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Boeing KC-7A7 Video

Murdoc Online (Free subscription) | 36 minutes ago

Potential 767 and 777-based platforms make up the “7A7 family of tankers.”

Boeing battery test causes small fire in Kent

James Wallace on Aerospace (Free subscription) | yesterday

Boeing's Kent plant was partially evacuated at about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday when a battery test caused a small explosion and fire in a company lab, according to the Kent Fire Department.

Wall Street Ends Mostly Lower, Boeing (NYSE: BA) Tumbles

iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

US stocks finished mixed on Tuesday as investors took a breather after Monday's sharp rally which pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest level this year. [More...]

John McCain raises questions on Air Force tanker contest between Boeing and Northrop

Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com:... (Free subscription) | yesterday

U.S. Sen. John McCain is raising questions about the Air Force's plan to buy new aerial refueling tankers.

Boeing Awarded $72 Million JDAM Production Contract

Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Boeing Company has been awarded a $72 million U.S. Air Force contract for more than 2,900 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits. Boeing will deliver the kits in 2011 and 2012. The Lot 14 production order is the second one-year option of a six-year contract Boeing received in January 2008. The agreement has a potential total value of $590 million with deliveries extending...

Former Air Force tanker officer endorses Boeing

James Wallace on Aerospace (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Stu Pugh, a retired Air Force officer and former chief of Tanker Operations at the Tanker Airlift Control Center, has endorsed Boeing's 767-based tanker over a rival plane.

Boeing executive to talk exports in Seattle

James Wallace on Aerospace (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Incoming Boeing Capital Corporation President Mike Cave will be the keynote speaker in the Seattle leg of an eight-city "Exports Live!" tour.

Vought's profit grows on sale of 787 Boeing facility

The Puget Sound Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

Vought Aircraft Industries posted a $238.6 million profit during the third quarter thanks to the impact of the company deciding to discontinue operations at a 787 Boeing operations center in South Carolina that the company agreed to sell over the summer.

• Vought's profit grows on sale of 787 Boeing facility - The Dallas Business Journal

Report: first Boeing 787 fix done; set to fly by Christmas

James Wallace on Aerospace (Free subscription) | yesterday

Boeing has finished the side-of-body fix for the first flight-test 787 Dreamliner and now plans to fly the plane just before Christmas, FlightBlogger reports, citing unnamed sources.

Was Boeing's move to S.C. really about a negotiation gap?

James Wallace on Aerospace (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

The (Tacoma) News Tribune's John Gillie has a good postmortem on Boeing's decision to put its second 787 Dreamliner assembly line in North Charleston, S.C., rather than in Everett, Wash.

Boeing exec says international defense market is hopping

James Wallace on Aerospace (Free subscription) | yesterday

Christopher Raymond, vice president of business development at Boeing's defense unit, said Tuesday that he's "never seen this much opportunity in terms of competitions" for international contracts, according to a Dow Jones report.

Vought's profit grows on sale of 787 Boeing facility

The Dallas Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

Vought Aircraft Industries posted a $238.6 million profit during the third quarter thanks to the impact of the company deciding to discontinue operations at a 787 Boeing operations center in South Carolina that the company agreed to sell over the summer.

Who's Thinking Boeing's Thoughts?

Experimental Philosophy (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Consider the following sentence: “After Boeing lost the Army contract, Boeing expected to have to lay off workers.” Now, consider this sentence: “After Boeing lost the Army contract, Boeing felt anxious about having to lay off workers.” Some recent work...

Ford's Mulally (formerly of Boeing) is Automobile's man of the year

James Wallace on Aerospace (Free subscription) | yesterday

Ford Motor Co. President and Chief Executive Alan Mulally (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)In these times of delayed aircraft programs and assembly lines going to South Carolina, many Boeing employees have expressed nostalgia for Alan Mulally, who left his post as head of Boeing Commercial Airplanes to take over Ford Motor Co. in 2006.So it's probably salt in the wound to mention...

Boeing Prepares Wedgetail For Delivery

Aviation Now (Free subscription) | yesterday

The company says the CMDC testing, conducted in September and October off the Washington state coast and over Puget Sound, Wash., form a major element of the final verification of the aircraft’s overall electronic warfare self-protection capability. As well as the BAE Systems-Boeing developed CMDS chaff and flare system, the Royal Australian Air Force Wedgetails are equipped with LAIRCM (Large...