List/Grid Tag Archives: Boeing
Rupert Pearce: Boeing Finishes Platform, Payload Tests on Inmarsat-5 Satellites
Boeing has completed on-orbit testing ofand delivered the first of four contracted Inmarsat-5 satellites for Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress mobile broadband network, with the remaining three scheduled for launch between late 2014 and 2016….
Boeing-Led Aerospace Research Team Develops Airplane Wireless, Network Tech; Mike Sinnett Comments
Boeing collaborated with Wipro, HCL Technologies and the Indian Institute of Science to develop a wireless antenna and sensor system for commercial and noncommercial aircraft, CIOL reported Monday. The India-based Aerospace Network Research…
Lianne Stein: Boeing to Help Promote Bioenergy Crop Production in South Africa
Boeing, South African Airways and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials will collaborate to encourage small farm owners to produce environmentally-sustainable crops for biofuel use. The alliance will offer training programs…
Craig Tylski: Field Aviation Tests Boeing Aircraft for Maritime Surveillance
A Boeing aircraft designed for coastal search and rescue, anti-piracy and border security applications took its maiden test flight on Friday. Boeing partner Field Aviation launched the maritime surveillance aircraft…
Boeing Receives On-Orbit Signals from its GPS Satellite; Craig Cooning Comments
Boeing has received initial signals from its global positioning system satellite from space following the spacecraft’s Thursday launch. The GPS IIF 5 satellite was launched into space aboard a United Launch…
Report: Australia to Buy 8 Boeing Poseidon Spy Planes
Australia plans to buy eight P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance planes built by Boeing for approximately $4 billion, the Herald Sun reported Friday. Jennifer Rajca writes that the first of the…
ITT Expands Aerospace Services in China; Munish Nanda Comments
ITT Corp. has added an authorized provider of aftermarket services to aerospace customers in China as the company looks to expand its global aircraft support business. An ITT-authorized service center…
Boeing to Tap Employee Ideas for Defense Unit Accelerator
Boeing will launch a business accelerator with the goal of finding employees that have ideas for technology products that the company could commercialize, the St. Louis Business Journal reported Thursday….
Rockwell Collins Unveils Weather Threat Radar Tech; Steve Timm Comments
Rockwell Collins has introduced a new atmospheric threat detection technology offering for air transit customers. The MultiScan ThreatTrack weather radar is built with the Predictive Overflight protection system to warn pilots…
Steve Capps: Air Force to Buy Boeing Radios for Secure SATCOM, Voice Connections
Boeing has received a $24 million order from the U.S. Air Force for handheld radios that are intended for search-and-rescue operations. The Combat Survivor Evader Locator radio system is built…
Virginia Barnes: Boeing Looks to AMRO in ‘Next-Gen’ Space Supplier Search
Boeing will mentor metallic structure maker AMRO Fabricating Corp. under a three-year agreement as part of a mentor-protege program run by NASA. AMRO produces aluminum alloy panels for Boeing’s Space…
Boeing Taps Intl Cyber Firm SecurityMatters to Monitor Network Assets; Sandro Etalle Comments
Boeing will deploy Dutch cybersecurity company SecurityMatters’ intrusion detection system as part of the defense contractor’s enterprise network sentinel platform designed to identify vulnerabilities in information systems architecture. SilentDefense ICS…
Northrop Marks 100 Growler Electronic Attack Kit Deliveries; Doug Shaffer Comments
Northrop Grumman has completed the delivery of 100 airborne electronic attack kits to Boeing, the prime contractor of the U.S. Navy’s Growler aircraft program. The AEA kit is built for troops…
Boeing Receives Signal from in Orbit Tracking and Relay Satellite; Craig Cooning Comments
Boeing’s tracking and data relay satellite has transmitted its first signals from space after its launch on Jan. 23. The TDRS-L is the fifth satellite that Boeing built for various…
Boeing Awards Inmarsat Satellite Antennas Subcontract to Harris
Boeing has awarded an 18-month follow-on subcontract to Harris Corp. to build Ka-band antennas for a fourth satellite under Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress mobile broadband service program. Harris will supply Boeing… Read more »