Boeing has agreed to supply India’s national airline, Air India, with its first 787 Dreamliner in 2011, and invest $100 million in building a unit to maintain it, its India chief said on Monday. Boeing India President Dinesh Keskar has confirmed that Boeing will supply the first Dreamliner 787 aircraft to Air India by the second...

Boeing, the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Etihad Airways and Honeywell’s UOP have announced an agreement to establish a major research institution and demonstration project in Abu Dhabi dedicated to sustainable energy solutions. The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Project (SBRP) will use integrated saltwater agricultural systems t...

Boeing has received a $22 million engineering sustainment option to continue supporting the B-52 bomber.  The option comes in conjunction with the $750-million, 10-year Engineering Sustainment Program contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force in 2009. “This is the first option of the ESP contract, which includes a total of 9 annual options, R...

Boeing will support the U.S. Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) with systems design, development and testing services, it announced today.   As part of the Army’s modernization efforts, the system will merge current and future air and missile defense systems into a common battle command system.   “...

Boeing announced yesterday the realignment of its Integrated Defense Systems Unit in order to facilitate expansion into new markets and to ensure growth. The unit will now operate under the name of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Boeing Defense, Space & Security President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg said “Boeing anticipated flattening ...

Boeing and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force have announced a contract for the UAE’s acquisition of six Boeing C-17 Globemaster III advanced airlifters. The UAE, which announced in 2009 that it would modernize its airlift capabilities with the C-17, is the second Middle East nation to order the airlifter.  The UAE will accept...

Terma and Boeing have announced that The Boeing Company has completed a detailed site survey of the Terma facility in Grenaa, Denmark, to assess its capabilities for commercial airline work. Terma Vice President, Strategic Marketing Jørn Henrik Levy Rasmussen, said “Terma has a highly specialized production capability in composites, and this qual...

DIRECTV 12, Boeing’s 702 commercial satellite, received its first on-orbit signals earlier this morning, indicating that the satellite is operating normally. “Yesterday’s launch marks the 10th satellite Boeing has built and launched for DIRECTV, as well as the 22nd Boeing 702 satellite to fly in space, ” said Boeing vice presiden...

Increment 1 of the Army’s Brigade Combat Team Modernization program has been approved for low scale production in early 2010, according to a press release from Boeing. Boeing and SAIC are responsible for the development and production of Increment 1. Increment 1 is designed to provide soldiers with enhanced surveillance, reconnaissance and int...

Boeing announced that they have provided $1 million in aid to environmental education programs in southern California in 2009. Recently, Boeing gave $250, 000 to California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. James Herr, senior manager for the California Region with Boeing Global Corporate Citizenship, said “In Southern California, we look...