER (Extended Range), earned type certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on April 20. |
26 April 2007 |
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Boeing and Arik Air today announced an order for three 787-9s, two 777-200 LRs (Longer Range) and two 777-300ERs (Extended Range) at the delivery ceremony for two new 737-700s that will soon begin operations from the airline's home base in Lagos, Nigeria. The list-price value of the new order is approximately $1.5 billion. The airplanes were previously listed as unidentified on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries website. |
26 April 2007 |
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The Boeing Company and New Delhi-based SpiceJet today announced that the airline has ordered 10 Next-Generation 737-800s. The order, valued at more than $700 million at list prices, follows previous orders in February 2005 and August 2006 for a total of 30 737s. |
26 April 2007 |
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The Boeing Company and Oak Hill Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm, today announced an order for six Boeing 777 Freighters. The order is valued at about $1.4 billion, at list prices. |
26 April 2007 |
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Boeing has confirmed that Russia's S7 Group has ordered 10 Next-Generation 737-800s and secured purchase rights for an additional 10 of the world's most popular jetliner. The aircraft have been carried as 'unidentified' on the Boeing order Web site since last November. At list prices, the order is valued at $705 million. |
26 April 2007 |
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SEATTLE, April 25, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today confirmed an order by Air Canada, announced Tuesday by the airline, for 23 Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The order brings to 37 the number of 787s ordered by the airline. Air Canada has ordered more Dreamliners than any other carrier in the Western Hemisphere. |
25 April 2007 |
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Boeing First-Quarter EPS Up 28 Percent, Backlog Grows to Record $262 Billion |
25 April 2007 |
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Boeing and Aviation Capital Group (ACG) today announced that the leasing company has placed an order for 15 Next-Generation 737s and five 787 Dreamliners. |
23 April 2007 |
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Boeing and Virgin Atlantic today announced an environmental partnership, which includes an order for 15 787-9 Dreamliners, marking the largest 787 order to date for Europe. |
23 April 2007 |
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SEATTLE, April 19, 2007 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] and CIT Aerospace, a business unit of CIT Group Inc., a leading global provider of commercial and consumer finance solutions, today announced an order for five Boeing Next-Generation 737-700s, valued at approximately $295 million at list prices. |
19 April 2007 |
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Boeing Signs Spirit AeroSystems to Provide Nacelle Component Repair and Overhaul |
19 April 2007 |
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The Boeing KC-767A Tanker reached another significant test milestone April 12 when its aircrew successfully extended and retracted the left and right Wing Aerial Refueling Pod (WARP) hoses for the first time. |
19 April 2007 |
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Boeing and Southwest Airlines said the pioneering low-cost carrier will use Maintenance Performance Toolbox to streamline maintenance on its entire fleet of Classic 737s and Next-Generation 737s. Toolbox, which is rapidly becoming a must-have software package for efficiency-conscious carriers, represents the industry's first set of productivity tools designed to unify an airline's maintenance and engineering operations from start to finish. |
18 April 2007 |
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Soodik to retire after a 30-year career |
17 April 2007 |
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The Boeing Company today announced deliveries across its commercial and defense operations for the first quarter of 2007. |
05 April 2007 |
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Boeing and Japan Airlines International today announced that the airline will install Boeing's Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) on two new 777 airplanes to be delivered beginning this year: a 777-200 scheduled for delivery in May and a 777-300ER scheduled to join the fleet later in the year. The airline's decision represents its first EFB order. Japan Airlines has 38 777s in operation and eight more on order. |
03 April 2007 |
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The Boeing Company today announced the 500th customer order for the 787 Dreamliner with a follow-on order from Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL). |
03 April 2007 |
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Boeing and New York-based W.S. Wilson have signed an agreement that will allow them to significantly reduce an airline's maintenance-related costs. |
02 April 2007 |
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The world's longest-range commercial jetliner, the Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner (Longer Range), marks its first year in revenue service this month. With several airlines scheduled to take delivery of new Worldliners this year, the newest 777 to enter service is set to change how passengers travel by offering airlines more flexibility to serve the nonstop routes that passengers demand. |
30 March 2007 |
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Boeing and LCAL have announced the leasing company placed an order for one additional 787-9 Dreamliner, expanding its fleet to 15 of the advanced-technology aircraft. |
29 March 2007 |
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Boeing has opened a new Integrated Materials Management (IMM) Asia Regional Center in Singapore. |
29 March 2007 |
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Boeing Prepares Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane for Ground and Flight Testing |
28 March 2007 |
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Boeing Supplies Airplane Health Management to Austrian for Improved Efficiency |
28 March 2007 |
