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National Defense March 2015 Valerie Insinna	Boeing Under Mounting Pressure To Deliver New Tanker Failure to deliver an initial 18 combat-ready KC-46A tankers by August 2017 could cut into the company's profits.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005	Honeywell chooses Green Hills operating system for 787 The Boeing 787 will use the Integrity-178B operating system to manage its flight control electronics, including autopilot and the fly-by-wire control surfaces.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006 John McHale	Boeing manned/unmanned light helicopter uses latest digital technology The A/MH-6X Little Bird is said to offer exciting new possibilities for an already outstanding platform. The most significant modifications are to the cockpit avionics and electrical systems.
National Defense September 2006 Robert H. Williams	Cargo Door Opens in Flight This modification to the Dash 8, Series 300 aircraft permits parachute drops in military or fire smokejumper applications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008	BAE Systems Chosen to Upgrade Situational Awareness on Military Aircraft BAE Systems will modify more than 100 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve A-10A aircraft stationed around the United States before the end of this year.
National Defense August 2004 Harold Kennedy	Air Force Strives to Cope With Delayed Tanker Lease U.S. Air Force officials are trying to figure out how to proceed in the aftermath of the Defense Secretary's decision to postpone the leasing 100 Boeing KC-767A tanker transport aircraft as replacements for its aging KC-135 Stratotankers.
Popular Mechanics December 15, 2009 Matt Molnar	Boeing 787 Dreamliner Finally Gets Off the Ground Boeing today sent its new 787 Dreamliner on her maiden test flight, marking the first time a mostly composite airliner has taken to the air.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2005 John S. McClenahen	Sky Wars The plane truth is Airbus and Boeing are battling for control of commercial aviation. And there is a possibility that an innovative third major player could join the fray. Here's some history and what the next five years promise.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004	Product applications Boeing uses Green Hills software for unmanned combat air system... Lockheed Martin picks Curtiss-Wright to integrate radar components... Boeing picks Thales for 7E7 cockpit displays... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006	Boeing Taps Dow-Key RF Switching Technology for New 787 Dreamliner Boeing anticipates releasing the new 787 Dreamliner for service in 2008. When it came to outfitting the new aircraft's Traffic Collision Avoidance System, or TCAS-II, Boeing turned to its longtime supplier of RF switches, Dow-Key Microwave Corp.
National Defense August 2014 Eric Braganca	Affordable Options Available to Upgrade Military Helicopters While many portions of the defense budget are shrinking, the portion allocated to purchasing helicopters is falling through the floor over the next few years.
National Defense December 2005 Stew Magnuson	Training Fleet Sees Slow but Steady Progress The U.S. Air Force is about four years away from completing a two decade-long process of revamping its fleet of training aircraft, according to service officials.
National Defense March 2011 Stew Magnuson	Army Ponders Chinook Replacement As Upgrades Continue The F-models, which are produced at Boeing's Philadelphia factory, may be in service until 2040, or beyond. Yet the Army believes the time is now to begin looking at its future replacement.
Popular Mechanics January 2007 Jeff Wise	Tech Watch: The Next Big Wing Boeing's new X-48B is aviation stripped down to the basics -- all wing, with no tail and no distinct fuselage.
Popular Mechanics February 9, 2010 Matt Molnar	Boeing's Biggest Bird Takes to the Skies The largest commercial aircraft ever built in the United States, the Boeing 747-8, took off on its maiden flight Monday afternoon.
Popular Mechanics April 3, 2008 Brian Lisi	Boeing Soars With First Fuel-Cell Plane Test, but Don't Count on Hydrogen Flights Soon The first-ever manned aircraft powered by a hydrogen fuel cell successfully completed a flight in Spain this year.
Popular Mechanics September 2007 David Noland	10 Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation Here are eight crashes and two emergency landings whose influence is felt -- for the good -- each time you step on a plane.
The Motley Fool October 1, 2004 Brian Gorman	Boeing Beware The plane maker needs to stay on its toes if it hopes to make the 7E7 a success. Shareholders are kept on edge.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010	Boeing B-52 Upgraded with CONECT System Makes First Test Flight The Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) from Boeing will give B-52 bomber crews the ability to receive and send real-time digital information during their missions.
The Motley Fool March 13, 2008 Rich Smith	Quit Crying, Boeing Boeing has filed its long-anticipated protest on the KC-X Tanker contract with the U.S. Air Force.
National Defense March 2010 Grace V. Jean	Taking 'Heads-Up' Displays to the Next Level Scientists are developing technologies to give aviators better in-flight information on wearable displays that untether them from stationary screens.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2006	Boeing Uses Dow-Key Microwave Switches in 787 Dreamliner The 787's Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS-II) is equipped with Dow-Key's RF switching technology, as is the case with all of Boeing's commercial fleet of aircraft.
