CommercialSouthwest 1380: Fatal Flight Under Investigation After Engine Loss On a given day, Boeing 737-family aircraft take flight thousands of times. Of those planes, 706 are members of the Southwest Airlines fleet. While most go without complication, Tuesday’s Southwest Flight 1380…
CommercialBoeing, BAE, Rolls-Royce Invest in Hypersonic Propulsion Boeing has invested in U.K.-based Reaction Engines, whose technology the company says will contribute to the next generation of hypersonic flight and space access vehicles. Boeing’s HorizonX Ventures investment subsidiary participated in the…
MilitaryBoeing Shows off MQ-25 Stingray Offering Boeing showed off its MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based unmanned aircraft system offering to reporters at its facility Thursday and revealed it will use the Rolls-Royce AE 3007N engine. This is the same engine on…
CommercialTrump’s Tariffs on China Spread to Aerospace U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest salvo attempting to punish China for intellectual property theft saw the levying a 25% tariff on some 1,300 items, including a host of aircraft parts. The proposed…
Business & GABoeing Adds Wireless to Jeppessen with Bad Elf's Wombat Jeppesen customers will no longer need to update data cards offsite and away from their planes thanks to a partnership between Boeing and Bad Elf. Boeing also introduced a new mobile version…
MilitaryRaytheon Gets Half Billion for New Radar Systems in Latest US Contract Roundup U.S. Air Force Contracts Raytheon Self Protect Systems has been awarded a $460,000,000 contract for the AN/ALR-69A digital radar warning receiver system. This contract provides for the fabrication, integration, testing and delivery of…
CommercialA New Method to Protect Aircraft From Lightning Strikes? While the possibility of an aircraft being struck by lightning is rare and does not present a threat to flight crews or pilots, aircraft manufacturers are looking to improve their current level…
MilitaryBoeing Has a New 'Commercial Derivative Aircraft' Division Boeing is reorganizing its defense segment by adding two new divisions and eliminating another to better align with its market strategy. The two new divisions, Commercial Derivative Aircraft and Missile and Weapon…
CommercialBoeing to Use LIDAR for Industry First on EcoDemonstrator Boeing is looking to use light detection and ranging (LIDAR) in an industry first. The latest version of the original equipment manufacturer's ecoDemonstrator aircraft is researching the use of LIDAR to detect…
ConnectivityBoeing Invests in Nanosatellite Communications with Australia's Myriota Boeing has joined a $15 million funding round for Australian nanosatellite communications startup Myriota. The funding round is led by Australian firms Blue Sky Venture Capital and Main Sequence Ventures. Myriota developed…