The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has expanded its European presence with two recent executive appointments in the region. Marlin Dailey has been appointed vice president of European Sales, Boeing...

Boeing (NYSE:BA), the world's leading aerospace company, today established its first office in Scotland to boost support to the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense, or MoD. Operations at the new...

The three main sections of the newest longer-range 777 jetliner, the 777-300ER, are shown here being connected at the Boeing final assembly plant in Everett, Wash. The forward section of the...

In an effort to enhance its operations in the Southeast Asia region and to further develop a strong customer focus, The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has opened its new office in Kuala Lumpur,...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] launch officials at Space Launch Complex 37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., successfully completed the sixth tanking test of the first flight Delta IV rocket on Friday,...

Calling the 747 Freighter the standard in the industry, Japan Airlines (JAL) finalized the airline's first order for Boeing 747-400 Freighters. Delivery of the two airplanes is planned for 2004....

Two new Boeing 747-400 Freighters ordered by Japan Airlines (JAL) are likely to sport a new look, as in this artist's rendering produced by Boeing [NYSE: BA], when they are delivered to the...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that it will recognize, on a pre-tax basis, certain non-cash charges that will reduce operating earnings approximately $250 million. The expected...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] this week announced that it is extending a price freeze on its catalog of commercial airplane spare parts in order to assist its commercial airlines customers during...

The Boeing International Space Station team began work Oct. 1 on a contract that consolidates previous NASA payload integration contracts. NASA awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] the noncompetitive...

Connexion by BoeingSM, a business unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), has announced that Beverly Wyse, 40, has been named director of the newly formed Deployment and Installation organization....

A team of government, industry and academia, under the leadership of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], has been awarded a NASA contract to meet the challenge of developing nuclear electric power for...

The Boeing Company today announced third quarter and nine months deliveries across its commercial, military and space operations. Major program deliveries during the third quarter and the year to...

The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) today announced the appointment of Ian Thomas to spearhead the operations of the company's new Integrated Defense Systems business in the UK. A $23-billion business,...

The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I), built for NASA by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, a unit of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], has reached geosynchronous orbit where it will...

Brian Nelson, a former CNN correspondent and veteran anchor, has been appointed director of communications for The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] Florida operations based at Kennedy Space Center, Fla....

Mechanics in the Boeing final assembly factory in Everett, Wash., this week installed raked wing tips onto the newest 777, the 777-300ER (extended range) airplane. The 6.5-foot (1.98-meter) raked...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that Ronald E. "Mutz" Mutzelburg has been named director of Phantom Works for Boeing Washington, D.C. Operations. Mutzelburg, 56, joins Boeing after...

Raked wing tips that were installed this week onto the newest Boeing 777, the 777-300ER (extended range) jetliner, not only improve the bottom line they're good for the environment. The 6.5-foot...

Valerie K.Schurman, vice president and assistant general counsel for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, has received the Corporate Counsel of the Year award from the Southern California Chapter of...

Data management software with geospatial capability, once used primarily for military operations, is now commercially available from Boeing Autometric and supported by the TeradataTM data...

Critical systems' software designed, developed and maintained by The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] for the International Space Station has successfully completed a key milestone toward a world-class...

Boeing today joined a broad coalition of aviation groups in releasing the results of a new study demonstrating both the importance of civil aviation to the U.S. economy and the need for a major...

Japan Airlines (JAL) has selected Technical Services and Modifications, a Boeing Commercial Aviation Services business unit, to modernize their fleet of 747-200/-300 in-service airplanes. The...

Today, members of the Philadelphia-based UAW Local 1069 ratified a new three-year contract offer from Boeing [NYSE: BA]. The ratification vote came one week after UAW members returned to work...

The U.S. Air Force's Electronic Systems Center (ESC) at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., recently announced The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] as prime contractor for a six-year, $273 million contract to...

The S1 (Starboard One) truss for the International Space Station is placed into a work stand at the Boeing Huntington Beach facility in 1998. The truss is surrounded by components to be added...

The S1 (Starboard One) truss and the joint airlock (Quest) are shown in a clean room at the Boeing facility in Huntsville, Ala. Space shuttle Atlantis delivered the airlock in July 2001. Space...

The International Space Station's truss system begins expanding after space shuttle Atlantis delivers the Boeing-built S1 (starboard one) truss to the orbital outpost in October. When completed,...

The S1 (Starboard One) truss sits in the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Space Station Processing Facility in June 2002. White thermal blankets on the truss protect the components from temperature...

Boeing Canada Technology -- Winnipeg, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, is joining the Boeing Sonic Cruiser technology development team. The team is working to develop the advanced materials...

The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] and FlightSafety International (FSI) today announced that they have signed an agreement that will allow Boeing to acquire all of FSI's interests in FlightSafety Boeing...

Boeing makes jets that weigh almost 900,000 pounds (408,240 kilograms) fully loaded, and yet they fly in the sky like birds. That alone is pretty amazing. But the miracle of flight is only one of...

