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  • Boeing Opens Factory for Composite Military Aircraft Parts; Ted Colbert Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Opens Factory for Composite Military Aircraft Parts; Ted Colbert Quoted

    Boeing has completed the construction of a Mesa, Arizona, facility to make composite aircraft components for military customers. The company said Tuesday its research and development division, Phantom Works, will operate the 155,000-square-foot Advanced Composite Fabrication Center beginning in the fall. ACFC personnel will use advanced manufacturing and digital engineering methods in support of new combat […] More

  • Boeing's Starliner Spacecraft Reaches International Space Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Reaches International Space Station

    The Boeing-built CST-100 Starliner spacecraft completed its docking to the International Space Station Friday as part of the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission under a partnership with NASA. The reusable spacecraft reached the ISS a day after it launched atop a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, Boeing […] More

  • Boeing's Starliner Spacecraft Begins 2nd Orbital Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Begins 2nd Orbital Flight Test

    A Boeing-built reusable spacecraft carrying more than 800 pounds of crew supplies and cargo lifted off Thursday as part of the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission to the International Space Station under a partnership with NASA. The CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launched aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket from a space launch complex at Cape […] More

  • Boeing Launches T-7A Red Hawk Trainer Jet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Launches T-7A Red Hawk Trainer Jet

    Boeing has introduced a digitally designed trainer jet that is set for delivery to the U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday it developed and tested the T-7A Red Hawk aircraft using digital engineering, agile software development and advanced manufacturing. The trainer jet, which comes with open architecture software to accommodate future mission requirements, features […] More

  • Boeing to Deploy Dassault Systems Digital Tool Across Defense, Space Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Deploy Dassault Systems Digital Tool Across Defense, Space Programs

    Boeing will implement a digital platform from Dassault Systemes across defense, space and commercial aviation programs as part of an extended partnership with the latter company. Dassault’s 3DEXPERIENCE platform works to manage product lifecycle and manufacturing operations through process and product simulation and elimination of risks prior to production, Dassault said Tuesday. Boeing will field the […] More

  • Research Firm ExecRank Puts GovCon Leaders on 'Top CIO for 2014’ List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research Firm ExecRank Puts GovCon Leaders on ‘Top CIO for 2014’ List

    Research and advisory firm ExecRank has unveiled its annual list of 250 of the “Top CIOs for 2014,” a ranking of chief information officers across all industries that evaluates these leaders across 24 different categories. For this exercise, ExecRank says it developed a series of algorithms over three years to measure executive performance and predict future executive […] More