CommercialFirst Boeing 737 Max Finished in China Facility The first 737 has been finished in China. Boeing's 737 Completion and Delivery Center in Zhoushan, China, a joint venture between the American planemaker and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), delivered…
Business & GABoeing BizJets Unveils Long-Range 777X Convert Boeing is converting its 777 series airliner into a long-range, wide-body business jet. The BBJ 777-8 has a range of 11,645 nautical miles, enough to fly more than halfway around the world…
CommercialBoeing Partners with ELG Carbon Fibre on Composite Recycling Through a new partnership between Boeing and ELG Carbon Fibre, excess materials from 11 of the planemaker's manufacturing sites will be repurposed by other companies, Boeing announced Wednesday. The American manufacturer expects…
CommercialBoeing Builds Body of First 777X Boeing has assembled the main fuselage of its first 777X-series aircraft. Its destined to be a 777-9X with a first flight scheduled for 2019 before a targeted 2020 delivery. The 777X is…
ATM ModernizationNew Boeing Joint Venture Aimed at Airspace Management for Drones, Air Taxis Boeing intends to launch an urban airspace management joint venture along with artificial intelligence company SparkCognition, the two companies announced Nov. 20. Called SkyGrid, the new company will follow in the footsteps…
CommercialAurora's Solar-Powered UAS Can 'Fly Indefinitely' Boeing-owned Aurora Flight Sciences’ new Odysseus unmanned aircraft system (UAS) “can effectively fly indefinitely,” according to the company, capable of months-long flights as it gathers data for climate research. The Odysseus is…
CommercialFAA Issues Boeing 737 AOA Directive After Lion Air Crash The FAA has issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) on the Boeing 737 MAX after Lion Air flight JT610 crash investigators found the aircraft’s angle of attack (AOA) sensors are capable of…
CommercialWith This Patch, You Can Control a Drone with a Flick of Your Wrist Controlling drones is an arms race of user-friendly input devices. In the interest of meeting operators where they are comfortable, companies have gone from bulky proprietary ground stations to commercial laptops to…
CommercialUPDATE: Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX Crash Investigation Ongoing UPDATE: On Friday Nov. 2, 2018, an update on the investigation into Lion Air flight JT610 posted to the Lion Air Group website confirmed that the Indonesian search and rescue agency, Basarnas,…
CommercialBoeing's Defense, Services Segments Carry $25B Earnings in Q3 Boeing reported over $25.1 billion in third-quarter earnings Wednesday — up $900 million, or 3.8%, year over year (YOY) — despite stagnant commercial revenues thanks to growth in the smaller defense and…
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