Contrasting Boeing’s strategic direction against that of Airbus, which in 2020 unveiled concepts for liquid hydrogen fueled zero emissions airliners for potential entry-into-service in 2035, company CEO Dave Calhoun said SAFs are “the only answer between now and 2050.”
Sikorsky and Boeing have taken the wraps off their Defiant X offering for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft requirement, and the design differs only in detail externally from the SB-1 Defiant technology demonstrator now in flight test.
Spanish LCC Volotea ended commercial operations with its remaining eight Boeing 717-200 on Jan. 10 after nearly a decade of service with the Barcelona-based carrier.
The Apache will be introduced from 2025, Australian defense minister Linda Reynolds announced Jan. 15, adding that the Boeing helicopter represented the “most lethal, most survivable and lowest-risk” option.
Investors are still looking for signs of reassurances that Boeing is still protecting its ability to ultimately bounce back with new products later this decade.
Boeing secured agreements to sell new widebody freighters to Atlas Air and DHL Express, as strong air cargo demand continues to help offset weakness in commercial passenger aircraft sales.
The settlement between Boeing and the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) is not likely to generate many positive reactions from outside the two organizations.
While 2020 will go down largely as a year to forget for Boeing, the company’s tally of new build commercial freighter deliveries represents a 12-month record and a rare bright spot for the under-pressure manufacturer.
The British government’s decision not to charge tariffs imposed by the European Union (EU) on commercial airliners purchased from the U.S. has been given the cold shoulder by trade representatives in Washington.
Top-tier manufacturers and suppliers are not banking on a quick commercial aftermarket rebound, financial figures and commentary from 2020 third-quarter (Q3) earnings calls underscore.
In a joint study with the University of Arizona’s Department of Environmental Sciences, Boeing said it confirmed that all current anti-bacterial solutions used in the industry are effective in protecting against viruses, including COVID-19.
Boeing’s updated commercial forecast sees customers taking 11% fewer new deliveries in the next decade than it projected a year ago as the industry slowly emerges from the demand crisis created by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Boeing on Oct. 1 confirmed that it will consolidate production and final assembly of its most advanced commercial product, the 787, at its North Charleston, South Carolina, facility, in 2021.
The Boeing-led team will compete for the Next Generation Interceptor engineering and manufacturing development contract against Lockheed Martin and a Northrop Grumman/Raytheon team.
Calls for an additional angle-of-attack indicator and concerns over the flight crew’s ability to manually trim the aircraft in an emergency are among the issues highlighted in the initial set of comments on the FAA’s proposed requirements to approve the Boeing 737 MAX’s service return.
