Kenya Airways became the first airline anywhere in the world to operate a 737-700 with blended winglets. Kenya Airways is expected to put the airplane into service later this month. The airplane...

NEW OPPORTUNITIES - A Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices (EDD) work cell leader works on a 120-watt conducted cooled Ku-Band band traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) with a linearizer inside the...

Dr. Miguel A. Hernan, to direct the new international research and technology center when it opens in Madrid, Spain, later this year. ###

Karen Bedell, director of Community Relations, Boeing Military Aircraft & Missile Systems ###

Mexico will require 391 new airplanes worth approximately $21 billion over the next 20 years, according to The Boeing Company's annual forecast for the commercial airplane market. The forecast...

The U.S. Air Force selected the team of Phoenix Management, Inc., (PMI) and The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] to provide Launch Support Services to the 576th Flight Test Squadron (FLTS) at Vandenberg...

Boeing Business Jets today announced Steve Hill and Gil Key will take on new leadership positions at the company, effective immediately. Key will move from vice president of Operations to vice...

Sea Launch announced today it has signed an additional agreement with PanAmSat Corporation (NASDAQ: SPOT), to launch the Galaxy XIII/Horizons-1 satellite in the 4th Quarter of 2002. The new...

LINKING ASIA AND THE AMERICAS - Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) is building a Boeing 601HP satellite for PanAmSat and Japan's JSAT Corporation. With a hybrid C-band and Ku-band payload, the...

While Boeing today established its world headquarters in Chicago, company leaders also reaffirmed Boeing's presence in the Puget Sound area. "The Puget Sound area is still home to several major...

The Boeing Company began operations on schedule today at its new world headquarters building in downtown Chicago. Approximately 200 employees began unpacking and familiarizing themselves with the...

A Boeing-designed and -built booster vehicle was successfully launched today for its first verification test flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The three-stage booster vehicle is the...

The Boeing Company today announced the appointment of Mary Carson Foerster, currently Director of International Corporate Communications at Boeing World Headquarters, to the position of Vice...

In a move to further expand its highly successful business-to-business Web portal serving the air transport industry, The Boeing Company has launched an online service for processing jetliner...

Commercially available solar cells bought online from Spectrolab, Inc., powered the University of Michigan's solar-powered car, M-Pulse, to its recent first-place finish in the American Solar...

The Boeing Company today delivered the fourth and final C-17 Globemaster III military cargo aircraft to the United Kingdom Royal Air Force (RAF) during ceremonies at the company's production...

The Republic of Singapore has signed a letter of offer and acceptance with the U.S. government for 12 additional AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters. The terms of the purchase option, signed this...

The Boeing Company and Japan Airlines (JAL) recently celebrated the opening of the new Global Airline Inventory NetworkSM(GAIN)operations center in Tokyo. JAL is the network's launch customer. The...

The U.S. Army today accepted its 200th AH-64D Apache Longbow multi-mission combat helicopter from The Boeing Company. Boeing delivered the helicopter during a ceremony at the company's rotorcraft...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has begun installing new mission computers and other hardware and software on the Royal Saudi Air Force's (RSAF) fleet of five AWACS aircraft, as part of a contract...

The Boeing Company has expanded its successful military maintenance and modification operations in San Antonio. The Boeing Aerospace Support Center here today dedicated a recently constructed hangar.

Hawker de Havilland has signed a memorandum of agreement to become the latest Boeing Service Centre supporting Asia and Australia/New Zealand. The Boeing Melbourne Service Centre, located in Port...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced the selection of four industry leaders as partners in pursuit of a multimillion- dollar U.S. Army Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) contract that...

As evidence of its commitment to its recently signed strategic partnership agreement with the Republic of South Africa, Boeing announced today that it is in discussions with Aerosud (PTY) Ltd....

The Boeing-led team that is building the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS), a high-capacity military satellite communications system, today announced successful completion of a recent series of...

PLANNING AHEAD - Boeing Satellite Systems is expanding and remodeling its one-million-square-foot satellite factory. Within the existing factory, one-third of the one hundred thousand square foot...

Day one at the Moscow Air Show couldn't have been more exciting, especially at the Boeing exhibits. While Russian fighter jets screamed overhead performing feats of death-defying acrobatics,...

SOLAR CELL SUCCESS - A technician at Boeing's Spectrolab, Inc., subsidiary examines a concentrator receiver assembly containing the company's highly efficient solar cells. Spectrolab's...

The Boeing Company and Ilyushin Aviation Complex announced today the opening of a training center for Russian aerospace engineers. The center, equipped with the most advanced CATIA work stations...

Less than two weeks after completing one of the most successful flight-test programs in history, Boeing on Aug. 9 gave the U.S. government its final flight-test data, validating how well the...

A brand-new Turkmenistan Airlines 717-200 parks on a tarmac prior to flying to the Moscow Air Show, where it will be the only member of the Boeing family of airplanes displayed this year. The...

The Boeing Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response(SLAM-ER), one of the world's premier precision strike weapons, has been approved by the U.S. government for sale to the Republic of Korea....

