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Boeing, Oerlikon Form Titanium Additive Manufacturing Partnership
Boeing and Switzerland-based technology and engineering firm Oerlikon have agreed to collaborate on the development of standard metal-based 3D printing processes and materials. The companies will use the data from their collaboration to help additive manufacturing companies qualify their 3D-printed metallic components for aerospace applications under a five-year agreement, Boeing said Tuesday. â€œThis agreement is […] More
by Jane Edwards February 21, 2018, 3:06 am
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Singularity University Gets Boeing Investment to Create Digital Education Opportunities
Boeing has invested in digital educational program provider Singularity University through a recent Series B funding round. The company said Thursday it plans to work with SU in efforts to customize educational programs for Boeing employees and add technical experts to the university’s faculty. Boeing’s HorizonX Ventures unit partnered withÂ WestRiver Group to lead the Series […] More
by Ramona Adams February 16, 2018, 5:21 am
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Report: Boeing Shows Interest in Canadaâ€™s Fighter Jet Competition
Boeing has expressed interest to participate in a competition to produce 88 new fighter planes for Canada, Reuters reported Friday. The Canadian government set a Feb. 9 deadline for companies to show their interest to take part in the procurement effort that could be worth between approximately $12 billion and $15 billion and plans to […] More
by Jane Edwards February 16, 2018, 2:30 am
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DCMA Boeing Seattle Team Delivers P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to Australia
A five-member team from the Defense Contract Management Agency embarked on a more than 9,400-mile journey to deliver a Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon military aircraft to Australiaâ€™s air force on Jan. 12, DCMA reported Wednesday. The more than 24-hour flight marks DCMAâ€™s first direct foreign military aircraft delivery through the Poseidon program. The DCMA Boeing Seattle […] More
by Jane Edwards February 15, 2018, 4:12 am
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Boeing Secures $61M Contract for Japanese AWACS Upgrade Installation, Checkout
Boeing has secured a potential $60.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to support installation and checkout ofÂ a mission computing upgrade to Japan’sÂ airborne warning and control systems aircraft. The company will install and inspect the upgrades for four Japanese E-767 aircraft and related ground systems, the Defense Department said Monday. USAF awarded Boeing aÂ $403 […] More
by Joanna Crews February 13, 2018, 2:41 am
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Air Force Preps Second RFP for Follow-On GPS III Devt Competition
The U.S. Air ForceÂ is due to release a solicitation notice this week for the second phase of an industry competition to produce the service branch’s 11th and succeedingÂ GPS IIIÂ satellites, Inside Defense reported Thursday. Boeing,Â Northrop GrummanÂ and Lockheed MartinÂ submitted separate proposals in 2016 for the production of up toÂ 22 space vehicles under the GPS III program. […] More
by Joanna Crews February 12, 2018, 10:47 am
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Report: Air Force Mulls JSTARS Recap Program Cancellation
The U.S. Air Force plans to put an end to the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft recapitalization program in its budget request for fiscal 2019, Defense News reported Saturday. Sources told the publication the service will instead advance a â€œsystem-of-systems approachâ€ that seeks to combine existing platforms to carry out command-and-control functions and […] More
by Jane Edwards February 12, 2018, 5:40 am
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NASA to Discuss Crewed Flight Contingency Option With Boeing, SpaceX
Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of human exploration and operations at NASA, has said the agency is considering crew rotation missions as one option to address a schedule gap that may arise ifÂ Commercial Crew Program contractors experience spacecraft certification delays, SpaceNews reported Friday. He told SpaceNews in an interview that NASA will discuss with Boeing and […] More
by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 12, 2018, 3:15 am
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Air Force Orders Boeing Ordnance Penetrators
Boeing has received a potential $20.9 million contract to supply the U.S. Air Force with GBU-57Â massive ordnance penetrators designed to target concrete bunkers and tunnels. The service branch will obligate the full contract amount from its fiscal 2016 production funds at the time of award and the company will perform work through July 31, 2020, […] More
by Joanna Crews February 9, 2018, 2:36 am
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Patrick Shanahan: DoD Could Introduce New Cyber Hygiene Standards for Companies
Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has said the Defense Department could initiate new measures that may require companies and their suppliers to carry out cyber hygiene practices to better protect the agencyâ€™s critical data assets from threat actors, National Defense reported Tuesday. â€œWe want the bar to be set so high, it will become the […] More
by Jane Edwards February 8, 2018, 7:59 am
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INSA Names 6 GovCon Execs to Board of Directors
The Intelligence and National Security AllianceÂ has appointed six government contracting industry executives to its board of directors to help oversee INSAâ€™s business operations and strategic planning efforts. INSA Chairman Letitia LongÂ said in a statement published Tuesday the six new directorsâ€™ experience and commitment to public-private partnerships will help the alliance respond to industry and develop […] More
by Neel Mehta February 8, 2018, 12:00 am
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Air Force Integrates Lockheed-Built Extended Range Standoff Missile on F-15E Aircraft
The extended range variant of Lockheed Martin‘sÂ Joint Air-to-Surface StandoffÂ Missile became fully operational onÂ the U.S. Air Force‘sÂ F-15E Strike EagleÂ aircraft. JASSM-ER reached full operational capability status on the Boeing-built multirole fighter after the service branch’s Seek Eagle Office completed the weapon integration process under the Suite 8 Operational Flight Program, Lockheed said Tuesday. The ER missile system […] More
by Mary-Louise Hoffman February 7, 2018, 11:25 am