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The Boeing Company today announced that Travel Service, a Prague-based charter carrier, ordered one Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, and holds purchase rights for one more. The airline is increasing its efficiency in the long-haul charter market by offering direct flights to holiday destinations. The order is valued at $153 million at list prices. |
28 March 2007 |
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The Boeing Company and Avianca Airlines, Colombia's flagship air carrier, today announced the airline has ordered 10 787s, making it the first South American carrier to order the 787 and marking the largest 787 order to date for Latin America. |
28 March 2007 |
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Boeing to Provide Technology Scholarships for Vietnamese University, CAN THO, Vietnam. |
27 March 2007 |
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Boeing and British Airways have finalized an order for four Boeing 777-200ER jetliners valued at more than $800 million at list prices. British Airways also secured options for four additional 777-200ERs. British Airways said it is using the 777s to expand its long-haul fleet. |
27 March 2007 |
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When Boeing's newest airplane, the all-new 787 Dreamliner, enters service in 2008, passengers will experience a more comfortable flight because of enhanced accessibility features. |
26 March 2007 |
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The Boeing Company and Virgin Blue Holdings, Ltd., today confirmed that the Brisbane-based company has ordered six Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) jetliners, with options for six more, and will lease one additional 777-300ER. The new airplanes will allow Virgin Blue to establish its new long-haul airline, providing service from Australia to the United States and other destinations. |
21 March 2007 |
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Boeing Supports Nippon Cargo Airlines with Innovative Supply-Chain Solution |
21 March 2007 |
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SEATTLE, March 19, 2007 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that launch customer Cargolux has placed a follow-on order for three Boeing 747-8 Freighters, valued at $845 million at list prices, and added two options. This brings the Luxembourg-based cargo operator's total 747-8 Freighter order to 13 airplanes, two options and 10 purchase rights. |
19 March 2007 |
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On the airline's 66th anniversary today, Philippine Airlines (PAL) and The Boeing Company announced the order of two Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) commercial airplanes, with purchase rights for two additional 777-300ERs. PAL is a long-time Boeing customer and currently operates five Boeing 747-400s and three Boeing 737-300/-400s. |
14 March 2007 |
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Today Boeing celebrated roll out of the first vertical fin for the company's all-new commercial airplane, the 787 Dreamliner. Manufactured and assembled at the Composite Manufacturing Center in Frederickson, Wash., the vertical fin is the largest primary structure of the 787 airframe built by an internal Boeing supplier. The delivery meets a key program milestone as the airplane begins final assembly in Everett, Wash., in preparation for its initial roll out in July. |
14 March 2007 |
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Boeing to Help Caribbean Airlines Streamline Its Maintenance Operations |
13 March 2007 |
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Boeing and Continental Announce Deal for More 787s, Including the 787-9 Launch Order for the Americas |
12 March 2007 |
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The Boeing Company and Moscow-based freight company Volga-Dnepr Group today announced an order for five Boeing 747-8 Freighters with purchase rights for an additional five airplanes. |
12 March 2007 |
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ALAFCO opts for 12 Dreamliners and 6 737-800s valued at $2.26 Billion. |
12 March 2007 |
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Boeing and DHL agreed on an order for six 767-300ER (Extended Range) Freighters. DHL, wholly owned by Bonn, Germany-based Deutsche Post World Net, is a leading international express delivery and logistics company. The order is valued at $894 million at list prices. This order has previously been accounted for on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries Website. |
08 March 2007 |
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Boeing, First Choice Airways Sign Contract for Four Additional 787s |
07 March 2007 |
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Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd. (ST Aerospace) and Boeing today announced jointly that ST Aerospace's wholly owned subsidiary, ST Aviation Services Company Pte Ltd (SASCO), has been selected by Boeing to perform certain passenger-to-freighter (PTF) conversions under the 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) program. The contract is estimated to be worth $136 million (about S$208 million) over 10 years. ST Aerospace is the aerospace arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering). |
07 March 2007 |
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SEATTLE, Feb. 23, 2007 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Azerbaijan Airlines have signed an order for three 787-8 Dreamliners and two Next-Generation 737-900ERs (Extended Range). |
23 February 2007 |
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Air New Zealand Places Third Order for Boeing 787 Dreamliners |
19 February 2007 |
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Boeing and LOT Polish Airlines announced today that the airline has increased its 787 Dreamliner order by one additional aircraft, bringing its total 787 order to eight airplanes. In 2005, LOT placed an order for seven 787s, with delivery positions beginning in 2008. |
19 February 2007 |
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SEATTLE, Feb. 16, 2007 -- The first Boeing Next-Generation 737-700ER (Extended Range) airplane took off from Boeing's Seattle Delivery Center today, bound for Japan and service with ANA (All Nippon Airways). ANA launched the 737-700ER program in January 2006, when it exercised rights to substitute 737-700s with two 737-700ERs. |