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Stanley Holmes	A Silver Lining For Boeing Losing a controversial tanker contract could represent a serious financial blow to Boeing. But there is a silver lining. Boeing may now have the chance to further develop an alternative plane known as the Blended Wing Body -- an aircraft that looks like a flying wing.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2008 Rich Smith	Boeing's Boffo Day Good news comes in pairs.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2004 Brian Gorman	Boeing's Ship Comes In Boeing's new contract to build aircraft for the Navy continues its string of positive news. The company's prospects remain good, but investors may want to wait for the shares to descend a bit before piling on board.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing vs. Northrop: Round 3 The Boeing-Northrop auction action heats up again.
National Defense June 2013 Insinna & Tadjdeh	Air Force Making Headway on Fuel Efficiency Goals The Air Force is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The service requires massive amounts of fuel to power its aircraft, but in a budget crunch, officials know they must curb consumption in order to save money and be less susceptible to a volatile oil market.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Boeing on the Radar In advance of quarterly reports, analysts expect Boeing to show a big jump in earnings.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing's Endless Nightmare Second quarter earnings report from Boeing stand out for what they didn't tell us.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2009	Parvus Rugged Display Systems Selected for Navy P-8a Maritime Patrol Aircraft Parvus will supply the flight test display (FTD) and the instrumentation crew station control panel (ICCP) for the Poseidon aircraft.
Aviation History January 2007	Letter From the swashbuckling days of the post-World War I barnstormers to long-distance flying feats such as Charles Lindbergh's iconic solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, the appeal of flight was on a dizzying climb.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Rich Smith	Northrop Beats Boeing Not in the big race (yet), but in the warm-up.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2005 John McHale	ISR to Develop System for Thermal Management on Aging Military Aircraft Engineers at ISR, are developing next-generation common thermal-management systems for the U.S. Air Force current and future aircraft.
National Defense October 2014 Dan Parsons	International Chinook Sales Poised to Keep Boeing Humming Troops and military leaders from more than a dozen nations got a taste of what the Boeing Chinook helicopter can do by riding around in U.S. aircraft during combat in Afghanistan.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2010 Rich Smith	Boeing: First in Space, in Air, and in Between Will Boeing make satellites obsolete?
CIO March 1, 2004	Turn Off That Phone! - Airline Safety Flight navigation disrupted. Instrument readings corrupted. Cockpit radio communications confused. All because some people didn't turn off their mobile phones.
National Defense June 2006 Robert H. Williams	Navy Surveillance Aircraft Achieves Test Milestone Wind-tunnel tests for the Navy P-8A multi-mission maritime aircraft went off without a hitch at an Air Force test facility, says the Boeing Company.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2011 John Grgurich	1 Thing Investors Need to Know About Boeing's 787 Landing Gear Incident New jetliners often experience problems. So long as Boeing hops right on this issue and stays on top of it -- both from an engineering and a public relations perspective -- the company will be fine.
National Defense December 2012 Stew Magnuson	Boeing, Air Force Turn Page on Controversial Tanker Program The Boeing Co. in September opened the first of five planned systems integration laboratories for the Air Force's new KC-46 aerial refueling tanker program.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2011 Rich Smith	Boeing's Truly Excellent Problem Boeing confirms that it's seriously considering increasing the production rate on its 737 single-aisle transport aircraft.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005 John McHale	AD Aerospace Gains MD-80 certification for FlightVu system AD Aerospace's FlightVu Cockpit Door Monitoring System now has a Supplemental Type Certificate for retrofit installation on the Boeing MD-80 series and DC-9 aircraft.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2007 John McHale	Boeing Prepares Fuel-Cell-Powered Airplane for Ground and Flight Testing Boeing researchers and industry partners plan to flight test a piloted airplane this year powered only by a fuel cell and lightweight batteries in an effort to develop clean technologies for aerospace applications.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2008 Rich Smith	Let's Play Boeing Ball! For weeks, airplane magnate Boeing has complained about the Pentagon's planned rebid of a contract to build scores of new KC-X aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006 J.R. Wilson	New-Generation MIL-STD-1553 Garners Armed Services' Support The venerable MIL-STD-1553 databus is about to make a quantum leap into the 21st century, having endured unchanged on an estimated one million applications during the most dramatic two decades of technological change in human history.
National Defense April 2009 Robert H. Williams	Sophisticated Flight Simulator Is Off the Ground A fully immersive cockpit simulator for the Navy's E-6B command, control and communications aircraft is now operational.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2008	In Brief Boeing submits bid for Space Situational Awareness program... U.S. Navy awards contract extension to General Dynamics... Raytheon to develop next-generation DCGS integration backbone architecture... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2009	CMC Electronics Offers GPS-Based Aircraft Landing System CMC is offering the IntegriFlight CMA-5024 aviation global positioning system (GPS) receiver, which has received federal certification in the United States and Canada for GPS-based aircraft instrument landings.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2011 Katie Spence	Broken Promises Do Not Make Investors Smile Can Boeing pull it together?
National Defense October 2009 Grace Jean	Technologies to Help Aircraft Avoid Mid-Air Collisions Recent flight tests of newly developed technologies are proving that it is possible to fly manned and unmanned aircraft safely in the same airspace.