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A new on-board avionics application which provides real-time graphic aviation weather information to pilots made its first flight on Nov. 28 in a Federal Express MD-11 revenue flight from Memphis,...
BWIA West Indies Airways today took delivery of its first Boeing Next-Generation 737-800, becoming the first 737-800 operator in the Latin America and Caribbean regions. The delivery flight also...
The first two 717-200 airliners for Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing Company were presented to Olympic Aviation in a ceremony at the Boeing Long Beach Division last night. Olympic, based in...
Boeing has signed a contract calling for the delivery of nine CH-47SD Super D Chinook helicopters to Taiwan under a Foreign Military Sale agreement with the U.S. government. The procurement,...
The Boeing Company today announced fourth quarter and full year 1999 deliveries as follows: Major Programs 4th Quarter Full Year Commercial Airplanes 717 10 12 (2) 737 Classic 8 42 737 Next-Generation
With 15 hours of global reporting completed, The Boeing Company says it has had a smooth transition into Year 2000. Boeing began its oversight early this morning by monitoring its operations in...
The Boeing Company today confirmed that German inclusive-tour carrier Hapag-Lloyd Flug has ordered two Next-Generation 737-800s. The order value is approximately $100 million. These orders are...
The Boeing Company today confirmed an order from Air Berlin for six Next-Generation 737-800s. The deal is valued at approximately $300 million. This is a new order not previously accounted for in...
Emirates, the flag carrier of United Arab Emirates, took delivery of its second Boeing 777-300 on lease from Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (S.A.L.E.). In November, after taking delivery of...
The Boeing Company announces it has met the Y2K challenge and believes its 53,000 computing and non-computing systems will be operational during and after the year 2000 transition. The Boeing...
The Boeing Company confirmed an Alaska Airlines order for two Next-Generation 737-700 airplanes. The Next-Generation 737, which entered service last year, is the newest and most advanced...
Singapore Airlines signed a definitive agreement exercising options for 10 777-200ERs (Extended Range), The Boeing Company confirmed today. This is a new order not previously accounted for in...
The Boeing Company today announced it has reached an agreement with International Lease Finance Corporation. (ILFC) for up to 100 Next-Generation 737s. The agreement consists of 50 firm orders and...
GATX Capital has ordered five Next-Generation 737-800s and two 757-200s, The Boeing Company today confirmed. Today's announcement brings GATX orders for the Next-Generation 737 to 20 and orders...
The U.S. Air Force accepted its 57th Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo airplane in a brief ceremony here today. Maj. Gen. Bruce Carlson, director of Operational Requirements, Deputy Chief of...
In ceremonies attended by more than 1,000 employees, government officials and other guests today at the Boeing plant here, Trans World Airlines, Inc., took delivery of the last MD-80 to come off...
The Boeing Company today confirmed an order for five jetliners from Delta Air Lines Inc., including three Next-Generation 737-800s and two 757-200s. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in January...
Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit today praised the contribution of every Boeing employee in making 1999 a growth year for The Boeing Company. "Every Boeing employee played a vital role in...
The Boy Scouts of America, Los Angeles Area Council, presented Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit with its Aerospace Industry Distinguished Good Scout Award yesterday in Los Angeles. He was...
Boeing [BA -NYSE] today signed a contract with the Commonwealth of Australia for the development and acquisition of Project Wedgetail, an airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) program. The...
The Boeing Company announced today that it contributed a leadership gift of $1.5 million to build Xi Hua Yuan, the Seattle Chinese Garden at South Seattle Community College. The Boeing gift brings...
Team ABL has been given the green light by the U.S. Air Force to begin the next major step for the Airborne Laser (ABL) program: extensive modifications on a prototype 747-400 Freighter aircraft....
As part of an ongoing effort to expand aftermarket services, Boeing today announced that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Transavia Airlines of the Netherlands, and Braathens of Norway are the launch...
The U.S. Navy has awarded an $18.8 million contract to The Boeing Company for procurement of 34 MA-31 target vehicles. Concern about anti-ship missiles prompted the U.S. Navy to ask U.S. industry...
