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Tilden and Worzel

The ‘State of Technology’ spotlight shines on Digital Winglets and in-flight Wi-Fi

There was a heavy aerospace spin to this year’s State of Technology Luncheon, presented today by the Technology Alliance at… Read More

Eviation Alice airplane

Eviation picks MagniX to provide a propulsion option for all-electric airplane

Eviation says it has selected Redmond, Wash.-based MagniX to become a propulsion system provider for its Alice all-electric airplane, a… Read More

Biofuel for Alaska Airlines

Port of Seattle pushes for sustainable aviation fuels, but it’s not easy being green

For years, the Port of Seattle has been talking about weaning Seattle-Tacoma International Airport off fossil fuels, but now it’s… Read More

Boeing Airborne Teaming System

Boeing unveils a new breed of ‘wingman’ drones that fly with piloted military jets

Boeing is unveiling a new type of uncrewed aircraft that’s designed to fly military missions alongside piloted airplanes, known as… Read More

Boeing-Safran joint venture for auxiliary power units has a name: Initium Aerospace

The 50-50 joint venture that Boeing and Europe’s Safran aerospace company formed last year to build auxiliary power units for… Read More

Aerion AS2 supersonic jet

Boeing forges partnership with Aerion to speed up supersonic jet development

Boeing says it’s making a significant investment in Aerion to accelerate the development of the Nevada-based company’s supersonic business jet.… Read More

Zero air vehicle

Team Zeva takes on a mission targeting the $2M GoFly Prize … with a flying saucer!

Team Zeva’s entry in the Boeing-backed $2 million GoFly Prize competition looks like a flying saucer that’s built for one — but… Read More

Tanker handover ceremony

Surprise! Boeing hands Air Force the keys to not just one, but two KC-46 tanker jets

Boeing executives today added an extra twist to what was expected to be a cut-and-dried ceremony to hand over its… Read More

Passenger air vehicle

Boeing’s passenger air vehicle prototype rises into the sky for its first test flight

Boeing says it has successfully completed the first test flight of a prototype for its autonomous passenger air vehicle, which… Read More

FAUB robot

Boeing and Machinists Union tussle over automation’s effect on quality assurance

Boeing’s moves to automate its manufacturing processes and streamline the quality assurance process for its airplanes has sparked discussions with… Read More

Embraer's E190-E2 and Boeing's 737 MAX 7

Brazilian government OKs Boeing’s joint venture with Embraer for commercial jets

The Brazilian government today approved the creation of a joint venture that would give Boeing control over Embraer’s commercial airplane… Read More

KC-46 tanker and Air Force personnel

After years of delay, Air Force accepts first Boeing KC-46 tanker; delivery coming soon

After struggling through years of delay and absorbing billions of dollars of cost overruns, Boeing says the U.S. Air Force… Read More

Billionaires leave space legacies: Jeff Bezos, Paul Allen join ‘Legends of Aviation’

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos has racked up another round of recognition for his role on the space frontier: Next week… Read More

Boeing 737 jets

Boeing reports record airplane deliveries and growing order backlog in 2018

Boeing says it delivered a record-high 806 airplanes in 2018, with single-aisle 737 jets accounting for well more than half… Read More

Boom Supersonic jet

Boom Supersonic closes $100M funding round for Overture faster-than-sound jet

Colorado-based Boom Supersonic says it has closed a $100 million Series B investment round to support the development of a… Read More

Boeing logo

Boeing’s board boosts dividend by 20 percent and expands buyback program

The Boeing Co. reported today that its board of directors approved a 20 percent increase in the company’s quarterly dividend,… Read More

Embraer's E190-E2 and Boeing's 737 MAX 7

Boeing and Brazil’s Embraer set terms for commercial (and defense) joint ventures

Five months after announcing a tentative deal, the Boeing Co. and Brazil’s Embraer aerospace company say they’ve approved the terms… Read More

Plimp hybrid drone

Egan Airships floats a sales campaign to get its Plimp hybrid aircraft off the ground

What do you get when you cross an airship and an airplane? If you’re willing to spend more than $4… Read More

NASA and FAA cast a wide net to get set for revolution in urban air mobility

The rise of air mobility options ranging from delivery drones to air taxis and flying cars is shaping up as… Read More

Boeing CTO sees new wave of rivals from tech billionaires, says big challenge is to act like a 2-year-old startup, not a 102-year-old company

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and other heavyweights from the technology world are spending billions to tackle the next frontier of… Read More

Dennis Muilenburg

Boeing raises its financial outlook after a strong third quarter with lingering snags

Boeing’s third-quarter financial results exceeded expectations, leading the company to raise its outlook for the full year — and leading investors… Read More

Boeing computing

Boeing steps up its focus on ‘Disruptive Computing and Networks’ for aerospace

Boeing is raising its profile on computational frontiers ranging from artificial intelligence to quantum communications by setting up a new… Read More

Zunum Aero ZA10

Zunum Aero picks Safran to build engine turbines for future hybrid electric aircraft

Zunum Aero has selected France’s Safran Helicopter Engines to provide a new-generation engine turbine for its hybrid-to-electric airplane, due for… Read More

Boeing CEO in T-X jet

Watch Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg take some ‘stick time’ in a T-X training jet

One of the things I learned about Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg is that he loves to fly the aircraft his… Read More

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg lays out his vision for space airplanes and aerospace traffic system

A decade from now, Boeing will still be primarily known as an airplane company, the company’s CEO says. But some… Read More

Dennis Muilenburg

From farm to final frontier: How Boeing’s CEO plants the seeds for tomorrow’s tech

Dennis Muilenburg is leading Boeing into a second century of innovation with dreams of hypersonic flight, self-flying planes and journeys… Read More

T-X jets

Boeing beats Lockheed to win $9.2B Air Force contract for fleet of T-X training jets

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract worth up to $9.2 billion for a new fleet of T-X… Read More

New Shepard assembly area

Economic report lays out strategies to boost Washington’s $1.8B space industry

A newly published economic report estimates the space industry’s contribution to Washington state’s economy at $1.8 billion and 6,200 jobs… Read More

Altair satellite

Boeing seals the deal on its acquisition of Millennium Space’s satellite operation

News Brief: As promised, Boeing has completed its acquisition of California-based Millennium Space Systems, a provider of small-satellite solutions. Millennium,… Read More

Stratolaunch hypersonic testbed

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems lays out a roadmap for hypersonic rocket planes

Stratolaunch Systems, the aerospace company created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it’s exploring the development of a series of… Read More

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