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  • Jun 2, 2017
    The Boeing 702 ViaSat-2 satellite is one of the largest high-power commercial satellites built by Boeing

    EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 2, 2017 – Leveraging the recently launched Boeing [NYSE: BA] 702 high-power satellite, ViaSat’s second-generation satellite, ViaSat-2, will realize a seven-fold increase in broadband internet service coverage from its previous generation satellite and offer twice as much capacity on orbit.

  • Jun 1, 2017
    COTESA will produce complex composite parts for the Boeing Chinook H-47 heavy-lift helicopter; COTESA joins Boeing’s established supply chain in Germany

    BERLIN, June 1, 2017 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] has awarded Saxony-based COTESA GmbH a five-year contract to manufacture key components for the H-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter. This is the first Boeing contract award to COTESA.

  • May 30, 2017
    First successful test against representative intercontinental ballistic missile target

    HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 30, 2017 – The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system built by Boeing [NYSE: BA] successfully intercepted a threat representative of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), demonstrating the system’s ability to detect, engage and destroy targets and validating its technological advances.

  • May 24, 2017
    Phantom Express aims to enable faster, more affordable small satellite launches

    ARLINGTON, Va., May 24, 2017 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are collaborating to design, build and test a technology demonstration vehicle for the Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program.

  • May 23, 2017
    Efficient, resilient design will expand U.S. missile defense capabilities

    ARLINGTON, Va., May 23, 2017 – Boeing [NYSE:BA] recently received a $58.6 million, 35-month contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to demonstrate its evolved Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV) technology, which increases interceptors’ ability to locate and destroy missiles headed toward the United States.