17 February 2007 |
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Second Boeing Dreamlifter Takes First Flight |
16 February 2007 |
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SEATTLE, Feb. 15, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today confirmed an order by UPS, the world's largest package delivery company, for 27 Boeing 767-300 Freighters -- an order, when all are delivered, that will nearly double the UPS 767 Freighter fleet. |
15 February 2007 |
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Royal Air Maroc Adopts Innovative Boeing Maintenance Solution |
14 February 2007 |
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Royal Air Maroc Adopts Innovative Boeing Maintenance Solution |
13 February 2007 |
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Boeing ScanEagle Team Achieves Compliance with NATO UAV Interoperability Standard |
07 February 2007 |
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The Boeing Company and AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for joint work on the next - generation Chinook for the Italian Army and other future rotorcraft opportunities. |
06 February 2007 |
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The Boeing Company has selected Rockwell Collins to provide the entire suite of displays, autopilot, communication, navigation, surveillance, maintenance, emergency and data management systems for its new 747-8 family. The 747-8 is scheduled to enter into service in late 2009. |
05 February 2007 |
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The Boeing Company today announced it has concluded its purchase of C-Map, a leading provider of digital maritime cartography, data services and other navigational information. C-Map will become a part of Jeppesen's marine division. Jeppesen is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services. |
30 January 2007 |
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The Boeing Company delivered a Next-Generation 737-800 to China United Airlines Company Limited, marking the first delivery of a new 737 to the airline. |
26 January 2007 |
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Boeing and Lockheed Martin have formed a strategic alliance to promote advancement of the future U.S. air transportation system. |
23 January 2007 |
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Boeing and GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) today announced a 39-airplane order that includes 15 Boeing 777s -- a mix of seven 777-300ER (Extended Range) passenger jetliners and eight 777 Freighters -- and 24 Next-Generation 737-800s. |
23 January 2007 |
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Boeing Dreamlifter Delivers First Assemblies for 787 Dreamliner |
16 January 2007 |
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Boeing is showing steady progress toward building the first 787 Dreamliner with the rollout of its second specially-modified freighter and a successful first pickup of 787 parts from Japan. |
12 January 2007 |
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Boeing Business Jets and Rockwell Collins today introduced an Enhanced Vision System (EVS) offering for Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) operators. The offering will be available to BBJ customers through Boeing and Rockwell Collins service bulletins, and certification for the system is expected by early 2008. |
09 January 2007 |
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Singapore Aircraft Leasing Exercises Boeing 737 Options and Purchase Rights |
08 January 2007 |
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The Boeing Company recorded 1,044 net commercial airplane orders during 2006, and for the second year in a row set a Boeing record for total orders in a single year. |
04 January 2007 |
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The first Boeing Next-Generation 737-700ER (Extended Range) completed final assembly and rolled out of the Renton, Wash., manufacturing facility Jan. 2. The airplane receives a painted livery and goes through preflight testing before delivery to launch customer ANA (All Nippon Airways) in early 2007. |
04 January 2007 |
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The Boeing Company and Korean Air today (29 Dec 06) announced that the two companies have finalized an order for 25 airplanes with a value of approximately $5.6 billion at list prices. |
29 December 2006 |
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Pakistan International Airlines today took delivery of its first of three Boeing 777-300ERs on order. The newest member of PIAs long-haul, wide-body fleet departed Paine Field this morning en route to its new home base at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. |
22 December 2006 |
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, part of the Air France/KLM Group, has exercised options for three Boeing Next-Generation 737-800s. The airplanes, with a value of $212 million at list prices, will be delivered in 2008. |
21 December 2006 |
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The Boeing Company's more than 68,000 Puget Sound area employees have opened their hearts and wallets to provide more than a little Spirit of the Holidays for thousands of people in need, including seniors and families. |
21 December 2006 |
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Boeing, TNT and Guggenheim Aviation Partners celebrated the delivery of both customers' first 747-400ER Freighter. |
20 December 2006 |
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Boeing Signs Agreement with Messier Services - Asia, SR Technics and Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co, Ltd. to Provide Extended MRO Capability |
19 December 2006 |
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The Boeing Company delivered its 600th 777 airplane, to Singapore Airlines. The 777 program reached the milestone after 11 years in service, faster than any other twin-aisle airplane program in history. |
18 December 2006 |
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Boeing and Kenya Airways signed an order in Nairobi on Dec. 15 for three additional 787-8 Dreamliners. The airline now has nine 787s on order, and also holds four options for Boeing's fast-selling new airplane. The airline's original order for six Boeing 787s was made in March and included six options. The three additional 787s will be added to Boeing's Orders & Deliveries Web site this week. |
