CommercialQantas to Make Airbus A350 or Boeing 777X Project Sunrise Decision in December Qantas will make a final decision in December on which Airbus or Boeing airplane model, the A350 or the 777X, will become its Project Sunrise airplane in the future serving non-stop routes…
Commercial737 MAX Troubles Plunge Boeing Revenues A 66 percent year-over-year revenue loss in the second quarter saw Boeing’s commercial airplanes segment tumble below defense as the company’s most profitable. Ongoing trouble with the grounded 737 MAX helped cut…
CommercialHow Uber Plans to Make Money Off Urban Air Mobility With the goal of pioneering a potential $500 billion new industry and an aggressive timetable, Uber wants to know how it can make money. That's where PRICE Systems' cost analytics service comes…
CommercialThe Thousand Cuts of Boeing's Indefinite 737 MAX Grounding Could Cost the Company Big Boeing's stock price peaked at $446.39 per share on March 1, 9 days before Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed, killing all 157 passengers and crew on board and leading to the ongoing…
CommercialBoeing to Test EFB, Smart Cabin Technologies on New EcoDemonstrator 777 Boeing is using a 777 for the latest edition of its ecoDemonstrator program that will serve as a flying test bed for a total of 50 different projects. The ecoDemonstrator program was…
CommercialBoeing Invests in Global Drone MRO Network with an Eye Toward UAM Repair Boeing's HorizonX investment arm has led a funding round for Robotic Skies, a worldwide brokered network of regulator-certified MRO stations for unmanned aircraft. The two companies last year pledged to work together,…
CommercialWing Slat Track Woes: Boeing's 737 MAX Issues Mount Boeing discovered improperly manufactured slat tracks that were delivered to its factory to be put on 737 MAX and 737 NG planes, affecting up to 148 parts and 312 aircraft worldwide. The…
MilitaryBoeing Bags $259 Million Air Force Deal for Weapon Planning Software Boeing has won an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity U.S. Air Force contract worth up to $259 million to provide weapon planning software for a host of U.S. military and allied platforms over the next decade.…
UnmannedDJI: Drones Dragged Through The Mud With False Collision Claims An unexpected bang greeted an Aeromexico pilot who was preparing to land his 737 last December. With no blood or feathers to indicate a bird's handiwork, it looked like maybe a drone…
CommercialBoeing Looks to Make Reparations for 737 MAX Grounding as it Works on NMA Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg doesn't blame the airlines that are clamoring for compensation after the grounding of the 737 MAX — he said it's the plan. "We're working with individual customers," Muilenburg…