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…
CommercialDreamliner Delivered: First Boeing 787-10 Bound for Singapore Boeing’s facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, played host to Singapore Airlines as airline representatives took delivery of the first 787-10 Dreamliner. Relative to other jets in the Dreamliner family, the 787-10…
CommercialFirst Boeing 737 Max 9 Delivered to Thai Lion Air Boeing delivered its first 737 MAX 9 to launch customer Lion Air Group, also the first operator to put the MAX 8 into service. One of the world’s largest operators of 737s,…
CommercialQantas Completes 17-hour Perth-London Trip with Boeing Dreamliner Qantas’ maiden nonstop voyage between Australia’s Perth and London landed Sunday morning after traveling some 8,000 nm and spending more than 17 hours in the air. The route, the longest one offered…
Business & GAChicago Jet Group Breezes Past FANS Approval for a Dozen More Business Jets Chicago Jet Group has received FAA approval to complete FANS 1/A+ system installations that incorporate the Latitude DL150 satellite data unit onto 12 additional business jet models. The STC is based on…
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