Boeing today announced that three United Kingdom E-3D Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft have been retrofitted with radar system improvement program (RSIP) kits. The aircraft...
Tomorrow, a 312-foot rocket ship will be launched from the banks of the Pascagoula River. The Motor Vessel (M/V) Delta Mariner, built by Halter Maritime in its shipyard here for Foss Marine of...
The government of Spain has awarded a contract to Boeing to modernize five Boeing 414 International Chinook helicopters to the Spanish Army's CH-47D configuration. This order represents the final...
Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group President Alan Mulally today confirmed that GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed an order for 20 airplanes with an estimated value of $2.6 billion....
Pembroke, an aircraft financing, leasing and management group based in Dublin, Ireland, today announced an order for 15 Boeing 717-200s and 15 options, bringing Pembroke's commitment to the...
Boeing unveiled not one -- but both -- of its X-32 Joint Strike Fighter concept demonstrators at a ceremony honoring the Boeing JSF "One Team" of employees, suppliers and Defense Department...
Boeing Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Phil Condit reported that a quarterly dividend of 14 cents a share was declared by the Board of Directors at its Dec. 13 meeting. The dividend is...
Boeing recently delivered an updated F-22 avionics flight test package, Block 1.2, to team partner Lockheed Martin in Marietta, Ga., ahead of schedule. Boeing is responsible for integrating the...
The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter One Team yesterday began five months of integrated avionics testing with the first test flight of its Avionics Flying Laboratory. The AFL, a modified 737-200, will...
The Boeing Company has been named the strategic launch service provider for the SkyBridge constellation, moving Boeing one step closer to becoming the world's leading launch services provider....
In conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Small Business Administration and Advanced, Inc. (a small disadvantaged business non-profit organization), Boeing is hosting "The...
Boeing today rolled the last Classic 737 -- a 737-400 jetliner -- off its Renton plant assembly line, completing a record production run of 1,988 airplanes. Thousands of Boeing employees gathered...
The Boeing Company has delivered the 100th AH-64D Apache Longbow multi-mission combat helicopter to the U.S. Army. The helicopter was delivered during a brief ceremony this week at the Boeing...
The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] has put together a team of companies to pursue the Area Air Defense Commander (AADC) capability program. Team members are leaders in the defense industry with...
The Boeing Company today announced that it has sold its McDonnell Douglas Technical Services (MDTSC) subsidiary to Banc One Equity Capital, in conjunction with MDTSC management and Baird Capital...
The U.S. Air Force accepted its 56th Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo airplane in a brief ceremony here Saturday. Major General George Williams, director of Operations at the U.S. Air Force's Air...
The F-22 Raptor, America's next generation air superiority fighter, soared smoothly into production as the U.S. Air Force exercised a firm fixed price contract option with the Lockheed...
Boeing [NYSE: BA] has begun upgrading the first NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft as part of the NATO Mid-Term Modernization Program. Under the $450 million mid-term...
Boeing Company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Phil Condit today applauded the successful efforts of World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting participants, as the week-long session wrapped up...
Boeing has selected Lockheed Martin Electronics and Missiles, Orlando, Fla., to supply a new penetrating warhead for a follow-on configuration to the company's Conventional Air-Launched Cruise...
Testing completed last week by the Boeing Joint Strike Fighter One Team verified that the fuel system for the X-32A JSF concept demonstrator is safe, effective, leak-free and ready for flight testing.
The Boeing Company has named James C. Restelli president of Military Aerospace Support, part of the company's Military Aircraft and Missile Systems unit. Restelli previously led the Aerospace...
The Boeing Company announced today that Laurette Koellner, Boeing vice president and Corporate Controller, will assume responsibility for the company's Insurance organization in March of next...
Boeing Airplane Services and Sony Trans Com Inc. today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding under which Sony will install its P@ssportTM In-Flight Entertainment system on six...
