A Houston-based space exploration learning center has received more than $2 million from Boeing since 1992 as part of the company's investment in educational programs to promote the science, technology, engineering and math fields to young people. Space Center Houston initiatives have drawn at least 250,000 educators and students worldwide each year, Boeing said Thursday.

A fleet of military production tiltrotor aircraft made by Textron subsidiary Bell Textron and Boeing has flown over 600,000 hours while providing warfighters support to maintain their mission readiness and provide transportation for cargo and personnel. The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft's range, speed, maneuverability and logistical capability provide warfighters with versatile and cost-effective service, Bell said Wednesday.

Boeing has commenced an effort to update the U.S. Navy's fleet of EA-18G Growler aircraft, which operates to jam the communications of enemy forces. The company said Friday it will modify the aircraft's architecture in both mission system and structural aspects over a five-year period.

Boeing's Insitu subsidiary held a flight demonstration for the ScanEagle3 unmanned aerial vehicle in December to evaluate the drone's initial performance traits such as climb rate and aerodynamic characteristics. The company said Sunday the UAV was equipped with an all-electric, hydrogen-fueled proton exchange membrane fuel cell during the test to power its flight.

Boeing has completed a hot-fire test of the cryogenic core stage the company built for NASA's Space Launch System rocket. The company and NASA performed the test at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Thursday as part of the Green Run test campaign and collected data that will be used in the certification of the core stage for flight.

The U.S. Air Force is working with Boeing, Raytheon Technologies and the latter company's Collins Aerospace business in efforts to modernize communication systems of the E-4B strategic command and control aircraft platform.

The Loyal Wingman, an unmanned aircraft Boeing developed for the Australian air force, took its first flight to demonstrate system functionality and design for crewed-uncrewed teaming missions. “We're honored to be opening this part of aviation's future with the Royal Australian Air Force, and we look forward to showing others how they also could benefit from our loyal wingman capabilities," said Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing's defense, space and security business and a 2021 Wash100 awardee.

Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, received the Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for the fifth consecutive time after being named to the 2021 Wash100. Be sure to visit GovConWire to read Leanne Caret's full 2021 Wash100 Award profile.

Astronics has received subcontracts from Boeing to deliver electronic circuit breaker units and exterior lights in support of the U.S. Navy's MQ-25 aerial refueling drone fleet.

Boeing and the University of Queensland in Australia have concluded testing activities for a surface coating on the International Space Station that works to mitigate infections caused by elements like the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

A multirole fighter jet built by Boeing flew for the first time Tuesday at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Missouri for the evaluation of the aircraft's digital backbone and its mission preparedness.

New Jersey-based Marotta Controls will produce an electromechanical technology that would help Boeing and the U.S. Navy demonstrate carrier-based supersonic weapons. Marotta said Tuesday it designed a control actuator system for the Supersonic Propulsion Enabled Advanced Ramjet, a Navy-led project that aims to identify requirements for future weapons systems on aircraft carriers.

Audrey Allison, vice president for global spectrum management at Boeing, has been appointed to chair the Satellite Industry Association's board of directors. Ross Vincenti, associate general counsel at Intelsat, will support Allison as SIA's vice chair while Spire Global General Counsel Ananda Martin will manage the trade association's financial assets as treasurer, SIA said Tuesday.

Boeing will provide six more solar arrays for the International Space Station under a sustainment contract modification with NASA. The company said Monday it will deliver the arrays to boost ISS's power supply with over 120 kilowatts of solar electricity that will be used to power its systems and equipment and support public and private experiments and research in the station.

Boeing has wrapped up a critical design review for the exploration upper stage of a rocket built in support of NASA's Artemis I mission, and will now begin its transition to hardware build phase.