Boeing News

The Mother Of All Bombs (MOAB) is ready to be deployed

Designed to be able to penetrate and destroy underground nuclear facilities in Iran and/or North Korea, the latest US massive ordinance penetrator (MOP) is nicknamed the 'Mother of All Bombs'. Twenty of these non-nuclear weapons are ready to be deployed.

In the Media by R. C. Camphausen - 14 comments

Watch F-18 pilot perform acrobatics with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Watch an F-18 pilot demonstrate the acrobatic capabilities of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The pilot flies a Qatar Airways Dreamliner undergoing tests to correct some battery faults.

In the Media by JohnThomas Didymus - 2 comments

Global list of top 10 companies profiting most from war

The global list of top 10 companies profiting most from war is dominated by US companies, according to a compilation of the top 100 arms-producing and military services companies by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

In the Media by JohnThomas Didymus - 4 comments

US regulators order 787 Dreamliner plane review

The 787 Dreamliner plane is the flagship plane of Boeing. A series of incidents, however, has led to US regulators questioning the plane's safety.

In the Media by Eileen Kersey

Boeing testing in-flight Internet capabilities with potatoes

Although current frequent travelers won't enjoy the luxury of in-plane internet access, Boeing is officially working on it. There's no mention on when this feature will be implemented on commercial air planes, but it is nice to know it will one day.

In the Media by Milton Este

Boeing seats sacks of potatoes to test Wi-fi signals

Everett - The U.S. plane manufacturer Boeing is using sacks of potatoes loaded on to plane seats to test signal strengths of Wi-fi. According to Boeing, potatoes "interact" with the signals in a similar way to humans.

In the Media by Ken Hanly - 3 comments

Op-Ed: Boeing HEL MD laser ‘death ray’ changes the face of war

Sydney - Military lasers have been around for a while, but this one’s a bit ambitious. It’s a working anti-missile and potentially anti-artillery weapon. This isn’t the usual dream scenario, either. This thing works.

In the Media by Paul Wallis - 3 comments

Boeing evacuates 500 over bomb threat on 9/11 anniversary

Ridley Park - Boeing has evacuated around 500 employees from its Pennsylvania plant after a bomb threat on Tuesday morning. The warning note was left in a bathroom.

In the Media by Anne Sewell

Op-Ed: Drone swarms, the new aerial war system

Sydney - Snoopy might have had more luck with the Red Baron if he’d been a ground controller. Despite the songs, in the comics he often had a few problems with von Richtofen. That may also be the case with fighter pilots and the new drone swarm technology.

In the Media by Paul Wallis - 10 comments

Airbus will build big jets in Mobile, Alabama

Mobile - Airbus will build a $600 million manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama, starting next year. Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier said labor flexibility afforded by Alabama, a right-to-work state, helped drive the plan.

In the Media by Larry Clifton