Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Embraer have received unconditional approval for their strategic partnership from Brazil’s regulatory agency. The European Commission continues to review the partnership, which has secured unconditional clearances in the U.S., Japan, Montenegro, Kenya, Colombia, China and South Africa.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has notified the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of its intent to end its work on a DARPA program to develop an unmanned reusable launch vehicle that can be used to send small satellites into low-Earth orbit, Spaceflight Now reported Wednesday.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has appointed retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gens. Samuel Cox, Samuel Greaves and Steven Shepro to serve in new leadership positions within the defense and space business, GovCon Wire has learned.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has responded to the German procurement authority’s invitation to tender for the country’s heavy lift helicopter program.

David Calhoun, formerly chairman of Boeing (NYSE: BA), took over as president and CEO of the aerospace and defense company Monday, Jan. 13. “Working together, we will strengthen our safety culture, improve transparency and rebuild trust with our customers, regulators, suppliers and the flying public,” Calhoun said in a statement published Monday.

An industry team led by Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a three-year, $265.2M contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to modernize communications equipment for the ground-based midcourse missile defense system.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured $560M in orders to remanufacture 47 Apache attack helicopters for three U.S. allies via a foreign military sales process with the U.S. Army.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a one-year, $400M contract modification to engineer B-1 Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress bomber planes for the U.S. Air Force. The company will continue to provide recurring and non-recurring engineering services at multiple USAF stations under the modification, the Department of Defense said Monday.

David Calhoun, chairman of Boeing (NYSE: BA), will assume the president and CEO roles at the aerospace and defense company starting Jan. 13.

Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) CST-100 Starliner crew capsule landed Sunday at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico after completing its first orbital test flight.