Subsidiaries of Boeing and Firefly Aerospace have received separate task orders to provide systems and services for a U.S. Space Force mission with the goal of demonstrating rapid payload deployment to low Earth orbit. Millennium Space Systems will produce the spacecraft and sensor hardware and ground infrastructure while Firefly Space Transport Services will supply the […] More

Boeing will produce two more CH-47F Block II Chinook aircraft for the U.S. Army under a $63 million fixed-price-incentive contract.  The Block II Chinook helicopters will include enhanced features such as redesigned fuel tank, sustained fuselage and drivetrain improvements, the aerospace company said Monday.  Funding and work locations for Boeing, the sole bidder for the […] More

Boeing has received a four-year, $47.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to gear up for the low-rate initial production of unmanned MQ-25 Stingray refueling tankers. The service branch will use fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement funds for the advance acquisition contract to cover lot one LRIP production and delivery services, the Department of Defense said […] More

Boeing has partnered with Red 6 to develop and integrate augmented reality technology into ground and air training systems for combat aircrew. The partnership plans to apply a pair of Red 6 products to the T-7 and F-15EX aircraft platforms Boeing is developing for the U.S. Air Force, the planemaker said Wednesday. The first product […] More

Boeing has awarded L3Harris Technologies a $91.5 million contract to manufacture and deliver mission-management processors for the U.S. Air Force’s advanced pilot training aircraft. L3Harris said Tuesday the processor technology for the T-7A Red Hawk jets features sensors and communications capabilities to connect internal and external data networks and link video feed to the aircraft’s […] More

Ed Dolanski, former president of Boeing‘s U.S. government services business, has been added to the board of directors at San Jose, California-headquartered endpoint security company Lynx Software Technologies. Dolanski previously held various leadership roles during his more than 10-year tenure at Boeing including as president of the global services and support business unit within the […] More

Boeing has completed the construction of a Mesa, Arizona, facility to make composite aircraft components for military customers. The company said Tuesday its research and development division, Phantom Works, will operate the 155,000-square-foot Advanced Composite Fabrication Center beginning in the fall. ACFC personnel will use advanced manufacturing and digital engineering methods in support of new combat […] More

Boeing has awarded BAE Systems a contract to produce electronic warfare systems meant to provide F-15E and F-15EX Eagle fighter jets with self-defense capabilities and improved situational awareness. The low-rate initial production lot 2 contract calls for BAE to manufacture additional Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability Systems for the fighter aircraft and brings the EPAWSS […] More

Boeing has conducted a virtual demonstration of a new open autonomy architecture designed to enable manned-unmanned teaming capabilities for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 aerial refueling system. During the digital flight test, three different simulated naval aircraft tasked four virtual, autonomous MQ-25s to conduct tanking and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions without communicating with the ship-based […] More

Boeing has launched two projects as part of the Hypersonics Challenge introduced by the Department of Defense and its Detroit-based manufacturing innovation institute LIFT. The company will work with Powdermet on the first project that seeks to demonstrate the production of metal matrix composites for hypersonic vehicle demonstrators, LIFT said Thursday. Boeing will team up […] More

Boeing and NASA are in preparation to send two space agency astronaut test pilots to the International Space Station for the first crewed flight of the aerospace company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. The launch of Boeing Crew Flight Test is planned for early February 2023 as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, and CFT astronauts Barry […] More

Boeing is investing in the development of a new Missouri-located regional innovation facility in an effort to establish and accelerate the advanced manufacturing sector’s growth in the region. The company said Friday the five-year, $5 million investment in the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Center in St. Louis will be used to fund workforce development programs and […] More