Everything at the Moscow Air Show seems big, but bigger isn't necessarily better. So when the ostensibly small Turkmenistan Airlines 717-200 landed there today, it quite rightfully took a place...

Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Alan Mulally said on the eve of the Moscow Air Show that he is committed to continued close relationships with Russian civil aviation industries. At a...

The Boeing Rocketdyne XRS-2200 Linear Aerospike engines undergo hot-fire testing at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The third and final dual engine test yielded data that will...

Control of the Boeing-built Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-H, launched June 2000, will be officially transferred to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center by manufacturer Boeing Satellite...

A series of three hot-fire tests on tandem Boeing Rocketdyne XRS-2200 aerospike engines has been completed at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center, confirming the performance of electromechanical...

The Boeing Company today announced that it has selected three finalists in its search for a global advertising agency. Chosen from among six semifinalists, the finalists are BBDO, FCB and J....

The Boeing Company yesterday received a $33.6 million U.S. Defense Department contract to produce 131 additional Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing Systems, or JHMCS, continuing the program's progress...

While second-quarter earnings reports generally showed a decline in profitability for airlines around the world, most low-fare carriers managed to report profits and an increase in passengers....

Saudi Arabian Airlines' 23rd Boeing 777 arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia this week on a nonstop flight from Seattle, completing a fleet renewal that began with agreements made in 1995. Since that...

Today's successful launch of a Boeing [NYSE:BA] Delta II rocket sets the stage for a 38-month NASA mission to investigate the origins of the solar system. The Boeing Delta II lifted off from...

The U.S. Navy yesterday successfully tested the new Harpoon Block II missile against a land target on San Nicolas Island at the Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division sea range off Pt. Mugu, Calif.

The Boeing Company has successfully delivered two 757-300s to American Trans Air, Inc. (ATA) marking the premier of the sleek, efficient Boeing 757-300 in the North American market. The airline...

The first arrival ceremony for the MV Delta Mariner to Decatur Ala., scheduled for Wednesday, August 8th, has been cancelled. During first approach from the main channel in the Tennessee River to...

A Boeing [NYSE:BA] Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) payload delivery vehicle successfully deployed a Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite today for the U.S. Air Force from space launch complex 40 at...

The U.S. Air Force has ordered a C-40 aircraft from The Boeing Company to begin replacement of the Air National Guard's C-22B aircraft. This is the second C-40 aircraft ordered by the USAF under...

Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) has named Art Rosales vice president of Commercial Programs and Dr. John Konrad vice president of Commercial Marketing and Sales. Boeing Satellite Systems is a unit...

The Boeing Company has been participating in the Moscow Air Show since its inception, and Boeing's presence at this year's show, which runs from August 13-19, will be larger than ever. The Boeing...

With the sea-going vessel Delta Mariner to arrive in Alabama for the first time, the Boeing [NYSE:BA] Delta IV common booster core (CBC), built in Decatur, will soon set sail to Space Launch...

On display at the Moscow Air Show this year will be a Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 717-200. This brand new airplane is the first of three to be delivered to the carrier this year. The standard...

At T minus 6, today's Genesis launch on a Boeing Delta II rocket was scrubbed due to adverse weather conditions including thick clouds and high moisture content, both of which violate requirements...

The Boeing Company today announced Chicago-based Meta-4 Design, Inc., as the firm selected to handle its 2001 annual report. In addition, Boeing has narrowed its search for a global advertising...

At about 6:00 a.m. EDT, officials decided to stand down today's launch of a Boeing Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Genesis spacecraft, due to adverse weather conditions including strong winds. A...

After several years of intensive product research and test marketing, RESOURCE21 has developed information products that will revolutionize the agriculture industry. By providing frequent,...

The Boeing Company [BA-NYSE] has received a $24 million long-lead production contract to continue a major upgrade of NATO's fleet of 17 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. This...

Boeing delivered the first of three new 767-300 Freighters for LanChile Airlines July 31, 2001. The first and second airplanes are direct purchases, and the third will be leased through GE Capital...

At about 12:30 p.m. EDT, officials scrubbed today's launch of a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Genesis spacecraft, due to range weather constraint of thick clouds. A 24-hour...

Boeing [NYSE:BA] officials announced today a major transition of work in its Human Space Flight & Exploration (HSF&E) business to better support its customers, United Space Alliance and NASA....

The Boeing Company today named Anna "Anne" Eleanor Roosevelt to the newly created position of director of Community and Education Relations at Boeing World Headquarters in Chicago. Roosevelt will...

Under a sunny sky here today, Turkmenistan Airlines received its first Boeing 717-200 making the airline the eighth operator of the popular short-range, twin-engine jetliner. Turkmenistan...

Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) was awarded a $130.8 million contract today by the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office for two...

The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin have agreed to initiate the incorporation of new technology into the new-generation Arrowhead sensor system that will give the AH-64D Apache Longbow the...

The first Boeing 717-200 delivered to Turkmenistan Airlines is shown taking off from the Long Beach Airport on a pre-delivery test flight. Airline officials and Boeing executives thanked workers...

Boosted by its innovation in controlling spacecraft attitude using rotational star trackers, Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) was able to meet the demanding design requirements for the Spaceway...