17 December 2006 |
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Boeing and Qatar Airways have announced an order for two 777 Freighters. Launched in May of 2005, Boeing's 777 Freighter Program has tallied 51 orders for the world's most capable twin-engine freighter. This order was listed as unidentified last week on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries Web site. |
17 December 2006 |
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Boeing's Commercial Aviation Services organization has reached an agreement with Goodrich Corp. Aerostructures Service Center Europe (GASCE) and will perform nacelle (thrust reverser) component repair and overhaul services on Boeing Next-Generation 737 and 777 airplanes. |
15 December 2006 |
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Boeing recently began final assembly of the first Next-Generation 737-700ER (Extended Range), one of the newest members of the world's most successful single-aisle airplane family. |
14 December 2006 |
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A partnership between Boeing and Air France aimed at transforming the way the airline maintains and operates its fleet is deepening thanks to Air France's adoption of the Boeing Airplane Health Management (AHM) system. |
13 December 2006 |
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The Boeing Company today announced that its airplane manufacturing facility in Everett, Wash., home of the 747, 767, 777 and 787, has received International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 certification. ISO 14001 confirms Boeing's Everett facility has a certified system in place to monitor, manage and continuously improve its environmental management system. |
12 December 2006 |
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Boeing today announced that Guggenheim Aviation Partners, LLC (GAP), the U.S.-based aviation investment firm, acting on behalf of one of its investment funds, has ordered three Boeing 777 Freighters, with an option to purchase one additional airplane. |
12 December 2006 |
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Boeing Names Stan Deal and Rob Laird to Commercial Airplanes Sales Leadership Roles |
12 December 2006 |
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Boeing, PrivatAir of Switzerland Sign Deal for 787 Dreamliner |
06 December 2006 |
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Boeing, Lufthansa Announce Order for 747-8 Intercontinental |
06 December 2006 |
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Boeing, First Choice Airways Sign Order for Two Additional Boeing 787s |
06 December 2006 |
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EVERETT, Wash. , Dec. 06, 2006 -- Customers, partners and employees gathered at the Boeing [NYSE: BA] Everett factory today to celebrate the virtual rollout of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the program's progress over the last year. |
06 December 2006 |
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Continental Converts Orders for 12 more Boeing 737-900ERs |
05 December 2006 |
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SEATTLE, Dec. 05, 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Nakash Group of America today announced an order for two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. Nakash Group of America is a multi-national, multi-billion dollar conglomerate that owns Arkia Israeli Airlines. Arkia, based in Tel Aviv, will operate the 787s, making it the first airline in Israel to offer 787 services to its passengers. |
05 December 2006 |
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SEATTLE, Nov. 30, 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Air India today celebrated the delivery of the first of 18 Next-Generation 737-800s to Air-India Express, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air India. The delivery also marked the first airplane delivered to Air India following the airline's order for 68 Boeing jetliners, the largest commercial airplane order in India's civil aviation history. The order was placed in December 2005 and is valued at more than $11 billion at list prices. |
02 December 2006 |
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LOCKHEED MARTIN AND BOEING COMPLETE UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE TRANSACTION |
01 December 2006 |
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Boeing Delivers 747-400BCF to Guggenheim |
01 December 2006 |
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SEATTLE, Nov. 29, 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] Business Jets today delivered its 100th 'green' -- unfurnished -- airplane. Representatives of the government of India accepted the milestone airplane at the Boeing Delivery Center in Seattle. |
29 November 2006 |
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Boeing Adds Air Cruisers, Honeywell and Thales to 787 GoldCare Team |
21 November 2006 |
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Boeing Delivers Japan Airlines' First Next-Generation 737 Jetliner |
16 November 2006 |
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MEXICO CITY, Nov. 14, 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Aeroméxico, Mexico's largest airline, today announced the carrier ordered two more 787-8 Dreamliners and 10 more Next-Generation 737-700s. |
14 November 2006 |
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BEIJING, Nov. 14, 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Air China yesterday celebrated the delivery of the 150th Boeing airplane to Air China. The new Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 is the first airplane in China to feature the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games livery highlighting the official mascots -- the five 'Fuwa' animal cartoon characters. |
14 November 2006 |
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LUANDA, Angola, Nov. 13, 2006 -- Boeing Commercial Airplane's Vice President of Airplane Production Carolyn Corvi led a 38-member company delegation on a 16-hour and 47-minute record-setting 777 delivery flight of 8,060 nautical miles (12,896 kilometers) from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle that arrived Saturday, Nov. 11, in Luanda, Angola. |
13 November 2006 |
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Boeing Identifies KLM Order for Six Boeing Next-Generation 737s |
13 November 2006 |
