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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 [...]
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. [...]
Boeing Reports First-Quarter Deliveries
CHICAGO: The Boeing Company announced today deliveries across its commercial and defense operations for the first quarter of 2009. Major program deliveries during the first quarter were as follows: Commercial Airplanes Programs –737 Next Generation: 91 –747: 4 –767: 3 –777: 23 Total: 121 Integrated Defense Systems Programs –Apache (New Builds): 5 –Chinook (New Builds): [...]
Boeing Unveils New International F-15 Configuration, the F-15SE
ST. LOUIS: The Boeing Company today in St. Louis unveiled the F-15 Silent Eagle (F-15SE), a new F-15 configuration designed to meet the future needs of international customers. “The F-15 Silent Eagle is designed to meet our international customers’ anticipated need for cost-effective stealth technologies, as well as for large and diverse weapons payloads,” said [...]
3rd Boeing C-130 AMP Aircraft Flies Ahead of Schedule
SAN ANTONIO: The Boeing Company successfully completed the first test flight of the U.S. Air Force’s third C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) aircraft on Jan. 17, three weeks ahead of schedule. The flight marked another milestone for the most comprehensive C-130 avionics modification ever conducted. The H3 aircraft accomplished both functional check flight and acceptance [...]