Workers at Boeing in Seattle load an F-22 Raptor wing skin panel into a new tool that will reduce the time it takes to build a set of wings by approximately 370 hours. ###
The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter One Team has installed the engine that will power the Boeing JSF X-32A concept demonstrator through flight testing. Designated the YF004, the engine has...
The Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) is removed from its shipping crate and loaded on an assembly dolly at the Boeing Weapons Programs facility in St. Charles, Missouri. Four CALCM...
One of the most successful business-to-business web sites, the Boeing PART Page, is three years old this month, and continues to post impressive growth numbers. The volume of transactions on the...
First web site of its kind, the Boeing PART Page was launched three years ago and today is accessed by airlines and maintenance providers responsible for nearly three-fourths of the world's jet...
Workers at the Boeing facility in Wichita, Kan., install the main-deck cargo door on the company's first 737-700C (Convertible) aircraft. The U.S. Navy version, designated C-40A, will be certified...
Boeing today delivered to the U.S. Air Force the first six Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles, or CALCMs, produced at the company's Weapons Programs facility in St. Charles, Mo. Boeing is...
The Brimstone anti-armor weapon was successfully tested for a second time at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., last month. This followed an initial flight test of the Brimstone missile in August. The...
Seven production model F/A-18E/F Super Hornets approach Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., during an arrival ceremony Nov. 17. The aircraft are part of the nation's first Super Hornet squadron --...
The Boeing Company and the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) have reached a landmark four-year agreement establishing a framework for partnership...
The nation's first Super Hornet squadron -- VFA-122 -- received seven aircraft during an arrival ceremony here yesterday. The squadron will receive more than 34 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets during the...
Bohdan "Bo" Bejmuk, vice president and general manager of the Sea Launch HomePort facility in Long Beach, Calif., is the 1999 recipient of the Lloyd V. Berkner Award. The award is given annually...
The Boeing Company has long considered the Langkawi International Maritime and Aviation Exposition to be one of the world's premiere aerospace exhibitions. During the Nov. 30 - Dec. 5 "LIMA '99,"...
City Bird S.A. joins the Boeing Next-Generation 737 family as the first Belgian operator of two Next-Generation 737 airplanes. Boullioun Aviation Services, Inc. helped make this possible through a...
Boeing employees proudly gaze at a 45-foot-square image of the newly unveiled 747 Jumbo Jet stamp. An even larger version of the stamp is on the doors to the factory: the world's largest stamp (70...
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has received the results of an Independent Mission Assurance Review Committee and is in the process of implementing the review committee's recommendations. Dr. Sheila...
In a press briefing with international media today, Seddik Belyamani, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group executive vice president - Sales and Marketing, reaffirmed the company's commitment to its...
The Boeing Company has selected Raytheon Company, headquartered in Lexington, Mass., to develop an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The announcement...
The only airplane with a name that's a household word - the Boeing 747 - has added yet another award to an already crowded trophy case: its own postage stamp. In an employee celebration in the...
The agreement to bring China into the World Trade Organization creates an enormous opportunity for American workers and farmers to build a better future for themselves and their families. It opens...
Emirates today became the first carrier in the Middle East to accept delivery of a Boeing 777-300, the higher-capacity model of the popular twin-aisle jetliner. This 777-300 is the first of four...
Emirates' first Boeing 777-300 flew from Paine Field in Everett, Wash. to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The airplane took center stage at the sixth Dubai Air Show - "Dubai 2000", featuring...
Pratt & Whitney completed final assembly of the flight-test engine for the Boeing Joint Strike Fighter X-32A concept demonstrator on Nov. 4, 1999, in West Palm Beach, Fla. The JSF119-614 engine...
The Boeing Company and Astrotech Space Operations, Inc., of Titusville, Fla., have entered into a long-term partnership to support the Delta IV family of rockets, the next generation of Boeing...
The Boeing Company today announced it has concluded contract negotiations with the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), which represents 23,000 engineering and...
Boeing completed delivery of the first low-rate initial production F/A-18E/F Super Hornets to the U.S. Navy Nov. 9 -- almost two months ahead of schedule. The single-seat E model aircraft's...
