CommercialBoeing to Pony up Nearly $4B for Embraer Joint Venture Boeing and Embraer have signed a non-binding agreement proposing a formal joint venture under which the American giant would take control of 80% of Embraer's commercial aircraft business. Boeing and Embraer have…
CommercialBoeing, Embraer to Launch Commercial, Defense Joint Ventures Boeing and Embraer are pursuing two joint ventures, one aimed at the commercial aviation market and the second to promote and develop new markets for military aircraft with a focus on the…
MilitaryBoeing Developing Performance Analytics with Singapore Defense Agency Boeing and a Singaporean defense agency agreed Thursday on a joint research and development project on data analytics to better understand how well military aircraft are performing and predict future needs for…
CommercialBoeing Unveils Hypersonic Concept Aircraft Boeing unveiled the commercial aviation industry’s first passenger-carrying hypersonic concept aircraft at the 2018 AIAA Aviation forum this week. The OEM provided little details about a timeline for the introduction of such…
MilitaryFirst Boeing KC-46 Pegasus En Route for October Delivery Nearly 17 years after the U.S. Air Force started looking for a replacement for its KC-135 Stratotankers, it will finally be receiving the first of its next-generation KC-46 Pegasus refueling tankers in October,…
Embedded AvionicsHow ACARS Will Evolve, Not Disappear, With Transition to IPS The Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) will not disappear in 2025 — or 2030 for that matter. Today, ACARS is well known by flight operations engineers as the character-based messaging…
CommercialBoeing and Safran Team Up on APUs Boeing and Safran will jointly design, build and service auxiliary power units used to start main engines and power onboard systems. Both companies will have a 50% stake in the partnership, which…
CommercialAirbus, Boeing Seek Flexibility in Connected Airframes Airbus and Boeing hold the aviation industry’s most unique perspective and position within the global connected aircraft ecosystem. The two OEMs build the airframes within which all of the links, modems, antennas…
MilitaryF-15 on the Cusp of Overdue Upgrade to Digital Defense System The Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS), which is intended to improve the ability of U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jets to detect and counter air and ground threats, is on track…
CommercialClash of the Titans: WTO Rules EU Illegally Favored Airbus to the Tune of $22B The World Trade Organization (WTO) Tuesday found that the European Union has failed to honor multiple previous rulings and has provided more than $22 billion of illegal subsidies to European aircraft maker Airbus aiding…