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  • Mar 28, 2002

    KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the newest customer for the Boeing 777. The airline has ordered eight new 777-200ER jetliners, which will begin delivery in late 2003. The 777-200ER, with a range of...

  • Mar 28, 2002

    A successful rocket launch today sent a pair of Boeing-built communications satellites into orbit for two long-time customers of Boeing Space and Communications (S&C), a unit of The Boeing Company...

  • Mar 28, 2002

    The Boeing Company today delivered to Inter Airlines, a new Turkish charter airline based in Antalya, its first 737-800 airplane. This is the very first airplane for the startup airline. Inter...

  • Mar 27, 2002

    Boeing Air Traffic Management (ATM) has joined the Lockheed Martin team in competing for the En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) program recently announced by the U.S. Federal Aviation...

  • Mar 27, 2002

    The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, unveiled a new twist in aircraft flight control during rollout ceremonies today at NASA's Dryden Flight Research...

  • Mar 27, 2002

    The Boeing Company, the world's leading aerospace company, is proud to be one of the principal participants in this year's FIDAE 2002 Air Show (Feria Internacional del Aire y el Espacio), taking...

  • Mar 26, 2002
    Software Enables First Simulation Study for City of Chicago

    Preston Aviation Solutions Pty Ltd (Preston), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has licensed its Total Airspace & Airport Modeller (TAAM) to Landrum & Brown, an international...

  • Mar 25, 2002
    Airplanes are no longer a major cause of noise pollution

    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...

  • Mar 25, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 25, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 25, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 25, 2002

    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'...

  • Mar 25, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 25, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 22, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 22, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 22, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 20, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 20, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 20, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 20, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 20, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 19, 2002
    Boeing Commercial Airplanes Gives Flight to New, Emerging Technologies

    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...

  • Mar 19, 2002
    Banc of America Securities and Incapital act as joint lead managers and lead agents

    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...

  • Mar 18, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 18, 2002

    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,...

  • Mar 18, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 18, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 18, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 17, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 15, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 13, 2002

    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...

  • Mar 13, 2002

    Boeing this week delivered a new Boeing 737-800 jetliner with winglets to Neos, a recently formed charter airline based in Milan, Italy. The airplane is the first 737-800 to enter the fleet of an...

  • Mar 13, 2002

    The Boeing Company has selected Smiths Aerospace to supply the hose-and-drogue refueling system for its 767 Global Tanker Transport Aircraft. Smiths, through its recent acquisition of Able...

  • Mar 13, 2002

    The national Defense Contract Management Agency, or DCMA, has honored its St. Louis division and Boeing with its "Enabling the Warfighter to Win" award. The DCMA-Boeing team received the award in...

  • Mar 13, 2002

    Boeing Space and Communications has received approval from the U.S. Air Force to move forward with space vehicle production for the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) IIF Modernization program....

  • Mar 12, 2002

    Torsten Ulbrich prepares the first installation of Connexion by BoeingSM antennas on a commercial jetliner, a Lufthansa 747-400, at the Lufthansa Technik hangar in Hamburg. Lufthansa, one of...

  • Mar 11, 2002

    The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that Bonnie Soodik, 51, has been named president of Shared Services, senior vice president of the company and a member of the Boeing Executive...

  • Mar 11, 2002
    Sears, Swain, Koellner join Office of the Chairman -- Moves support company's continued focus on growth and creating value

    Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit today announced an expansion of the company's Office of the Chairman in preparation for the planned retirement in June of Vice Chairman Harry Stonecipher....

  • Mar 9, 2002

    In the final stages of production before delivery to El Al Israel Airlines, Air France and American Airlines are three 777-200ER (extended range) airplanes on the flight line in Everett, Wash. The...

  • Mar 8, 2002
    Shape, color, patterns and lighting influence how travelers feel

    Spanish Version(PDF) Designers of airplane interiors think first and foremost of the passenger during the design process: What colors and patterns are most restful to weary travelers? What shapes...

  • Mar 8, 2002

    A Boeing-built Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) that will improve communications for orbiting spacecraft was successfully launched today on an Atlas IIA rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force...

  • Mar 8, 2002

    A Boeing-built Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-I) was successfully launched Friday afternoon on an Atlas IIA rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The Boeing 601 satellite is...

  • Mar 8, 2002

    The Boeing Company today announced it has completed the initial accounting review required by the new Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,"...

  • Mar 8, 2002

    The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) today named Pedro Arguelles Salaverría vice president of International Relations, Boeing-Spain. In this newly created executive role, Arguelles will be responsible...

  • Mar 7, 2002

    The Boeing Company today confirmed an order from WestJet Airlines for two additional 737-700s. WestJet was one of the few profitable North American airlines in 2001, recently achieving its 20th...

  • Mar 7, 2002

    Today's announcement selecting The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] - Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) team as the Lead System Integrator (LSI) for the U.S. Army's Future Combat...

  • Mar 6, 2002

    Boeing Space and Communications (S&C), a unit of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], has received $336.4 million in funding from the U.S. Air Force to build the first two satellites in the Wideband...

  • Mar 6, 2002

    Boeing Commercial Airplanes announced today that Louis Mancini has been named vice president -- Maintenance Operations Services, a unit of the company's newly restructured Commercial Aviation...

  • Mar 6, 2002

    U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and industry officials mark a $336.4 million contract option award issued to the Boeing-led team building the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS) system for the...