CommercialBoeing Maintenance App Supports Air Canada’s Non-Boeing Aircraft Air Canada now uses Boeing’s Maintenance Performance Toolbox for non-Boeing airplanes, the manufacturer said. With an expanded agreement, Boeing now supports Air Canada’s entire fleet. “Boeing is proud to support Air Canada’s…
Business & GAAIA Hires Former Boeing Commercial Airplanes Exec Aerospace Industries Assn. (AIA) has hired former Boeing Commercial Airplanes executive David Silver, the association said. He joins the organization as its VP of Civil Aviation. “We are delighted to welcome David…
CommercialBoeing and FedEx Partner for Latest EcoDemonstrator Boeing and FedEx Express said they want to accelerate aerospace innovation, so they have agreed to collaborate on the next ecoDemonstrator. In 2018, a FedEx Boeing 777 freighter is set to start…
CommercialBoeing Engineers to Improve Manufacturing Processes with Georgia Tech Students Boeing and Georgia Institute of Technology have joined forces to open a development research center, Boeing said. There, Boeing researchers and Georgia Tech engineering students will work together to explore automation in…
CommercialBoeing’s Venture Arm Invests in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Company Boeing is investing in SparkCognition, an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning company based in Texas, Boeing said. The investment comes from Boeing HorizonX, the company’s venture arm that was established earlier this…
CommercialBoeing Unveils Data Analytics Division, 5 Agreements Boeing has put a name to its data analytics capabilities: Boeing AnalytX. Unveiled at the Paris Air Show, Boeing said the new division “unites existing analytics services and products across Boeing's commercial,…
CommercialQatar Airways CTO Discusses Boeing 777X Avionics, IFEC Boeing is scheduled to begin production on the re-engined version of the 777, the 777X, this year. Qatar Airways is the launch customer for the 777X, which has garnered 306 total orders…
ConnectivityExperts Discuss Latest In-Flight Connectivity Trends Emerging global connectivity capabilities will be one of the biggest drivers for new in-flight applications — especially on the operations side — according to speakers at a Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR)…
MilitaryBoeing Gives Saudi Arabian AWACS Aircraft Improved Radar Systems Boeing has completed the Radar System Improvement Program (RSIP) for Saudi Arabia’s E-3A airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, Boeing said. The company performed upgrades meant to improve radar capabilities and…
ConnectivityThis Company Wants to Turn Airplanes into Communications Satellites A Simi Valley, California company believes commercial airplanes could become the communications satellites that the telecommunications industry has been craving. Backed by leadership that has achieved aviation industry firsts in the past…
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