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Auditors Echo Call For U.S. Air Force To Re-Test Boeing, Northrupp Grumann Tankers

Reuters | Jim Wolf | Posted 06.26.2008 | Business


U.S. auditors urged the Air Force Wednesday to rerun its marathon, $35 billion competition for refueling aircraft, upholding a protest by losing bidde...

The Legacy of TWA Flight 800

Robert Davey | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


Robert Davey

Whether the FAA has the nerve to impose a new expense of hundreds of thousands of dollars per aircraft remains to be seen. Whether the rule is necessary is another question.

China establishes company to make its own jumbo jets

AP | Posted 05.19.2008 | Business


BEIJING — China has established a homegrown company to make passenger jumbo jets, state media reported Sunday _ a step forward in the country's ...

Boeing Delays 787 Debut For Third Time

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business


CHICAGO — Boeing Co. pushed back its oft-delayed 787 jetliner by another six months Wednesday, postponing the jet's debut in commercial service ...

Boeing To Protest Air Tanker Contract

The Politico | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Boeing plans to file a protest with the Government Accountability Office on Tuesday, contesting the Air Force's decision to award a $35 billion air ta...

Angry Boeing Supporters In Congress Targeting McCain

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — Angry Boeing supporters are vowing revenge against Republican presidential candidate John McCain over Chicago-based Boeing's loss o...

Boeing Weighing Protest Of Air Force Tanker Deal

Reuters | Jim Wolf | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Boeing Co (BA.N) said on Friday it would seriously consider challenging a U.S. Air Force snub that gave a $35 billion aerial-refueling program to a t...

Air Force Tanker Deal Leaves Congress In Turmoil

Reuters | Kevin Drawbaugh | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


A U.S. Air Force decision awarding a $35 billion aircraft contract to a team including the European parent of Airbus landed like a bomb in Congress o...

Will Boeing's 787 Be Safe From Hackers?

AP | ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Before Boeing Co.'s new 787 jetliner gets the green light to fly passengers, the aircraft maker will have to prove that offering Internet access in th...

Northrop Grumman Bids To Build Humvees For U.S. Military

Wall Street Journal | August Cole | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking a contract potentially valued at billions of dollars to build vehicles to replace the Humvees that now provide basic...

Airbus, Boeing: Jet Orders At Peak, Demand To Dwindle In '08

Bloomberg | Andrea Rothman, Massoud A. Derhally | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Airbus SAS and Boeing Co., the world's two largest planemakers, said 2007 will prove a peak year for orders, beating a record set in 2005, before dema...

Dubai's DAE Orders $27.2 Bil Worth Of Planes From Airbus, Boeing

Wall Street Journal | J. LYNN LUNSFORD, DANIEL MICHAELS and STEFANIA BIANCHI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, a state-owned group created in 2006, Monday announced orders for as many as 100 planes each from Airbus and Boeing Co. for...

British Airways Places Biggest Order For Planes In 9 Years

AP | Jane Wardell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


British Airways PLC divided its largest aircraft order in nine years between rivals Airbus and Boeing Co. on Thursday as the airline prepares to incre...