The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed Sea Launch Home Port for the launch of the EchoStar IX/Telstar 13 satellite for EchoStar Communications Corporation and Loral...

Boeing and U.S. Air Force officials are delaying Sunday's launch of the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) spacecraft, DSCS III B6, aboard a Boeing Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that His Royal Highness (HRH), The Duke of York, The Prince Andrew will visit the company's Leadership Center in St. Louis on October 23. The visit is...

In a bold initiative, Boeing Launch Services, Arianespace S.A., and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) announced today the signing of an agreement to provide a powerful new commercial service...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] conducted an ethics refresher course today for all 75,000 employees of its Integrated Defense Systems business unit. Work stopped as IDS employees around the world -- from...

Following a competitive bidding process, Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC) recently selected its sister subsidiary Continental DataGraphics (CDG) to digitize critical maintenance records for...

Boeing [NYSE:BA] and RTI-Systems Concern of Moscow, Russia, today announced the conclusion of negotiations targeted on defining possible areas for future scientific and technological cooperation....

The world freighter airplane fleet will increase by twofold during the next 20 years, from 1,752 to 3,501 airplanes, The Boeing Company has revealed in its latest market forecast. According to the...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has awarded a contract to a Boeing-led [NYSE: BA] team to study deep space propulsion systems for the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) mission, scheduled to...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has donated two patents and related technology for reducing pollution in internal combustion engines to Florida A&M University for further research and commercialization.

Boeing [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., for a mobile testbed to enable development of beam control and fire control...

The Boeing [NYSE: BA] 307 Stratoliner, the first pressurized luxury commercial transport, today took off from Boeing Field in Seattle for its permanent home at the Smithsonian National Air & Space...

A Spectrolab, Inc. associate places wafers on platters for epitaxial growth. The wafers are then fabricated into solar cells that will be capable of an unprecedented 36.9 percent efficiency in...

Spectrolab, Inc., a subsidiary of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], has achieved an unprecedented conversion efficiency for a terrestrial concentrator solar cell. Using concentrated sunlight, these...

Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit released the following statement today regarding the U.S. Air Force's suspension action in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle rocket launch competition: "We...

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge recognized the contributions of Boeing employees in promoting security in global aviation July 24 during a speech in Seattle. Ridge also remarked on...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] officials announced today the company is realigning its launch and satellite businesses to better serve the company's primary customers, ensure program execution and reduce...

The Boeing Company today confirmed a previously unidentified Southwest Airlines order for 15 additional 737-700 airplanes, increasing the carrier's firm orders to 261 for that model. The order,...

The Boeing (NYSE: BA) Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) continued successful flight-testing this week with a release from an F-15E at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. "This was the most complete test of our...

The U.S. Air Force has a real problem. Its fleet of 500 KC-135E tankers is more than 40 years old, but it does not have the up-front money to begin replacing these aircraft through a traditional...

Museum Director Charles Metcalf with the old and new at his museum, a vintage aircraft suspended from the ceiling above, and the latest addition to the museum, the Boeing X-36. ###

The day is sunny and clear, and almost anywhere in the world it would be a picture-perfect day. But not today at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. With the clear skies comes a brisk 10-knot wind from...

The Boeing KC-767 tanker stands ready to provide a quantum leap forward for the U.S. Air Force's air refueling capability, replacing the oldest KC-135E tankers, which have been in service for more...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that former Senator Warren B. Rudman will lead an independent review of the company's policies and procedures regarding ethics and the handling of...

Boeing Commercial Airplanes today announced it will reduce employment by an additional 4,000 to 5,000 people by the end of 2003 due to continued weakness in the commercial airline industry. The...

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] a contract to purchase a 767-400 ER that will be used as a testbed for the new E-10A program, also known as the Multi-sensor Command and Control...

(Note to Editors: On July 10, the United States Air Force gave the U.S. Congress a proposal to lease 100 Boeing 767 air refueling tankers, to address a critical national security need and to get...

The Boeing [NYSE: BA] F/A-18E/F Super Hornet program moved closer to equipping the fleet with the latest in radar technology on July 30 at Naval Air Systems Command China Lake, Calif., when a test...

Two Boeing [NYSE: BA] technology demonstrator aircraft today officially became part of the world's oldest and largest military aviation museum -- the prestigious United States Air Force Museum in...

In just a few months the world will celebrate the 100th anniversary of powered flight, thanks to the legendary Wright Brothers, and The Boeing Company is proud of its role as an aviation industry...

During the 1950s, at the height of the Cold War, America's defense posture rested squarely on the shoulders of the U.S. Air Force's strategic nuclear bomber fleet. Carrying heavy payloads, the...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that as a result of continued weakness in the commercial space launch market, higher mission and launch costs on its Delta IV program, and cost growth...

Paul Dees, an engineer working on the Boeing 7E7, is one of the many employees who recently relocated to the main Boeing [NYSE: BA] Everett facility. The Boeing 7E7 team -- including program...

As Congress initiates review of the U.S. Air Force's report on the 767 Tanker lease, Boeing [NYSE:BA] issued the following statement: "We commend (Air Force) Secretary (James) Roche and the entire...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and the X-31A team -- past and present -- will receive the von Karman award from the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) at a ceremony Tuesday...

As the United States is called upon to protect its national interests around the globe, in-flight refueling capabilities have become critical to America's battlefield success. In the past decade,...

Three newly modernized CH-47D Chinook heavy-lift helicopters have begun service here, thanks to a team of specialists from the Egyptian Air Force (EAF), Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Army's...

NASA has awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] a firm, fixed-price contract valued at $145 million to procure replacement battery units for the International Space Station (ISS). The advanced nickel hydrogen...

Boeing today announced its partners for a demonstrator airplane project aimed at exploring the use of fuel cell technology for future aerospace applications. The research project, led by the...

The Army Lead System Integrator (LSI) team of Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today the selection of 15 new partners to join the U.S. Army...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] Crew Information Services has joined the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) to successfully demonstrate...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] has earned the highest maturity rating as defined by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI)of Carnegie Mellon University. The Boeing Software Engineering division in St. Louis...

Morocco's flag-carrier, Royal Air Maroc today took delivery of a new Boeing 737-800. The airline continues to develop its routes to destinations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East with the new...

Once again the imaginations of many space exploration enthusiasts are running full throttle with the two recent high-profiled launches of Boeing [NYSE:BA] Delta II rockets carrying six-wheeled...

Air Plus Comet yesterday became the world's first operator of a Boeing 737-300 with advanced-technology blended winglets and the latest carrier in Spain operating Boeing airplanes. The winglets,...

Royal Air Maroc today took delivery of a new Boeing [NYSE: BA] 737-800. The Morocco-based carrier continues to develop its routes to destinations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East with the new...

Marking the centennial of powered flight, Boeing Stores, Inc., and AGS BookWorks have released "The Story of The Boeing Company," the first complete, full-color coffee-table book chronicling the...

The Boeing Company will release its second quarter 2003 financial results at 7:30 a.m. Central Daylight Time on Wednesday, July 23. Financial results for Boeing Capital Corporation will be...

Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), has signed a contract with leading satellite operator Eutelsat for satellite transponder capacity for Connexion by Boeing's...

It's not too late to step back in time to the beginning of flight and space exploration and take a glimpse at future technology. Both can be done this summer with a visit to the James S. McDonnell...