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EU Requests to Impose Countermeasures Against the US
The European Union today asked the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body to allow the imposition of countermeasures against the United States in the “Boeing case”. This follows the EU’s assessment that the United States had not lived up to its obligation to remove its illegal subsidies in the aircraft sector, as required by [...]
The US Fails to Meet Its obligations in the WTO Boeing Case
A review of US efforts to comply with a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling on illegal subsidies in the so-called “Boeing case” by the European Union shows that the US has not lived up to its obligations. The European Commission therefore decided to challenge the US non-compliance at the WTO. On 24 September 2012, the [...]
Boeing, Indonesia Collaboration to Enhance Aerospace Growth
Boeing and the Republic of Indonesia today announced that they will collaborate on commercial aviation safety, efficiency and aerospace industry development in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. This enhanced cooperation will support Indonesia’s vision for current and future economic development as well as the ongoing and anticipated growth of the country’s aerospace sector. Indonesian President Susilo [...]
Boeing Flies X-48C Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft
A modified Boeing Blended Wing Body research aircraft – designated the X-48C – flew for the first time early this week at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The remotely piloted X-48C aircraft took off at 7:56 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time and climbed to an altitude of 5,500 feet [...]
Boeing Demos Expanded Control of Unmanned Aircraft Swarm
Boeing and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) have demonstrated that an operator on the ground, using only a laptop and a military radio, can command an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) “swarm.” Despite limited flight training, the operator was able to connect with autonomous UAVs, task them and obtain information without using a [...]
Training exercises enhance international relations
Central Colombia and southern Nevada are vastly different locations. The terrain, weather and operational environments between each location vary to the extremes. So what drives an air force to briefly trade the jungles of South America for the desert of the American southwest? The answer is world-class, realistic air combat training that can’t be acquired [...]
Boeing Receives US Navy Contracts for SLAM ER and Harpoon Missiles
Boeing on June 29 received a firm-fixed-price contract from U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for the production of nearly 90 Harpoon Block II missiles and associated hardware for the U.S. and four foreign militaries. The $145.1 million contract also includes exercise and test variants of the Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER). The [...]
Boeing F-15E Radar Modernization Program Begins Second Low Rate Initial Production Phase
Boeing reports that the U.S. Air Force has granted the F-15E Radar Modernization Program (RMP) approval to begin Low Rate Initial Production 2 (LRIP 2) of 10 APG-82(V)1 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar systems. “This is a great step forward for the Radar Modernization Program,” said Roger Besancenez, Boeing F-15 Program vice president. “With [...]
Boeing to Collaborate with Elbit Systems on Hermes 450 and 900 UAS
Boeing and Elbit Systems have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the marketing and sales of Elbit Systems’ Hermes 450 and 900 unmanned airborne system (UAS) product lines in the United States and select international countries. “This partnership further expands and enhances Boeing’s longstanding relationship with Elbit Systems to include unmanned products,” said [...]


