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Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), accepted her fourth consecutive Wash100 Award from Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic on Monday. Caret received her fourth Wash100 Award for her continued leadership in the development of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, winning major defense contracts for the company and accelerating influential aerospace technology. 

Benjamin Thomas, director of product lines, strategy and integration team at Boeing, has been named president of VSE's aviation segment in a move that takes effect mid-October. He joined Boeing in October 2018 upon its acquisition of aviation parts and services provider KLX, where he previously served as a corporate vice president.

General Electric's aviation subsidiary has produced and delivered an initial batch of engines for installation on the F-15EX fighter aircraft Boeing is building for the U.S. Air Force.

Michele Evans, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin's aeronautics segment and 2020 Wash100 awardee, does not consider the U.S. Air Force's move to replace aging F-15 jets with a modernized derivative from Boeing as a potential threat to the F-35 mission capability, Defense One reported Friday.

Persistent Systems used its mobile ad hoc networking technology to provide mobile connectivity support for the U.S. Air Force's second on-ramp experiment with the Advanced Battle Management System.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 2, 2020 — Leanne Caret, head of Boeing's (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, said the company invested in advanced manufacturing and digital engineering technologies to support its work on the Navy MQ-25 unmanned tanker and the Air Force T-7 trainer, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 18.

U.S. Special Operations Command has received a MH-47G Block II Chinook from Boeing, the first of 24 helicopters the military organization ordered under a $265M contract.

Boeing is close to completing assembly of crew and service modules for the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft that will fly a second time on an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Boeing and NASA are planning to conduct another uncrewed flight test of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station following issues during the first test in December, Reuters reported Tuesday.

Boeing has added a 20th F/A-18 Super Hornet from the U.S. Navy to a program aimed at extending the service life expectancy of the branch's multirole fighter jets.

A reusable space plane manufactured by Boeing and managed by the Department of the U.S. Air Force's Rapid Capabilities Office has won an award from the National Aeronautic Association for missions that have helped advance flight and space exploration technology.

Northrop Grumman has performed the initial ground test of a graphite epoxy motor designed to power the Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle being developed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin's joint venture United Launch Alliance.

Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance and a previous Wash100 awardee, said he believes the company offered competitive pricing in its bid for the second phase of the U.S. Space Force’s National Security Space Launch program, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.

Boeing has secured a six-year, $50M contract to update the U.S. Air Force's airborne warning and control system with an internet protocol-based communication technology.

Boeing has secured a contract from SES to develop four more 702X satellites for the latter’s satellite constellation in the medium-Earth orbit.