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  • Jul 6, 1998

    Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG) today announced a new "lean" procurement strategy, in which one distributor and a select number of mills will handle all the commercial airplane...

  • Jul 2, 1998

    South African Airways (SAA), the flag carrier for South Africa, took delivery of its latest Boeing 747-400, painted in the airline's new livery. The new design reflects the colors of the South...

  • Jul 1, 1998

    The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet program passed 3,000 flight hours during testing at Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md., today. As part of the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase...

  • Jul 1, 1998

    The Boeing Company provided an update today on jetliner production status, reporting new monthly and quarterly delivery records. Boeing delivered 61 commercial airplanes in June, the highest...

  • Jul 1, 1998

    A ceremony today in Frankfurt, Germany marked the arrival of the first two MD-11Fs for Lufthansa Cargo AG. The trijet freighters, the first two of eight to be delivered by the Boeing Company,...

  • Jun 30, 1998

    The Boeing Company has successfully developed and demonstrated a pneumatic bomb rack that provides a more affordable and effective alternative to current pyrotechnic bomb racks. "Our pneumatic...

  • Jun 30, 1998

    The Boeing Company has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to provide contractor logistics support for its KC-10 Extender tanker fleet. The contract has a total potential value of $1.5...

  • Jun 29, 1998

    The first Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) rolled out of the Renton, Wash. factory July 26. The high-performance Next-Generation 737-700 derivative can reach a cruising speed of .82 Mach, or...

  • Jun 29, 1998

    In a ceremony accompanied by Japanese taiko drummers, All Nippon Airways today celebrated the delivery of its first 777-300 at the Boeing site in Everett. To commemorate this ANA milestone, the...

  • Jun 29, 1998

    The second DarkStar unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) successfully completed its first flight, taking off from the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. DarkStar's flight...