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Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered a record five Apache Longbow Crew Trainers (LCTs) in 2009, with all five have declared “ready for training.” According to Boeing, the U.S. Army accepted two LCT deliveries at Fort Hood, Texas; one in Illesheim, Germany; and one at Fort Drum, N.Y. The Egyptian Air Force accepted the delivery of its...
Boeing has announced it has been awarded a five-year, In-Service Support contract for Project Wedgetail, Australia’s 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) program. The contract from Australia’s “Defence Materiel Organisation” is valued at $600 million. “Establishing a robust support program for the Wedgetai...
Boeing has announced that it has begun the first phase of assembling A-10 Thunderbolt replacement-wing set at its facility in Macon, Ga. The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing the contract, worth $2 billion, in June 2007 to supply up 242 A-10 replacement-wing sets through 2018. “This is a phenomenal accomplishment for this Boeing Macon team...
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...
