Boeing has partnered with Norwegian aerospace and defense company Nammo to conduct ground-fire tests of the Ramjet 155 extended-range artillery projectile designed to enable precision fires from long distances for the U.S. Army. The partnership conducted the three-month tests in Norway to validate gun-launched survivability and performance predictions and expand the projectile’s employment envelope, Boeing […] More

Boeing has invested in NextFlex to expand the workforce development programs of the Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute in nine regions where the company manufacturing hubs are located. The FlexFactor and Flex2Future– the high school and community college-focused programs of NextFlex– will gain $1.1 million from Boeing to help reach 7,000 students in New […] More

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

The Department of the Air Force has selected the Boeing-built E-7 Wedgetail aircraft to replace part of its fleet of E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system planes, the service reported Tuesday. The military branch said the selection was based on market research and that the E-7 Wedgetail platform could meet the Department of Defense’s […] More

A team consisting of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary and Boeing has selected Honeywell to provide auxiliary power units for the Defiant X helicopter. Defiant X is the Sikorsky-Boeing team’s helicopter offering for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program and is being evaluated in a digital combat environment, Honeywell said Monday. Honeywell will provide […] More

The joint venture of Boeing and Textron‘s Bell subsidiary received a third U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey to perform modifications on a key component that supports vertical takeoff and landing functions of the aircraft. Bell Boeing is working with the 727th Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron to update the tiltrotor military aircraft’s nacelle, Air Force […] More

Boeing will implement cloud computing and artificial intelligence platforms from Microsoft as part of a strategic collaboration that supports the planemaker’s digital transformation initiative. The companies said Wednesday in a joint statement that Boeing aims to update its business processes and drive aerospace innovation with the use of data-driven technology. Specifically, the Chicago-based company plans […] More

Boeing’s Spectrolab subsidiary will produce, test and integrate approximately 4,000 NeXt Triple Junction Prime solar cells for a NASA space telescope named after the agency’s first chief astronomer, Nancy Grace Roman. NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is expected to launch no later than May 2027 to look for distant planets and investigate the expansion of the […] More

Boeing recently integrated elements of its ground-based military software communications software with an industry modem as part of the U.S. Space Force’s pathfinder program. The Protected Tactical Enterprise Service software showcased its message encryption, terminal interfacing, network management and virtualized mission planning capabilities during the integration event, the defense company said Monday. Set for initial […] More

A Boeing-led industry team will look into future concepts of air surveillance, command and control under a risk reduction and feasibility study contract from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency. The ABILITI team was tasked to provide technical concepts that could support the development of a replacement for NATO’s retiring E-3 Airborne Warning And Control […] More

Boeing has unveiled a new factory in El Segundo, California, where it will produce, integrate and evaluate small satellites for the company’s Millennium Space Systems subsidiary. The Millennium-led production line was established within Boeing’s 1-million-square-foot site for space and communications system-focused activities in the city, the parent company said Wednesday. The factory will have Millennium […] More

Boeing and Space Systems Command have concluded the critical design review of a prototype of a space-based hub intended to provide the military with anti-jam capability for secure satellite communications. The company said Wednesday its Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype achieved technical maturity based on the CDR ahead of the U.S. Space Force’s plan to launch […] More