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Feb 25 · 3:44:00 PM · Source: Company Press Release
Boeing and United Airlines have finalized an order for 25 787-8 jetliners. The agreement includes the opportunity to purchase another 50 Dreamliners. The order is valued at $4.2 billion at average list prices.
United expects to take delivery of the 787s at the same time it will begin to retire its Boeing 747s and 767s operating on international routes.
"Boeing and United Airlines share an 80-year partnership," said Jim Albaugh, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "United, which launched the Boeing 777, now begins a new chapter with the 787 Dreamliner, the most technologically advanced commercial jetliner ever built."
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by Michael Oliveto
Feb 25 · 3:40:00 PM · Source: Company Press Release
A third airplane has joined the Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight-test program. ZA004, the fourth flight-test airplane to be built, took off at 11:43 a.m. local time from Paine Field in Everett, WA.
The program plan called for ZA004 to fly before ZA003 because the data ZA004 is collecting is needed more quickly both for certification and development of the 787-9.
"Airplane No. 4 operated flawlessly today," Captain Heather Ross said after landing. "We've got a lot of work ahead of us but I can't imagine a better start to the flight test program for this airplane."
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by Michael Oliveto
Feb 24 · 12:15:00 AM · Source: FinChannel
Boeing and its customer NASA announced that the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) K-L program successfully completed its system-level Critical Design Review (CDR) and Production Readiness Review (PRR) in El Segundo on Feb. 19.
"This is a major step toward developing a new generation of tracking and data relay satellites that will deliver high-resolution images, video, voice and data from Earth-orbiting spacecraft to the ground for vital Earth- and space-science missions," said Craig Cooning, vice president and general manager of Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. "The extraordinary effort by the NASA and Boeing members of the TDRS team to conduct these successful reviews is a testament to the enduring partnership between Boeing and NASA."
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by Michael Oliveto
Feb 24 · 12:09:00 AM · Source: ONN
Boeing says one of its new 787s made an unplanned landing because an engine lost thrust unexpectedly.
Pilots landed at the airport in Moses Lake in central Washington on Friday. It had taken off from Boeing Field near Seattle.
Boeing says the plane had an "uncommanded loss of thrust" in one of its two engines. Boeing spokesman Jim Proulx (PROO) says the 787 can fly on one engine, but it’s normal procedure to land when there’s an engine problem.
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by Michael Oliveto
Feb 24 · 12:04:00 AM · Source: Government Executive
A key House Republican plans to press Navy leaders this week on the Pentagon's apparent reluctance to enter into a multiyear deal with Boeing for F/A-18 aircraft, arguing that the costs saved are worth the risks of a long-term financial commitment.
Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee ranking member Todd Akin, R-Mo., whose district is near Boeing's defense headquarters in St. Louis, last year succeeded in attaching language to the defense authorization bill that would allow the Navy to pursue a multiyear deal for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters and E/A-18G Growlers, electronic attack aircraft built with the same airframe.
But on Feb. 3, Defense Secretary Robert Gates rejected the idea during testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, stating that the multiyear deal would cut only 6.5 percent off the price of each of the Boeing Co. aircraft -- far less than the 10 percent savings threshold that is customary for such long-term commitments.
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by Michael Oliveto
Feb 23 · 11:57:00 PM · Source: MSN Money
Boeing will lay off 527 employees in the Puget Sound area by April 23, most of them from its Engineering, Operations and Technology unit.
The layoffs, detailed by Boeing in a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act) notification, are part of a larger group of 1,020 workers companywide who received layoff notices on Friday. The layoffs are part of a 10,000-person force reduction plan announced last year by Boeing CEO Jim McNerney.
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by Michael Oliveto
Feb 23 · 8:40:00 PM · Source: Philadelphia Business Journal
The former director of marketing at the Boeing Helicopters Credit Union in Ridley, PA, and his brother were sentenced Monday on charges of conspiracy, loan fraud and bank bribery.
Anthony Forte, 43, of Glen Mills, Pa., who was also an executive vice president at the credit union, was sentenced to 28 months in prison and ordered to pay $1.26 million in restitution, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia.
His brother, David Forte, 39, of Prospect Park, Pa., was sentenced to one day in prison and ordered to pay $178,445 in restitution. His sentence took into account the fact that he has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
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by Michael Oliveto
Feb 16 · 2:26:00 PM · Source: Daily Times
The Boeing 747-8 Freighter successfully took to the sky for the first time, the flight begins a test program for the world’s most efficient freighter.
Flight was the first of more than 1,600 flight hours in the test program for the newest member of the Boeing freighter family. The 747-8 Freighter is the new, high-capacity 747 that will give cargo operators the lowest operating costs and best economics of any freighter.
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by Michael Oliveto
Feb 15 · 5:01:00 PM · Source: Media Newswire
Boeing announced that it has submitted a proposal to the Defense Logistics Agency ( DLA ) to provide supply chain services to the U.S. Army for ground vehicle support at Army depots in Anniston, Alabama, and Red River, Texas. The eight-year, $193 million contract award is expected to be announced this summer.
"Our proposal offers a best-value supply chain solution to the Defense Logistics Agency that will provide fast, reliable services at a consistently high quality," said Jason Frei, Boeing program manager of Land & Maritime DLA Support Programs. "Boeing has long been a leader in the aviation supply chain market, and we are committed to demonstrating our innovative capabilities to our land and maritime customers."
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by Michael Oliveto
Feb 12 · 12:38:00 PM · Source: Air Force Material Command
The Electronic Systems Center achieved the next step toward upgrading France's fleet of Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft with the recent award of a $324 million contract to the Boeing Company.
The change to Block 40/45 takes the AWACS fleet from large legacy mainframe computer architecture to more modern Windows- and Unix-based mission computing. Improved situational awareness and combat identification capabilities are two of the benefits of the upgrade.
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