Boeing

The German government has chosen Boeing’s CH-47F Chinook for its Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH) heavy-lift helicopter program. Germany is expected to purchase up to 60 Chinooks to replace its aging Sikorsky CH-53G helicopter fleet in a deal valued at around €4 billion ($4.3 billion). While the agreement has not yet been finalized, delivery of the new […]

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time on Friday evening. The uncrewed mission, Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), launched from Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday. As previously reported by AVweb, OFT-2 was originally expected to launch last year but […]

Boeing announced on Thursday that it is moving its global headquarters from Chicago, Illinois, to Arlington, Virginia. The company says it plans to maintain a significant presence in Chicago, but also noted that less office space would be required at the site owing to “flexible and virtual solutions” implemented over the past two years. Boeing’s […]

The first T-7A Red Hawk advanced military trainer has rolled out of Boeing’s production facility in St. Louis, Missouri, the company announced on Thursday. The aircraft is part of a $9.2 billion contract that includes 351 new combat training jets intended to replace the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of aging T-38s. According to Boeing, the […]

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has awarded a contract for a study on future air surveillance, command and control concepts to a team led by Boeing. The risk reduction and feasibility study is being conducted in preparation for the planned retirement of NATO’s E-3 airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft. NATO’s current […]

Boeing and Airbus Helicopters have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to partner on the H-47 Chinook for Germany’s Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH) heavy-lift helicopter program. According to the companies, the partnership is aimed at “bolstering German defense readiness while supporting German industry and economic growth.” STH was launched to replace Germany’s aging Sikorsky CH-53G helicopter fleet. […]

Sikorsky and Boeing have selected Honeywell’s new HTS7500 turboshaft engine to power the Defiant X advanced military helicopter. According to Honeywell, the 7,500-SHP engine is 42 percent more powerful and yields an 18 percent reduction in specific fuel consumption compared to the T55-714A. The company says the HTS7500 also offers the lowest total weight compared […]

The FAA issued an airworthiness directive (AD) on Tuesday prohibiting Boeing 747-8, 747-8F and 777 aircraft from landing at airports where Verizon and AT&T’s 5G C-Band wireless broadband networks could cause radar altimeter interference. The AD requires airplane flight manual (AFM) revisions to add limitations prohibiting dispatching or releasing affected aircraft “to airports, and approaches […]

Allegiant Air announced this week that it has placed a firm order for 50 Boeing 737 MAX jets with options for 50 additional aircraft. According to Allegiant, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, the deal is Boeing’s first with an ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) in the United States. The order also marks a change for […]

Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial refueler has successfully completed its first sea tests with the U.S Navy aboard the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) aircraft carrier. The tests were also the first conducted on a carrier for the MQ-25 and covered deck handling maneuvers including taxiing on the deck, connecting to the catapult, clearing […]