Articles By: Boeing Company

Boeing F-15E Radar Modernization Program to Enter Production

Boeing F-15E Radar Modernization Program to Enter Production

Boeing has announced that the U.S. Air Force has granted the F-15E Radar Modernization Program (RMP) approval to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the APG-82(V)1 radar system. Boeing and radar supplier Raytheon also performed extensive flight tests to validate the design and development of the system. The RMP leverages prior radar development programs on [...]

First Indian Boeing P-8I Aircraft Completes 1st Flight

First Indian Boeing P-8I Aircraft Completes 1st Flight

Boeing’s first P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy completed its initial flight today, taking off from Renton Field at 12:02 p.m. Pacific time and landing two hours and 31 minutes later at Boeing Field in Seattle. During the flight, Boeing test pilots performed airborne systems checks including engine accelerations and decelerations and autopilot flight modes, [...]

Boeing F-15E Radar Modernization Program to Enter Production

Boeing F-15E Radar Modernization Program to Enter Production

Boeing today announced that the U.S. Air Force has granted the F-15E Radar Modernization Program (RMP) approval to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the APG-82(V)1 radar system. Boeing and radar supplier Raytheon also performed extensive flight tests to validate the design and development of the system. The RMP leverages prior radar development programs on [...]

First Peace Eye AEW&C Aircraft Delivered to ROKAF

First Peace Eye AEW&C Aircraft Delivered to ROKAF

A team led by Boeing has delivered the first Peace Eye 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW and C) aircraft to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF). The aircraft was delivered during a ceremony attended by officials from the ROKAF, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), the South Korean and U.S. governments, industry [...]

Boeing CHAMP Missile Completes 1st Flight Test

Boeing CHAMP Missile Completes 1st Flight Test

The Boeing Company and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) today announced that they successfully completed the missile’s first flight test earlier this year at the Utah Test and Training Range at Hill Air Force Base. CHAMP is a nonlethal alternative to kinetic weapons that neutralizes electronic targets. [...]

Boeing Receives US Air Force F-22 Mission Planning System Contract

Boeing Receives US Air Force F-22 Mission Planning System Contract

Boeing has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide mission planning support for the F-22 Raptor. The order, valued at up to $24 million if all options are exercised, was awarded under the Air Force’s Mission Planning Enterprise Contract-II (MPEC-II). Boeing is one of five contractors selected in June 2010 for MPEC-II, [...]

Boeing Delivers 3 More F-15K Slam Eagles to South Korea

Boeing Delivers 3 More F-15K Slam Eagles to South Korea

DAEGU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea — Boeing on Aug. 20 delivered three F-15K Slam Eagle aircraft to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) at Daegu Air Base. The aircraft left the Boeing St. Louis facility on Aug. 16 and made stops in Palmdale, Calif., Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and Anderson Air Force [...]

Boeing Demonstrates ‘Swarm’ Reconnaissance with Unmanned Aircraft

Boeing Demonstrates ‘Swarm’ Reconnaissance with Unmanned Aircraft

Boeing today announced the successful autonomous communications and operation of dissimilar unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in flight tests over the rugged terrain of eastern Oregon. The July 7-10 mission used two ScanEagles manufactured by Boeing subsidiary Insitu and one Procerus Unicorn from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL). The UAVs communicated using a [...]

Bell Boeing Submits V-22 Osprey Multiyear II Contract Proposal

Bell Boeing Submits V-22 Osprey Multiyear II Contract Proposal

The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between The Boeing Company and Bell Helicopter Textron, announced today that it has submitted its proposal to the U.S. Navy for a second multiyear procurement (MYP II) contract for the production and delivery of V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. The five-year, fixed-price incentive proposal would provide the U.S. [...]

 
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