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Oct 7, 2019Osprey continues to provide unique tiltrotor capabilities to support worldwide military missionsPHILADELPHIA, Oct. 7, 2019 — The V-22 fleet of tiltrotor aircraft built by Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. [NYSE: TXT] company, and Boeing [NYSE: BA] has topped the 500,000 flight hour milestone. More than 375 Ospreys logged the hours, including the U.S. Air Force CV-22 and the U.S. Marine Corps MV-22.
Oct 1, 2019EVERETT, Wash., Oct. 1, 2019 – The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] a $2.6 billion contract for 15 KC-46A tanker aircraft, spares, support equipment, spare engines and wing air refueling pod kits. With this fifth production lot, Boeing now is on contract for 67 KC-46 tankers.
Sep 24, 2019BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 25, 2019 — Boeing [NYSE:BA] is partnering with Australia’s Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence Cooperative Research Centre (DCRC) to develop advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to create smarter unmanned systems for global forces. Embedding machine learning techniques on-board will help unmanned systems better understand and react to threat environments.
Sep 19, 2019Successful test puts U.S. Navy’s first operational unmanned aerial refueler a step closer to the carrier fleetST. LOUIS, Sept. 19, 2019 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Navy today successfully completed the first test flight of the MQ-25™ unmanned aerial refueler.
Sep 17, 2019EVERETT, Wash., Sept. 17, 2019 – The Boeing [NYSE: BA] KC-46 team on Friday began assembling Japan’s first next-generation tanker, loading a 82.4-foot (25 meters) long wing spar in the company’s 767 production facility.
Sep 9, 2019Matured design enables delivery to customers in less than three yearsPARIS Sept. 9, 2019 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] unveiled its 702X family of software-defined satellites, highlighting a 1,900kg variant for geosynchronous orbit. The 702X technology enables operators to adapt to changing market conditions by dynamically allocating bandwidth.
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Aug 6, 2019Services provided by Israel-based Spacecom will expand using Boeing’s 702 digital satellite platform
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 6, 2019 — A Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built 702 digital satellite called Amos-17 will provide affordable internet access and other communications services to underserved parts of Africa as well as Europe and the Middle East.
Aug 1, 2019Boeing investment accommodates V-22 fuselage production and MV-22 modification programPHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1, 2019 — Boeing [NYSE: BA], the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy celebrated the transformation of a 350,000-square-foot facility outside Philadelphia into a modern factory where company employees will build fuselages for the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft and modernize the MV-22 fleet for the Marines.
Jul 15, 2019First of nine P-8A Poseidon aircraft completes assembly and makes its first flight. Next stop: addition of military systems.SEATTLE, Wash., July 15, 2019 — The first Boeing [NYSE: BA] P-8A Poseidon for the United Kingdom Royal Air Force (RAF) took off from Renton, Wash. at 10:00 a.m. Pacific on July 12, marking the first flight of this inaugural U.K. P-8A.
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Jun 25, 2019Fifth successful test validates system safety, robustness ahead of launches later this year
WHITE SANDS, N.M., June 25, 2019 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] cleared another milestone toward launching its Starliner space capsule with the fifth, and final, qualification test of the vehicle’s parachute system.