The first Boeing 717-200 for AirTran Airways took off today for its inaugural flight. Painted in AirTran colors and with a complete airline interior, the 717 lifted off the runway at the Long...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] successfully launched the three-ton Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite ( ARGOS) for the U.S. Air Force from here today at 2:29 a.m. PST. The same Delta II rocket...

Atlas Air has exercised options for two 747-400 freighters, bringing the carrier's total order to 12 airplanes, The Boeing Company confirmed today. Delivery of the two airplanes are scheduled for...

Boeing and the U.S. Navy's Joint Command and Control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) recently completed the first successful demonstration of a satellite-based digital television and data service...

The first Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) takes off from Boeing Field on its initial flight with winglets. Although this is the first BBJ to be flown with winglets, Boeing used a 737-800 as a testbed...

Advanced, highly integrated avionics will make the Boeing JSF easier to operate in the information-intense battlespace of the future. A vast amount of flight and mission data will be fused, sorted...

They put humans on the moon and designed the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. Now a group of volunteer engineers and technical personnel at Boeing Reusable Space Systems are set...

McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company, an indirect subsidiary of The Boeing Company, and MD Helicopters Holding, Inc., an indirect subsidiary of RDM Holding, Inc., have completed an agreement on an...

The Boeing Company delivered the 47th C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft to the U.S. Air Force in a short ceremony here today. Maj. Gen. John Batbie, commander of the 22nd Air Force, Dobbin...

Officials have scheduled the next launch attempt of a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II launch vehicle carrying the ARGOS satellite for the U.S. Air Force for Tuesday, Feb. 23, from Vandenberg Air Force...

U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen tours the Boeing F-22 factory, where the company builds the fighter's wings and rear fuselage sections for the U.S. Air Force. Secretary Cohen stopped at...

The first of eight Next-Generation 737-800s ordered by KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines rolls out of the Boeing paint hangar in Renton, Wash. KLM will take delivery of this airplane later this month and...

Five Boeing 757-300s - due to be delivered to launch customer Condor Flugdienst - receive finishing touches at a Boeing Field hangar in Seattle, Wash. The 757-300 is the newest of the Boeing...

When it comes to next-generation capabilities, nothing compares to the multi-mission AH-64D Apache Longbow combat helicopter, the rotorcraft industry's processing giant. With more than a million...

Military leaders from around the world will get a fresh look at the AH-64D Apache Longbow when the world's most advanced multi-role combat helicopter visits Australia this week. A production...

The Boeing Portable Maintenance Aid puts an entire technical library of key maintenance information in a laptop computer that a mechanic can carry directly to the airplane. This digital tool...

The first KC-135 Stratotanker to undergo programmed depot maintenance at the Boeing Aerospace Support Center has completed the depaint process and has been positioned in the giant hangar once part...

Officials scrubbed this morning's launch attempt of a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II launch vehicle carrying the ARGOS satellite for the U.S. Air Force. The launch was scrubbed after a momentary spike...

The launch of a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II expendable launch vehicle carrying the ARGOS spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force has been postponed. The launch was scrubbed at 3:12 a.m. PST this morning...

Boeing prepares the 500th Next-Generation 737 jetliner for rollout from the final assembly plant in Renton, Wash. - just two years after the Next-Generation 737 entered service. No other jetliner...

The next launch attempt of a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II carrying the ARGOS spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force will be Friday, Feb. 12 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The one-hour window...

The first of seven Boeing 737-700s ordered by Ansett Worldwide is shown here in position for final assembly. Based in Australia, Ansett Worldwide was formed in 1985 and took delivery of its first...

Wing mechanics and managers tighten pins that hold the first 767-400ER (extended range) wing spar in its tooling. An overhead crane in the Boeing factory in Everett, Wash. lowered the 82-foot spar...

The Boeing Company has begun building its newest twin-aisle airplane in its Everett, Wash., factory. Workers recently loaded the 767-400ER (extended range) front left-wing spar into an automated...

Growing interest among airlines in Latin America has prompted The Boeing Company to take its newest twinjet, the 717-200, to AeroExpo Acapulco '99. The Boeing presence at the airshow also includes...