David Calhoun, a board member at Boeing (NYSE: BA) since 2009, has been elected to succeed Kenneth Duberstein as lead director of the Chicago, Illinois-based defense and aerospace contractor’s board in a move that takes effect April 30. “Dave is a tremendous asset to Boeing, bringing invaluable skills and experience …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 16, 2018 — Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) Tapestry Solutions business will help build an enterprise resource planning and logistics management information system for Qatar’s military alongside partners Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) and Mannai, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The team will utilize Tapestry’s GOLDesp maintenance, repair and overhaul software …

Esina Alic, who served as a vice president at Insitu between 2007 and 2015, will return to the Boeing (NYSE: BA) subsidiary as president and CEO, effective April 5. Insitu said Tuesday Alic oversaw global operations, corporate strategy, international growth and partnerships during her career at the unmanned aerial systems maker. Insitu said Tuesday Alic previously …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 12, 2018 — Boeing (NYSE: BA) plans to launch a three-year technology development program in Australia focused on autonomous systems in efforts to build on the country’s capabilities in the air and sea domain, ExecutiveBiz reported. The company said the program is part of its ongoing …

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $282.3 million contract modification to obtain components for lot 10 P-8A Poseidon maritime aircraft for the U.S. Navy, Norway and the U.K. The company will obtain long lead items needed to manufacture 19 Poseidon units and perform work under the modification through March 2022, the Defense Department said Monday. …

Timothy “Tim” Keating, formerly senior vice president of government operations at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has been promoted to executive VP of government operations at the aerospace company. Keating will continue to oversee the company’s philanthropic efforts worldwide through the Boeing Global Engagement organization, lead public policy initiatives and serve on …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 1, 2018 — Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) are working to develop designs for the U.S. Air Force‘s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile following technology maturation and risk reduction work, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Space News reported Tuesday the Air Force will assess the design …

The White House and Boeing (NYSE: BA) have reached a potential $3.9 billion deal for the aerospace company to build two presidential planes, Reuters reported Tuesday. “President Trump has reached an informal deal with Boeing on a fixed-price contract for the new Air Force One Program,” Hogan Gidley, deputy press secretary, told the publication. …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 27, 2018 — Boeing (NYSE: BA) will deliver an updated wing structure for Qatar’s F-15 Advanced Eagle fighter aircraft that works to optimize the section’s internal build without affecting aerodynamics, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Flightglobal reported Friday the company is planning to offer the wing redesign as a service life extension …

The White House and Boeing (NYSE: BA) are in the final phase of talks over the terms of a potential deal to modify a pair of 747-8 aircraft and convert them into presidential planes, Defense One reported Thursday. Sources said Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg met with President Donald Trump Tuesday at the …