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    Boeing, Verizon Invest in AI Tech Developer SparkCognition

    The venture businesses of Boeing and Verizon have invested in SparkCognition to help the Austin, Texas-based company further develop information technology applications through artificial intelligence and machine learning methods. Boeing said Monday its ventures arm HorizonX joined an investment group, led by Verizon Ventures, to support a $32 million initial funding round for SparkCognition. SparkCognition develops machine learning and analytics tools […] More

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    Navy, Australia Order Boeing F/A-18 Retrofit Kits

    Boeing has received a $48.9 million delivery order to provide retrofit kits for the F/A-18 Hornet jets of the U.S. Navy and Australia. The order will support an engineering change proposal under the combat aircraft’s trailing edge flap retrofit redesign program, the Defense Department said Monday. DoD noted the full obligated amount at the time of award […] More

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    Textron’s AAI Subsidiary to Extend UAS ISR Services for USSOCOM

    Textron‘s AAI Corp. subsidiary will perform mid-endurance unmanned aircraft system intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services for the U.S. Special Operations Command under a $30 million contract modification. The Defense Department said Monday the award extends the contract period by up to 12 months and increases the contract value to a maximum of $105 million. AAI will extend […] More

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    Strategic Mission Systems to Support Air Force E-4B Fleet Comms Under $73M IDIQ

    Strategic Mission Systems has secured a seven-year, $73.1 million contract to provide national and nuclear communications support for the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of E-4B command-and-control aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday the contract covers management, engineering services, field service representatives, facilities operations and management, software engineering services and material support. Work will occur at Offutt Air Force […] More

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    Insitu Integrates High Accuracy Photogrammetry Payload on ScanEagle UAV for Broad Area Surveillance

    Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, has integrated a 50-megapixel camera onto the ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle to help offer high accuracy photogrammetric aerial imagery and broad area surveillance capacity. The company said Thursday that the imagery payload is part of Insitu’s INEXA Solutions suite of remote sensing products and services that work to help enterprise clients […] More

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    Dan Schultz: Lockheed Sees Germany, Israel, Japan as Potential CH-53K Helicopter Buyers

    Lockheed Martin expects Germany and Israel to place orders for the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter, Reuters reported Wednesday. Dan Schultz, president of Lockheed’s Sikorsky helicopter unit, told reporters at the Paris Airshow that Japan could potentially follow suit since the country flies an earlier version of the helicopter. Schultz noted that Israel has requested pricing for 20 helicopters. Germany’s […] More

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    Boeing Predicts Aerospace Services Demand Growth Over Next 10 Years

    Boeing forecasts that the demand for government and commercial aerospace services will reach $2.6 trillion over the next decade. The company’s services market outlook unveiled Tuesday at the Paris Air Show shows potential growth in several aviation service areas such as information services and analytics; maintenance, engineering and upgrades; and professional services and training, Boeing […] More

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    Boeing Taps ViaSat for Apache Link 16 Terminal Production

    ViaSat has received a four-year contract to provide small tactical terminals for AH-64E Apache Guardian aircraft Boeing is producing for the U.S. Army and foreign military sales clients. ViaSat said Tuesday  it will deliver at least 534 KOR-24A Link 16 terminals to Boeing under the contract’s base period of performance. “This award, along with other customers for […] More

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    Boeing to Extend Support for India’s P-8I Fleet

    Boeing has secured a three-year contract to extend support for the Indian navy’s fleet of P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft. The company said Monday it will provide engineering, support and planning services as well as material support to a 737-based component services program. Stephen Schmidt, manager of Boeing’s P-8I sustainment program, said the contract will build on Boeing’s […] More

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    Boeing’s Chris Ahsmann Named to NCOIC Board; Harry Raduege Comments

    Chris Ahsmann, vice president of mission systems at Boeing’s defense, space and security segment, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium. He will replace the retiring Rick Baily, VP of Boeing’s test and evaluation business, NCOIC said Thursday. Ahsmann “has a global perspective as well as diverse experience […] More

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    Report: DARPA, Boeing to Test, Launch Reusable Spaceplane at Cape Canaveral

    Rick Weiss, a spokesperson for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has said Cape Canaveral in Florida will serve as the site for flight tests and launch operations for a hypersonic aircraft to be developed under DARPA’s Experimental Spaceplane program, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. DARPA partnered with Boeing in May to build an unmanned reusable spaceplane – […] More

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    2 Boeing Subsidiaries Partner for VIP Flight Services to Air Mobility Command

    A team composed of Boeing subsidiaries Tapestry Solutions and Jeppesen has secured a potential five-year, $28 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide  executive airlift flight dispatch services to the Air Mobility Command. Tapestry said Wednesday the team will help AMC transport very important persons such as the U.S. president, vice president, first lady, cabinet leaders, Congress members, senior military leaders […] More