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The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has started using a moving assembly line for the first time to build its market-leading 777 jetliner. For now, the moving assembly line is used only during final assembly positions for the airplane, moving it at a steady pace of 1.6 inches per minute during production. |
08 November 2006 |
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Boeing and FedEx Express Announce Order for 15 Boeing 777 Freighters |
07 November 2006 |
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EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 02, 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered the first 777-200ER (Extended Range) airplane to Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI). This is the first of four Boeing 777-200ERs that will be delivered to THAI before the end of the year. An additional two 777-200ERs will be delivered in 2007. |
02 November 2006 |
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SEATTLE, Oct. 31, 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has completed firm configuration of the 747-8 Freighter airplane's design. Boeing achieved this milestone after a year of collaboration with airline customers and suppliers to determine the optimal configuration. |
31 October 2006 |
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Boeing Delivers Buraq Air's 1st 737-800 |
30 October 2006 |
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Boeing Delivers First Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise 737-800 |
30 October 2006 |
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Boeing Exhibits at Sixth China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition |
27 October 2006 |
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SEATTLE, Oct. 26, 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Tokyo-based ANA (All Nippon Airways) today announced that the airline exercised options for two additional 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighters. ANA launched the 767-300BCF passenger-to-freighter conversion program in October 2005 with an order for three conversions and four options. Now the airline holds a total of five firm orders and two options. |
26 October 2006 |
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Boeing Delivers 747-400BCF to Singapore Airlines |
26 October 2006 |
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Boeing Delivers 747-400 Freighter to China Airlines |
25 October 2006 |
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Boeing Delta II Launches NASA Solar Eruptions Study |
25 October 2006 |
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Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Breaks Ground |
24 October 2006 |
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Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter Successfully Tests Swing Tail |
23 October 2006 |
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Boeing, Guggenheim Aviation Partners Sign for Four 747-8 Freighters |
17 October 2006 |
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ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 16, 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] Business Jets today celebrates its 10-year anniversary by launching the newest member of its business jet family -- the BBJ 3. The airplane, which is based on the new Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range), won two orders from undisclosed customers. |
16 October 2006 |
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Boeing, Emirates Announce Order for 10 747-8 Freighters |
09 October 2006 |
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Unveiling of Non-Line-of-Sight-Cannon Firing Platform Marks Major Step For Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicle Fleet Development |
29 September 2006 |
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TAAG Adopts Boeing's Component Services Programs |
27 September 2006 |
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ST. LOUIS, Sept. 27, 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] this week installed the final Block E avionics modification kit on the U.S. Air Force's active fleet of 67 B-1B Lancer long-range heavy bombers, completing a five-year, $680 million contract for enhanced computer hardware, software and weapons delivery capability. |
27 September 2006 |
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Boeing's Workhorse Delta II Delivers Another GPS Satellite to Orbit |
25 September 2006 |
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SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 16, 2006 – Boeing (NYSE: BA) today celebrated the arrival of the first of three specially modified 747-400 passenger jets that will be used to transport the large composite sections and wings of the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF) touched down at Seattle's Boeing Field at 8:08 a.m. PDT, ending a non-stop, 13-hour, 17-minute flight from Taipei, Taiwan. |
16 September 2006 |
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Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter Arrives in Seattle |
16 September 2006 |
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SEATTLE, Sept. 05, 2006 -- The newest member of the Boeing [NYSE: BA] Next-Generation 737 airplane family took to the skies over Washington state Friday on its maiden flight. |
05 September 2006 |
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ST. LOUIS, Sept. 01, 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], working with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, today successfully completed a missile defense flight test that demonstrated the increased operational capability of the nation's only defense against long-range ballistic missiles. |
01 September 2006 |
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Boeing Completes First Phase of CF-18 Aircraft Modernization Project |
31 August 2006 |
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The Boeing Company and Mumbai-based Jet Airways today announced an order for 10 787-8 Dreamliners. The order, placed in December 2006, is valued at more than $1.5 billion at list prices and deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2011. |
04 January 2006 |
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Boeing and Air Pacific Sign Next-Generation 737 Landing Gear Overhaul/Exchange Agreement |
18 April 2004 |
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