Boeing News
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SpaceX installed an astronaut walkway at Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, while Boeing installed their astronaut walkway at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this month.
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NASA named nine astronauts Friday who hope to blast off next year on flights to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard commercial spacecraft built by Boeing and SpaceX.
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SpaceX and Boeing won't be flying crewed test flights of their new astronaut crew capsules until well into 2019, according to a new schedule NASA released on Thursday.
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Development of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner crew capsule hit a snag late last month during preparations for testing of its launch abort system at a test site in White Sands, New Mexico.
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Three U.S. startup companies plan to introduce supersonic jets in the mid-2020s. One company, Boom Supersonic, made its debut at Farnborough this week, pledging to revive commercial supersonic flight.
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Day Two of the Farnborough Airshow started off with Boeing announcing it is collaborating with artificial intelligence (AI) technology leader, SparkCognition, to deliver unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM) solutions.
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As was anticipated, the 2018 Farnborough Airshow kicked off with a flurry of orders as the year’s largest aviation show opened southwest of London on Monday. Rivals Airbus and Boeing were clearly in the spotlight.
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Under development and testing for years, the SpaceX Crew Dragon space capsule that will carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station arrived in Florida late this week.
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Houston -
A joint commercial provider and NASA team will help ensure astronauts will be able to safely travel to and from the International Space Station aboard Boeing and SpaceX spacecraft.
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Chicago -
Boeing will reportedly lose up to $20 billion in contracts with Iran due to US president Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal.
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By AFP
Ottawa -
The government of Canada on Friday declared an end to its feud with Boeing after the US aircraft maker dropped its trade complaint against Canadian aerospace manufacturer Bombardier.
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Boeing has launched the prototype of a new drone that has the capacity to carry much more than a camera. The new craft can carry a heavy payload, ideal for the transportation of goods over short distances.
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By AFP
New York -
The Boeing 747, the original jumbo jet that was the favorite American presidents and key to affordable mass market air travel in the United States, will pass into aviation history this week.
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In an interview on CNBC Thursday morning, hosted by Jim Cramer, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg threw down the gauntlet, so to speak - Making the bold claim that Boeing will beat SpaceX to Mars.
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By AFP
New York -
Boeing is beefing up its investments in autonomous and electric hybrid planes in anticipation that aviation could be primed for as much disruption as virtually every other sector.
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Washington -
Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. will reap billions from Saudi contracts subsequent to President Trump's announcement that the Saudis will buy up to $110 billion in American weapons.
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By AFP
Washington -
President-elect Donald Trump called Tuesday for the cancellation of a multi-billion dollar Boeing contract to build the next Air Force One, calling the ballooning costs "ridiculous.
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For the fiscal year ending on October 1, 2016, the U.S. is on track to rack up $40 billion in foreign military sales. Exports sales are down from $46.6 billion last year, according to a top Pentagon official.
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In what is becoming an annual tradition, Boeing's intrepid team of test pilots are back with another stunning aerobatic stunt video staring the company's 787 Dreamliner.
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Washington -
The United States government approved a sale of nine PA-8 military aircraft by Boeing to the UK, bringing the $3.2 billion sale a step closer to closure.
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Sydney -
A meter-long piece of metal debris found on a beach in Mozambique could have come from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Austrialian aviation officials acknowledged today in Sydney.
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By AFP
Moscow -
Russia's prosecutors said Friday they were investigating after a Boeing passenger jet suffered an engine failure over the Dominican Republic with 371 people aboard.
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By AFP
New York -
Boeing said Friday it will send a technical team to France to study plane debris that authorities increasingly believe is from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared in March 2014.
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By AFP
Washington -
US aviation giant Boeing said it has asked airlines to address a maintenance issue after a passenger jet's landing gear panel fell off after takeoff and fell on a Shanghai suburb.
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The U.S. Air Force has officially announced it — along with three other companies — has developed an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) device unlike anything seen before.
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Sydney -
Generosity to oneself is pretty normal. When U.S. corporations who refuse to consider raising minimum wage and audit staff toilet time start giving their pet high flyers more money than they pay in taxes, questions need to be asked. Nobody's asking.
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Seoul -
South Korea has penalized Asiana Airlines for last year's fatal crash at San Francisco International Airport by barring its jets from landing there for 45 days.
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Cape Canaveral -
Boeing and SpaceX have been chosen for nearly $7 billion in U.S. funding to develop a commercial space capsule to bring astronauts to the international space station.
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Alberton -
The last of three Boeing 737 fuselages that toppled into a Montana river after a train derailment was expected to be recovered Tuesday.
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By AFP
Washington -
The Boeing-managed ground-based system intended to shield the continental United States intercepted a simulated incoming missile over the Pacific Ocean for the first time Sunday, the Pentagon said.
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US astronaut Randy Bresnik gets ready to enter a prototype CST-100 spacecraft built by the Boeing Co. at its manufacturing facility in Houston last year. NASA / Robert Markowitz
An illustration of the X-37B, the unmanned successor to the space shuttle. NASA / Boeing
Boeing's sleek new aircraft, the Dreamliner. John_Scone
Emitting radiowaves, the CHAMP missile can target and destroy an enemies electronic infrastructure. Boeing Corp.
Boeing B-29-90-BW (44-87775) Superfortress USAF US Air Force
Turkish Airlines. Arpingstone
Air India Express - Boeing courtesy photo Courtesy Boeing
The CHAMP system, as shown in a simulation Boeing screengrab
A Boeing built bomb known as MOAB Global Research
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner YouTube/Boeing
The Inmarsat communications satellite. NASA/Störfix
Boeing revealed a new name for its CST-100 on Sept. 4, dubbing its next generation human-rated spacecraft "Starliner.” NASA Kennedy
Boeing factory in Everett Washington state. Jeremy Elson
Drone swarm: A ScanEagle drone, made by Boeing subsidiary Insitu, in mid-flight Boeing Co.
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SHIPMENT: Boeing 737 fuselages are hauled by a freight train passing by Boeing Field near Seattle in May. Kentaro Iemoto/Wikimedia Commons
A QF-16 full scale aerial target from the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron flies over the Gulf of Mexico during its first unmanned flight at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Sept. 19. US Air Force Master Sgt. J. Scott Wilcox
An American Airlines Boeing 757 jetliner Makaristos/Wikimedia Commons
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