Military aviation
Wash. delegation: Bring Boeing tankers to Fairchild AFB
After lobbying the Pentagon to award Boeing a contract for its 767-based refueling tankers, Washington's Congressional delegation has a new request: station those tankers at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Aerospace Blog
Want to fly Boeing's KC-46 tanker?
Fly the Boeing Co.'s 767-based tanker before the company even builds it.
Date: 05/16/2012 | Aerospace Blog
Study sought to save Boeing program in Okla.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A defense funding bill that would delay efforts to end a program at Oklahoma City's Boeing plant to upgrade the cockpits of U.S. Air Force C-130 transport planes was approved Thursday by the U.S. House Armed Services Committee.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Business
Air Force: Boeing KC-46A tanker on track
The Boeing Co. is on track to deliver aerial-refueling tankers to the U.S. Air Force, having recently met another milestone on the program.
Date: 05/08/2012 | Business
Some Air Force pilots refuse to fly F-22 Raptor
LOS ANGELES -- Some of the nation's top aviators are refusing to fly the radar-evading F-22 Raptor, a fighter jet with ongoing problems with the oxygen systems that have plagued the fleet for four years.
Date: 05/02/2012 | Nation & World
Spokane tries to preserve Fairchild AFB
SPOKANE -- Fairchild Air Force Base is Spokane County's largest employer and has been a mainstay of the local economy for seven decades.
Date: 04/29/2012 | Northwest
Navy jet slams into apartment complex; 7 injured (video)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A fighter jet that malfunctioned just after takeoff hurtled into a Virginia Beach apartment complex on Friday in a spectacular crash that sent flames and black smoke billowing from the rubble.
Date: 04/06/2012 | Nation & World
Boeing, Pratt & Whitney sign KC-46 tanker-engine pact
Executives from the Boeing Co. and Pratt & Whitney on Tuesday formalized their partnership on the project to build KC-46 aerial-refueling tankers for...
Date: 03/27/2012 | Aerospace Blog
Boeing CEO McNerney's total pay was $18.4 million in '11
Boeing CEO Jim McNerney's compensation jumped 34 percent last year as the board of the big airplane maker rewarded him for delivering the new 787 and winning a huge Air Force order for refueling tankers.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Business
California governor visits Boeing plant to tour Dreamliner jet
LOS ANGELES -- California Gov. Jerry Brown sat down in the captain's chair inside the cockpit of a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet and gazed at an array of gauges and dials spread out before him.
Date: 03/14/2012 | Nation & World
Homecoming at Boeing
Air Force One returns Friday to factory where it was built
Date: 02/16/2012 | Local News
Drone warplanes planned for Navy aircraft carriers (Video)
The Navy's new drone being tested near Chesapeake Bay stretches the boundaries of technology: It's designed to land on the deck of an aircraft carrier, one of aviation's most difficult maneuvers.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Nation & World
Kansas lawmakers ask for security review of closure of Boeing's Wichita plant
WICHITA, Kan. -- Sen. Jerry Moran and U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo are asking the Secretary of the Air Force to study whether Boeing's closure in Wichita will create a national security issue.
Date: 02/01/2012 | Business
Struggling in U.S., F-35 fighter pushes sales abroad
TOKYO — Detractors say the F-35 stealth fighter, the costliest military plane ever, is destined to go down as one of the biggest follies in aviation history. But it may have found a savior: deep-pocketed U.S. allies hungry to add its super high-tech capabilities to their arsenal.
Date: 01/27/2012 | Business
U.S. commits to new F-35 fighter jets for Marines
PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL AIR STATION, Md. -- The U.S. military is committed to developing the Marine Corps version of the next-generation strike fighter jet, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday, but he warned that the program is "not out of the woods yet."
Date: 01/21/2012 | Nation & World
Spokane wants first Everett-built Air Force tankers
SPOKANE -- Production of a new fleet of Boeing aerial-refueling tankers could bring more jobs and investment to Spokane, officials said this week.The first in the new fleet of KC-46A tankers will roll out of Boeing's Everett plant in 2017.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Business
Spokane wants new air tankers at Fairchild AFB
SPOKANE -- Spokane leaders want the new Boeing-built air refueling tankers to first go to Fairchild Air Force Base.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Northwest
As Boeing leaves Wichita, Learjet announces plan to expand in Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. -- Bombardier Aerospace unveiled plans Tuesday to expand its Learjet site in Wichita, creating 450 new jobs and providing a much-needed boost to a city still stinging from Boeing's announcement that it plans to close its defense plant here.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Business
Military cargo drone makes debut in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military is testing a revolutionary new drone for its arsenal, a pilotless helicopter intended to fly cargo missions to remote outposts where frequent roadside bombs threaten access by road convoys.
Date: 01/07/2012 | Nation & World
Boeing to leave Kansas, move tanker work to Washington
The Boeing Co. will shutter its defense site in Kansas in 2013 and move tanker work that was to be done there to Washington state, the company said Wednesday. But the closure apparently will mean a negligible increase in jobs in the Puget Sound area.
Date: 01/04/2012 | Business
U.S. sells $3.48 billion in missiles and technology to U.A.E
WASHINGTON — The United States has reached a deal to sell $3.48 billion worth of missiles and related technology to the United Arab Emirates, a close Mideast ally, as part of a massive buildup of defense technology among friendly Mideast nations near Iran.
Date: 12/30/2011 | Business
$30 billion Boeing deal: U.S. to sell 84 F-15s to Saudis
HONOLULU — The sale of $30 billion worth of F-15SA fighter jets to Saudi Arabia has been finalized, boosting the military strength of a key U.S. ally in the Middle East to help counter Iran, the Obama administration announced Thursday.
Date: 12/29/2011 | Business
Former Insitu contract worker charged with theft of top-secret drone manual
YAKIMA -- A former contract worker for a Boeing Co. subsidiary that designs and builds aerial drones for the U.S. government and other clients pleaded not guilty in federal court this week to stealing a maintenance manual for the top-secret technology.
Date: 12/16/2011 | Northwest
Possible cuts to defense work causes Boeing to consider future of Wichita plant
The Boeing Co. is considering the fate of its Wichita, Kan., site in the face of cuts to the country's defense budget.
Date: 11/21/2011 | Business
Decommissioned B-1 bomber on its way to Renton
SALEM, Ore. -- A decommissioned B-1 bomber is passing through Oregon this week on its way for testing at Boeing's plant in Renton.The Statesman Journal reported a convoy is scheduled to haul the bomber through Salem on Interstate 5 Tuesday night.
Date: 11/06/2011 | Northwest
Video: Dozens arrested in drug raid at Boeing plant
PHILADELPHIA — Federal agents on Thursday raided a Boeing plant that makes military helicopters in a Philadelphia suburb and charged more than three dozen people with distributing or trying to get prescription drugs, among them powerful painkillers.
Date: 09/29/2011 | Nation & World
Boeing offers technology to Brazil in bid for F-18 fighters
BRASILIA, Brazil — Boeing Co. says it will provide a full transfer of technology to Brazil if the U.S.-based company wins a $5 billion fighter-jet bid.
Date: 08/18/2011 | Nation & World
Boeing X-51 test flight ends in crash
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Air Force says the second test of a hypersonic experimental aircraft ended in a crash off the Southern California coast earlier this week.
Date: 06/18/2011 | Nation & World
India OKs $4 billion deal to buy Boeing aircraft
NEW DELHI -- An Indian defense ministry official says the country's cabinet has approved a proposal to buy 10 American C-17 military aircraft for more than $4 billion, the largest defense deal between the two nations.
Date: 06/06/2011 | Nation & World
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