The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] and Cimarron, a Houston-based, woman-owned small business, have received NASA's prestigious 2002 Goldin-Stokes Award. The award is the agency's highest honor for...

Boeing Integrated Defense Systems President and Chief Executive Officer James Albaugh will make a presentation to the Banc of America Securities 32nd Annual Investment Conference in San Francisco...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] Commercial Aviation Services announced today that launch customer Southwest Airlines has implemented its first module of a Boeing state-of-the-art software application for...

The Boeing [NYSE: BA] C-17 Globemaster III airlifter production complex in Long Beach, Calif., has been named one of the top manufacturing plants in North America by the editors of IndustryWeek...

Despite the worst decline in modern history of the air cargo industry last year, Boeing [NYSE: BA] projects that world air cargo traffic will expand at an average of 6.4 percent during the next...

The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] today named Roger Krone, to lead Army Systems, a new unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. This new global unit will have its headquarters in Delaware County,...

Boeing Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mike Sears will make a presentation to the Morgan Stanley 12th Annual Aerospace & Defense and Multi-Industry Conference in New York on...

The Boeing [NYSE:BA] Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response, or SLAM-ER, Automatic Target Acquisition capability has become operational with the completion of Operational Test and...

Boeing [NYSE:BA] employees represented by the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, United Aerospace Workers or UAW, Local 1069 began a strike against The...

Boeing has awarded a Gold Supplier award, the company's highest recognition of supplier performance, to Northrop Grumman's Electronics Systems sector facility in Baltimore. Bill Stowers, vice...

Boeing [NYSE:BA] has been awarded a $378 million contract for an additional 18,840 Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, kits by the JDAM Joint Program Office. Boeing is expanding its production...

Voting on a new contract offer by some 25,000 Boeing employees represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) resulted today in the approval of a new...

The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] one of two contracts for Component Advanced Development, or CAD, of the Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft, or MMA program. The contract is valued at...

Boeing Autometric, a global leader in geospatial information and technology solutions, has brought the ability to catalog and retrieve billions of pixels of geographic imagery to the desktop...

Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) operators now have the option to lower cabin altitude from the standard 8,000-foot cabin to 6,500 feet, improving passenger comfort. The lower cabin altitude feature,...

Boeing Business Jets today announced the availability of a lower cabin altitude modification for Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) operators. The new feature will offer 6,500-foot cabin altitude instead...

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United Airlines is the latest -- and largest -- customer of The Boeing Company's [NYSE: BA] Portable Maintenance Aid (PMA), a powerful software tool that helps airlines improve airplane dispatch...

Imagery generated by DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite will be transformed by Boeing Autometric's high-end photogrammetric software toolkit, Softplotter®, in order to support mapping and...

Critical information from maps and charts can be obtained more rapidly with Softplotter® 4.0, the latest version of Boeing Autometric's high-end photogrammetric software toolkit. Boeing...

As part of its strategy to leverage core competencies into new business opportunities, Boeing [NYSE:BA] announced today that it is using specialized rapid, low-cost manufacturing capabilities to...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Boeing [NYSE:BA] a contract to design a fuel cell-based propulsion system for an ultra long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle. The...

Boeing Capital Corporation Vice President & CFO Steven Vogeding will make a presentation to the Gabelli & Company "8th Annual Aircraft Supplier Conference" in New York on Thursday, September 5,...

Kuwait's ministry of defense has signed a letter of offer and acceptance with the U.S. Department of Defense for the purchase of 16 AH-64D Apache Longbow combat helicopters. With the signing of...

As part of a long-term strategy to strengthen its commitment to Turkey, The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced the appointment of Greg Pepin as President of Boeing Turkey. Pepin will be...

Boeing [NYSE:BA] has delivered the 90th C-17 transport aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. In a ceremony yesterday near the C-17 assembly plant in Long Beach, Calif., Howard Chambers, vice president...

Imagine that a new book by your favorite author has just been published. You don't have time to drive to the nearest bookstore, so what do you do? You buy it online. With a few clicks of your...

Boeing won a major space shuttle and expendable launch vehicle payload processing contract today from NASA/Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The Checkout, Assembly, and Payload Processing Services...

All Nippon Airways (ANA), one of Japan's largest airlines, today accepted its first Boeing 767-300 Freighter at a festive delivery ceremony accented by Japanese Taiko drummers playing on the new...

The first Boeing 767-300 Freighter to enter the fleet of All Nippon Airways takes off for a test flight from Paine Field in Everett, Wash. With a capacity of 60.5 tons (54.88 metric tons) of...

The Boeing Company concluded contract negotiations today with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union that represents some 25,000 Boeing employees in the...

Boeing Commercial Airplanes [NYSE: BA] today delivered to Alitalia the first of six Boeing 777-200ER (extended-range) jetliners that the Italian carrier plans to use for nonstop flights to the...

Citing superior performance and lower maintenance costs as a deciding factor in its decision, Copa Airlines today announced firm orders for four Boeing 737-700s and two 737-800s near its...

The first Boeing 777-200ER to be purchased by Alitalia takes off on a test flight from Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Boeing delivered the jetliner to the Rome-based international airline in late...

