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  • Jul 13, 1998

    With nearly 500 flight hours on the four Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) aircraft and more than 1,660 flight hours in all, flight testing the Osprey is quickly moving forward. The...

  • Jul 13, 1998
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  • Jul 10, 1998
    Campaign Is This Year's Top Among Companies In North America

    Employees of The Boeing Company have earned the top spot as the most generous employee group of any North American company this year. Their two-week fundraising campaign ended in May, and by...

  • Jul 10, 1998
    The following is a joint news release from the Canadian Auto Workers union and The Boeing Company:

    The Canadian Auto Workers union and Boeing Toronto have taken an innovative step and renewed a three-year collective agreement early in an effort to position the Toronto aerospace manufacturing...

  • Jul 9, 1998

    A T-38C Talon jet trainer, with its new Boeing digital cockpit upgrade, made its first flight from Williams Gateway Airport here July 8. The aircraft, tail number 64-197, lifted off runway 30L at...

  • Jul 8, 1998

    Structural assembly of the first Boeing Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)concept demonstrator began a month ahead of schedule when the company loaded the first parts for the JSF forebody in a ceremony...

  • Jul 8, 1998

    The Boeing Company has appointed Russell L. Szczepanik as Information & Communications Systems director of Marketing in Australia and New Zealand. Szczepanik will be based in Canberra, Australia....

  • Jul 8, 1998

    Assembly mechanics place the first of three aluminum frames into an assembly tool July 8 as assembly begins on the first forward fuselage of a Boeing Joint Strike Fighter concept demonstration...

  • Jul 7, 1998

    The Boeing [BA: NYSE] Company has selected Alliant Techsystems to produce composite structures for its new Delta IV family of rockets now in development. The long term contract, which is under...

  • Jul 6, 1998

    Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG) today announced a new "lean" procurement strategy, in which one distributor and a select number of mills will handle all the commercial airplane...

  • Jul 2, 1998

    South African Airways (SAA), the flag carrier for South Africa, took delivery of its latest Boeing 747-400, painted in the airline's new livery. The new design reflects the colors of the South...

  • Jul 1, 1998

    The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet program passed 3,000 flight hours during testing at Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md., today. As part of the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase...

  • Jul 1, 1998

    The Boeing Company provided an update today on jetliner production status, reporting new monthly and quarterly delivery records. Boeing delivered 61 commercial airplanes in June, the highest...

  • Jul 1, 1998

    A ceremony today in Frankfurt, Germany marked the arrival of the first two MD-11Fs for Lufthansa Cargo AG. The trijet freighters, the first two of eight to be delivered by the Boeing Company,...

  • Jun 30, 1998

    The Boeing Company has successfully developed and demonstrated a pneumatic bomb rack that provides a more affordable and effective alternative to current pyrotechnic bomb racks. "Our pneumatic...

  • Jun 30, 1998

    The Boeing Company has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to provide contractor logistics support for its KC-10 Extender tanker fleet. The contract has a total potential value of $1.5...

  • Jun 29, 1998

    The first Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) rolled out of the Renton, Wash. factory July 26. The high-performance Next-Generation 737-700 derivative can reach a cruising speed of .82 Mach, or...

  • Jun 29, 1998

    In a ceremony accompanied by Japanese taiko drummers, All Nippon Airways today celebrated the delivery of its first 777-300 at the Boeing site in Everett. To commemorate this ANA milestone, the...

  • Jun 29, 1998

    The second DarkStar unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) successfully completed its first flight, taking off from the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. DarkStar's flight...

  • Jun 29, 1998

    The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) today agreed to purchase 10 Next- Generation 737 jetliners. The signing ceremony took place at the Great Hall of the People. Secretary of Commerce William Daley...

  • Jun 29, 1998

    Boeing Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Phil Condit reported that a quarterly dividend of 14 cents per share was declared by the Board of Directors at its June 29 meeting. The dividend is...

  • Jun 26, 1998

    Boeing mannounced it delivered the aft fuselage section for the third F-22 Raptor three weeks ahead of its revised production schedule - a strong indicator that projections for reduced flow time...

  • Jun 25, 1998

    The Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) program successfully completed its final two combined development test/operational tests (DT/OT-2 and -3) June 19. The tests took place...