Today there are about 17,000 commercial airplanes -- four and one-half times as many as the approximately 3,800 that flew in 1970. Yet according to the Federal Aviation Administration, the number...

A Boeing Delta II lifted off on schedule Saturday May 4, 2002 at 2:55 a.m. PDT from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. carrying the Aqua Earth observing satellite for NASA. Approximately one hour...

The Boeing Company today named Rinaldo Petrignani vice president of Boeing International Relations for Italy. Petrignani will be responsible for coordinating all company business activities in...

Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices (EDD), a part of The Boeing Company's [NYSE:BA] Space and Communications business unit, recently received a $10 million order from Orbital Sciences Corporation...

The formation of an industry-leading communications team strongly positions Boeing Space and Communications (S&C) to pursue a potential multibillion-dollar contract for the U.S. armed forces'...

The first major element of the International Space Station's (ISS) enormous backbone will bring more power supplies and data handling capabilities when it is installed during the next space...

A Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices (EDD) work cell leader works on a linearizer traveling wave tube amplifier (LTWTAs). EDD received an order for 64 LTWTAs worth more than $10 million from Orbital...

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

The Boeing Company, through its FlightSafety Boeing Training International joint venture, is teaming with Advanced Interactive Systems Inc. (AIS) of Seattle to offer airlines new cabin and...

The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I), built by Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) for NASA, was launched at 5:59 p.m. EST March 8 aboard an Atlas IIA rocket from Cape Canaveral Air...

JCSAT-8, a Boeing 601 model satellite, is checked out prior to shipment for a launch scheduled on March 28, 2002, aboard an Ariane 4 rocket. The seventh satellite ordered from Boeing Satellite...

The upcoming lift-off of two Boeing-built satellites on the same rocket will be the first dual launch in six years for the satellite manufacturing arm of Boeing Space and Communications, a unit of...

The moving line and related changes were adapted from automotive lean manufacturing methods in Japan. And while moving lines in airplane production are not new, what is new is the fusion of moving...

The high-capacity Boeing-built Galaxy IIIC satellite will be shipped next week to Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, Calif. It will provide widespread Internet, television, voice and data...

ASTRA 3A, the tenth satellite ordered from Boeing Satellite Systems from SES ASTRA of Luxembourg, undergoes final tests prior to shipment for a launch scheduled on March 28 2002, aboard an Ariane...

Boeing Commercial Airplanes today unveiled its Technology Demonstrator airplane. The aircraft, a 737-900, has been outfitted with a suite of new and emerging flight deck technologies to assess...

Boeing Capital Corporation announced today the filing of a prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the issue of up to $1 billion of Boeing Capital investment-grade...

Boeing has delivered ahead of schedule the wings for the first F-22 production aircraft to team partner Lockheed Martin. The two 2,000-pound titanium and composite structures were delivered last...

The Boeing Company has signed an agreement to sell its ordnance business located in Mesa, Ariz., to ATK (Alliant Techsystems) of Edina, Minn., pending regulatory approvals. Under the agreement,...

The Boeing Company has confirmed an order from Kenya Airways for three 777-200ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The airline becomes the newest carrier in Africa to operate the fastest selling...

The Boeing Company has confirmed an order from Kenya Airways for three 777-200ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The airline becomes the newest carrier in Africa to operate the fastest selling...

The Boeing Company today delivered a Boeing 757-300 to Icelandair, the Icelandic carrier with an all-Boeing 757 fleet. Icelandair currently operates nine 757-200s and one 757-200 Freighter. With...

A 747-400 freighter for China Airlines became the 1,300th 747 to roll out of the Everett, Wash., factory. The airplane is the ninth of 13 ordered in 1999 by China Airlines. It was the largest...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that it has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as the prime integrator to perform Phase II of the Orbital Express...

Neos, a recently formed charter airline based in Milan, Italy, has taken delivery of a new Boeing 737-800. The airplane is the first 737-800 to enter the fleet of an Italian airline and the first...