On Aug. 26, 2002, Copa Airlines of Panama announced its first order ever for Boeing Next-Generation 737-800s. The airline ordered two of the advanced-technology single-aisle airplanes, as well as...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] has completed two more successful flight demonstrations of its EA-18G Airborne Electronic Attack, or AEA, concept aircraft. During the demonstrations on August 20 and 22, an...

China Southern Airlines (NYSE: ZNH)(HKSE: 1055), the largest airline in The People's Republic of China, today took delivery of its first Boeing (NYSE: BA) 737-800. China Southern's newest airplane...

The first of 20 Boeing 737-800s ordered by China Southern Airlines takes off on a test flight prior to its delivery. The order for the airplanes was finalized at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., in...

Connexion by Boeing SM, the revolutionary mobile information services provider, has signed a contract with Intelsat for transponder capacity onboard the Intelsat 709 satellite, supporting the...

The fleet of Boeing 717-200 jetliners has reached a new one-week high for dispatch reliability, achieving 99.65 percent on 3,721 departures. The previous record was 99.61 percent for the last week...

The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] and the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) announced today the successful completion of more than two weeks of demonstrations of the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle...

The Boeing Company today named Paul Walters to the new position of regional vice president, Southeast Asia, The Boeing Company. Walters will be responsible for coordinating all company business...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] has begun installation of new F-22 Raptor training facilities at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. Training classrooms and equipment will be installed in stages, reaching full...

Approximately 110,000 visitors from all over the world visit the Boeing Tour Center in Everett, Wash., each year, making it the top tourist destination in Snohomish County and one of the most...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Air Force today announced the signing of a $9.7 billion follow-on procurement contract for 60 C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft. Since its first flight in...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] this week began assembling 757s on a moving assembly line in its Renton, Wash. factory. Commercial Airplanes' 737 and 757 Vice President-General Manager Carolyn Corvi...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] marks the 10th anniversary today of the Boeing 601, the best-selling geosynchronous communications satellite model that has powered revolutionary changes in the way...

The forward section of the first Boeing 747-400ER (extended range) Freighter has been loaded into an assembly tool in the Everett, Wash., factory -- where it will be joined with the airplane's two...

Parents and teachers can show children the principles of flight in a fun, interactive way by going to the new Boeing Safety Web Site. The site contains a flash media demonstration that shows how...

Australian flag-carrier Qantas Airways has ordered four additional Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes to join its initial 737-800 fleet of 15. The four new twinjets, due for delivery between...

Australian flag-carrier Qantas Airways has ordered four new Boeing [NYSE: BA] Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes to join its initial 737-800 fleet of 15. The four new twinjets, due for delivery...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI) and the Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) have successfully completed the preliminary MB-XX full-scale Combustion Chamber /...

Anne Eisele, 35, has been appointed director of media relations for The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA). In this position she is responsible for the external communications of the $58 billion aerospace...

Boeing BigBins, which offer more overhead storage space for airline passengers, went into production this week on a 757-300. The new innovative BigBins increase the effective stowage capacity by...

An artist's concept of U.S. Air Force Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles dropping Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, precision weapons. Boeing is developing the UCAV and produces the JDAM. The...

Boeing delivered the 150th T-45 Goshawk training jet to the U.S. Navy on Aug. 8, 2002.

It doesn't matter if it is a flight across the country or around the world. For a trip of any length of time, one concern rises to the top of every passenger's flying agenda: personal comfort....

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today named Dr. Sergey Kravchenko president of Boeing-Russia/CIS. Kravchenko will be responsible for all company business activities in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan,...

DHL Airways, Inc., the Chicago-based cargo airline and the principal U.S. provider of air transportation services to the DHL Worldwide Express network, has put eMaestro from SBS International, a...

The U.S. Navy's 707 E-6B communications aircraft upgraded with a state-of-the-art Next Generation 737 glass cockpit successfully completed the first flight of a three month joint test program...

The Boeing Company today congratulated Safair Lease Finance (SFL) for its acquisition of five Boeing 737-800 winglet airplanes from South African Airways. Through a new operating lease agreement,...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] reached a new milestone as it celebrated the first flight of the new 747-400ER (extended range) airplane. It begins its flight test program in August from Paine Field. The...

The new 747-400ER (extended range) soared northward into the skies above Paine Field for the first time, formally beginning its flight test program. A crowd of Boeing [NYSE:BA] employees stood...

U.S. Navy Lt. Corey Pritchard earned a place in the aviation history books July 24 when he became the first pilot to land a Super Hornet during its first deployment onboard an aircraft carrier....

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and CargoLifter AG have signed a contract to jointly explore stratospheric airship concepts. The contract, which provides for a detailed study of lighter-than-air stratospheric...

Physical security and crime prevention at several Park-n-Ride commuter parking lots in Denver, Colo. will be greatly enhanced through a $299,000 contract awarded to Boeing Autometric, a global...

An environmental satellite being built by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) a unit of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], has successfully completed a unique instrumentation test. Boeing was...