The Boeing Company has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to provide aircrew training and courseware development services to support training missions conducted by Air National Guard F-16...
The Boeing Company has received a $1.6 million contract to design satellite communications phased array antennas for Navy submarines. Boeing Phantom Works, the advanced research and development...
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that Craig Saddler has been appointed vice president of Investor Relations. An 18-year veteran of the company, Saddler most recently served as chief...
Congressional investigators say The Boeing Company did not intentionally withhold a 1980 study on fuel pump performance in the E-4B. The 19-year-old report on fuel tank heating in a military...
The Boeing Company today announced it has sold its ACES II® ejection seat product line to The BFGoodrich Company. The terms of the sale were not disclosed. The sale of the ACES II product line...
A vital software certification is acknowledging Boeing is staying razor sharp on the cutting edge of technology. Two business units of The Boeing Company were recently certified with a Level 5...
Its revolutionary technology has placed the Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey in a class by itself. Now in initial production, the tiltrotor aircraft, which has undergone extensive testing here, has...
Boeing, its suppliers and the U.S. Air Force today celebrated the rollout of the first Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missiles, or CALCMs, to be converted at the company's Weapons Programs...
Doug Bain, a 17-year veteran of the Boeing Legal department, has been named vice president and general counsel of The Boeing Company. He will report to Ted Collins, 63, who becomes Boeing senior...
The second U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter battalion has been certified combat ready after completing eight months of intensive training at Fort Hood, Texas. The Apache Longbow...
China Southwest's first Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 takes flight from Boeing Field in Seattle, Wash. China Southwest - one of the largest carriers in the People's Republic of China - configured...
Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group issues the following statement, which is attributed to Jeff Hawk, director of Airplane Certification: "We discovered recently that we have non-conforming flight...
The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter X-32A took another decisive step toward first flight last week when Pratt & Whitney completed final assembly of its JSF119-614 flight-test engine. Pratt & Whitney...
Boeing successfully completed a major milestone last week when a team representing the U.S. Defense Department and the U.K. Ministry of Defence met with Boeing to review the status of the Joint...
China Southwest Airlines (XIN) today accepted delivery of its first Boeing Next-Generation 737-800. Attending this milestone event were Rucen Wang, China Southwest Airlines president, and Larry...
The U.S. Navy has successfully completed the first phase of its verification testing of its Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response, or SLAM ER, bringing the Boeing-made missile one step...
The Boeing Company today congratulated El Al Israel Airlines for choosing Boeing 777 jetliners. The airline announced earlier its intention to purchase three widebody Boeing 777s, valued at...
The Boeing Company has long considered the Dubai Air Show to be one of the world's premiere aerospace exhibitions. During the Nov. 14-18 "Dubai 2000," the company will continue to be well...
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) presented Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit with its annual Frederick D. Patterson award yesterday in Los Angeles. He was recognized with the prestigious...
Boeing has delivered an updated F-22 avionics software package to its 757 Flying Test Bed ahead of schedule. The update includes the F-22 Raptor's final two integrated avionics sensors --...
The Boeing Company today announced contributions totaling more than a half-million dollars to three Wichita service organizations and one Topeka-based conservancy. Today's announcement includes:...
The Boeing Company has awarded a contract to the United Kingdom's Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) for inspection and repair work on CH-47 Chinook helicopter transmissions in Europe. DARA...
Team ABL the U.S. Air Force, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and TRW for the first time has successfully demonstrated integrated Battle Management hardware and software for the Airborne Laser (ABL)...
Delta Air Lines selected its 100th Boeing 757 to officially unveil its new Olympic-themed design, The Soaring Spirit, to the world. The design incorporates images reflective of Salt Lake City,...
The American Astronautical Society (AAS) will be "Mapping a Course for Solar System Exploration" at its 1999 National Conference, November 16-18, 1999, at the Pasadena Hilton Hotel in Pasadena, Calif.
Air Namibia's first 747-400 Combi, "Welwitschia," shows off its colors at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. "Welwitschia" - named to commemorate a prehistoric desert cactus, will be used for routes...