From left are David Augenstein, Yeong-Wei "Andy" Wu and Douglas Hein, whose innovation in satellite attitude control has led to a U.S. patent award as well as a competitive advantage for their...

The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter X-32B concept demonstrator on July 28 ended one of the most successful flight test programs in aviation history with five flights in one day. On the aircraft's 77th...

Boeing Airplane Services has contracted with All Nippon Airways for the modification of a 747-200 airplane from passenger-to-freighter configuration. The modification will be completed at the...

A deceptively simple innovation has led to a U.S. patent award as well as significant business benefits for Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), the world's largest satellite manufacturer. The...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans visited the Boeing office in Moscow today and saw first-hand how Boeing and Russia are working together on a spectrum of commercial airplane programs....

On July 27, 2001, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans visited the Boeing office in Moscow and saw first-hand how Boeing and Russia are working together on a spectrum of commercial airplane...

The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) today announced it has acquired SBS International, the top supplier of crew-scheduling systems to the world's airlines. The move will add SBS International's...

Singapore Airlines today celebrated the delivery of its 24th Boeing 777, one of two 777-200ER (extended range) airplanes that will be used to inaugurate the carrier's new...

Singapore Airlines and Boeing today celebrated the 24th Boeing 777 to enter the airline's fleet. The airplane is one of two that will be used to inaugurate the carrier's new route connecting...

A Boeing Delta II rocket is poised to help NASA investigate the beginnings of our solar system by launching Genesis into a halo orbit between the Earth and Sun. The spacecraft's goal is to capture...

A unique side-by-side collocation of satellite industry contractors and their U.S. government customers is made possible by the newest facility on the El Segundo campus of Boeing Satellite Systems...

Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) officials and key military customers cut the ribbon for a new facility that will house major BSS government programs. From left are R.H. Johnson, BSS general manager...

A realignment of contract work provided by The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] at Kennedy Space Center has resulted in 85 employees receiving 60-day notices effective today. The realignment was...

The seventh Boeing 737-800 to be delivered to Air Algerie, the flag carrier of Algeria, returns from a test flight. The new airplane was delivered just one year after the first 737-800 was...

The Boeing Company today delivered China Southwest Airlines' first 737-600 airplane, making it the first operator of this airplane in China. This is the first of three 737-600s scheduled to be...

The first Boeing 737-600 to sport the design of China Southwest Airlines stands ready to depart to the People's Republic of China. The new airplane also is the first 737-600 to operate in China....

Eleven St. Louis-area students will receive scholarships from Boeing through the National Merit Scholarship Program. The students, all sons and daughters of Boeing St. Louis employees, will each...

A transatlantic team that includes The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] and SAIC has been selected to participate in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile...

The Boeing Company has cleared a major hurdle in the development of its Air Traffic Management system with the licensing of a new mobile satellite service by the International Bureau of the...

The Boeing Company and Alenia Marconi Systems have signed a teaming agreement involving the Joint Direct Attack Munition that could significantly expand the global market for the near-precision...

The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] announced plans today to jointly headquarter its recently formed Missile Defense Systems organization - a major business enterprise within the Space and Communications...

The Boeing Company today delivered the 100th Next-Generation 737 airplane to Continental Airlines. Gordon Bethune, Continental Airlines chairman and CEO, was present to receive the airline's...

The Boeing Company's Board of Directors has elected Rudy F. de Leon, 48, to the position of senior vice president, Washington, D.C. Operations, effective today. He will also serve on the company's...

A team of engineering professors from Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., has been selected to receive the prestigious 2001 Boeing Outstanding Educator Award. As the winner, the team members and...

The Ground-based Midcourse Defense Segment (GMDS) program's Integrated Flight Test Saturday was a success -- resulting in an intercept and complete destruction of the incoming target. The test,...

The first U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow combat helicopter equipped with initial enhancements that will be introduced during the second multiyear production program completed its first flight...

The Boeing Company will webcast an investor telephone conference regarding its second quarter 2001 financial results at 7:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (10:30 a.m. EDT) on Wednesday, July 18....

Boeing yesterday unveiled the CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopter, the sixth Chinook type designed for the U.S. Army, during a ceremony at Boeing's manufacturing facility in Philadelphia. The...

Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), a unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), and IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced they have created the world's most powerful satellite-based digital signal processor,...

The revolutionary Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system's infrared sensors - designed to be the system's initial detector of a theater ballistic missile in its boost phase - have been...

The Boeing Company is a charter partner in a new air quality program announced today by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Gov. Christine Todd Whitman. The company will play a leading...

The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) has appointed Toby Bright vice president of Business Strategy and Marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, reporting to Alan Mulally, president and chief executive...

The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) has named Heiner Wilkens vice president of Sales for Europe and Russia, effective Aug. 1, 2001. Heiner will report to Seddik Belyamani, executive vice president of...

Boeing's potential new " sonic cruiser" airplane will have fuel effeciency similiar to today's long-range jets, and will offer several other environmentally-friendly advantages, said John...

Alenia Aerospazio and Aeronavali, both Finmeccanica companies, have signed a memorandum of agreement with The Boeing Company to become partners in the development, production and support of a...