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Written by Valerie Insinna

Category: Boeing

Published: 01 March 2021

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force’s top general wants to take a deliberative approach to replacing its aging E-3 airborne early warning and control planes. In other words, he isn’t ready to commit to the Boeing-made E-7 Wedgetail, despite support from the service’s top general in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Written by JAMIE HUNTER

Category: Boeing

Published: 10 February 2021

“We were confident that in the first 15 minutes of this flight we were going to be up to Mach 2, and that’s exactly what we did,” said Boeing’s F-15 Chief Test Pilot Matt “Phat” Giese who was at the controls for the maiden flight of the first new F-15EX for the U.S. Air Force on February 2, 2021. Giese and fellow test pilot Mike “Houdini” Quintini flew F-15EX-1, as it is known internally, from the Boeing facility at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis,.

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Written by Valerie Insinna

Category: Boeing

Published: 04 February 2021

Boeing’s first F-15EX took to the skies for its inaugural flight on Feb. 2, a milestone that will allow the company to deliver the first two planes to the U.S. Air Force by the end of March. After a couple of hours of delays due to weather — which also held up plans to conduct a first flight on Feb. 1 — Boeing test pilot Matt “Phat” Giese took off from Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, Missouri, at approximately 1:57 p.m. EST.

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Category: Boeing

Published: 21 January 2021

A Brisbane real-time radiation monitoring solution has hit the jackpot, selected as one of 10 global startups from 200 applicants for the sustainability-focused ATI Boeing UK Accelerator program, which includes a global mentoring network and a $175,000 Boeing investment. SensaWeb, based at Karana Downs, west of Brisbane – which provides world-first, specialised sensor-as-a-service ionising radiation monitoring for their worldwide clients –

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Written by Christen McCurdy

Category: Boeing

Published: 14 January 2021

Boeing received a $1.7 billion contract this week to build 12 KC-46A tanker aircraft for the Air Force. According to Boeing, this is the sixth production lot of the tankers and is designed to bring new capabilities and operational flexibility to the Air Force and other customers. "The investments Boeing is making in the KC-46 today will benefit generations of service members," said Jamie Burgess, Boeing KC-46 tanker vice president and program manager.

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Written by John Keller

Category: Boeing

Published: 13 January 2021

U.S. Navy carrier aviation experts are asking the Boeing Co. to build ground control stations for the U.S. Navy MQ-25 unmanned refueling aircraft under terms of a $198 million order announced late last month. The MQ-25 is the U.S. Navy's first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft and is designed to provide a much-needed refueling capability, Boeing officials say.

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Written by Christen McCurdy

Category: Boeing

Published: 03 January 2021

Boeing was awarded a $189.3 million contract modification Thursday for repairs and support equipment of the F-15's Eagle Passive Active Warning and Survivability System. Per the Pentagon's contract announcement, the deal modifies an earlier contract for low-rate initial production to add funding for property repair, acquisition of support equipment, technical Made by BAE Systems.

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Category: Boeing

Published: 21 December 2020

Boeing [NYSE:BA] Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have completed the first high-speed taxi test of the Loyal Wingman in preparation for first flight. Boeing test personnel monitored the aircraft’s performance and instrumentation from a ground control station to verify the functionality while the vehicle reached accelerated speeds. The uncrewed aircraft has been undergoing low-, medium-, and high-speed taxi testing at a remote test location in Australia.