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Aerospace Firms Investigate Open-Fan Propulsion Technology
BERLIN: Boeing, Rolls-Royce, RUAG Aerospace and Deharde Maschinenbau have entered into a collaborative research agreement to explore the potential of fuel-efficient open-fan (open rotor) propulsion technology for future commercial airplanes. Using technologies and techniques contributed by each of the parties, tests of a model concept airplane with open-fan engines are planned for early in 2010 [...]
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Moves to Flight Line for Testing
EVERETT, Wash: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner that will fly later this quarter has moved to the flight line. Fuel testing — the first in the next phase of extensive checks the airplane must undergo — will begin in the next few days. “We are making great progress, and moving ever-closer to first flight,” said Scott [...]
Missile Defense Interceptor Shoots Down Target
Huntsville AL: Boeing built part of the Arrow II interceptor that successfully shot down a ballistic missile target April 7 in a test of Israel’s national missile defense system. The operationally realistic test, conducted in Israel by the Israel Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, used an interceptor co-produced by Boeing and [...]
Royal Air Force’s C-17s Surpass 50k Hours of Flight Time
LONG BEACH, Calif.: Boeing and the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) today announced that the RAF fleet of six C-17 Globemaster III airlifters has surpassed 50,000 flying hours in eight years of service. A mission out of Afghanistan on Tuesday, April 28 helped the fleet achieve the milestone. “The C-17 is a remarkable airlifter in [...]
Boeing P-8A Poseidon Successfully Completes 1st Flight
SEATTLE: Boeing P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T-1 successfully completed its first flight April 25, taking off from Renton Field at 10:43 a.m. and touching down at Boeing Field in Seattle at 2:14 p.m. The P-8A performed a series of flight checks, reached a maximum altitude of 25,000 feet, and landed after three hours, 31 minutes [...]
Airborne Laser Team Begins Weapon System Flight Tests
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE: The Boeing Company, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have begun Airborne Laser (ABL) flight tests with the entire weapon system integrated aboard the ABL aircraft. ABL, a heavily modified Boeing 747-400F aircraft, completed its functional check flight April 21 from Edwards Air Force Base with the beam control/fire [...]
Boeing to Develop Free Electron Laser for US Navy
WEST HILLS, Calif.: The Boeing Company has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract valued at up to $163 million, with an initial task order of $6.9 million, to develop the Free Electron Laser (FEL) weapon system, which will transform naval warfare in the next decade by providing an ultra-precise, speed-of-light capability and unlimited magazine depth [...]
US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division Fields CH-47F Chinook Helicopter
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa: Boeing today announced that a fourth U.S. Army unit has fielded the CH-47F Chinook helicopter. Company B, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, is based at Fort Bragg, N.C. “Fielding the new CH-47F Chinook continues the proud heritage of the unit’s aviation history,” said Capt. [...]
ScanEagle UAV Logs 150,000 Service Hours in Iraq and Afghanistan
ST. LOUIS: The ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS), a joint effort of The Boeing Company and its subsidiary Insitu Inc., last week flew its 150,000th hour in service with the U.S. Marine Expeditionary Forces, U.S. Navy, U.S. Special Operations Command, Australian Army and Canadian Forces. ScanEagle has provided persistent in-theater intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) [...]
