Boeing wins Air Force contract to launch satellites
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WASHINGTON -- The Boeing Co., the second-biggest US defense contractor, won a $54 million contract to launch four navigation satellites for the Air Force in the second exception to a ban imposed on the company last year.
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Boeing successfully launched the most powerful unmanned rocket ever on Tuesday when the 71-metre long Delta IV Heavy lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying a fake satellite into orbit.
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A Boeing Co. Delta 2 rocket successfully launched a new US Air Force Global Positioning Satellite into orbit from Florida Saturday.
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Boeing Co, the world&#39;s second-biggest maker of commercial aircraft, won a $360 million order from Air China, the country&#39;s biggest overseas carrier, for seven 737-700 jetliners used in flying medium-range routes.
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After months of controversy, Boeingâs deal to provide $23.5 billion aircraft refuelling tankers to the US Air Force using a complex leasing mechanism was finally declared dead on Friday.
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Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp., the second- and third-biggest US defense contractors, said third- quarter earnings rose as the military boosted spending on equipment to help soldiers communicate and track enemies.
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Boeing Co. said Wednesday it had successfully launched its Delta IV heavy-lift rocket for the first time, but a demonstration satellite was placed at a lower orbit than planned.
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A cluster of Air Force research satellites rocketed into space Thursday night.
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Northrop Grumman and Boeing said yesterday they will bid as a team to compete for NASA&#39;s planned manned and robotic space-exploration program.
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A partnership between The Boeing Company and Northrop Grumman Corporation has been created to compete for NASA&#39;s Crew Exploration Vehicle for Project Constellation, a planned
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Boeing Co, the world&#39;s second-biggest maker of commercial aircraft, won a $3.6 billion order for 18 planes from Singapore Airlines Ltd.
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A team led by the military contractor ITT Corporation has won a government contract worth up to $1.8 billion to build the first portion of a new satellite-based air traffic control system.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A new heavy-duty Boeing rocket designed to haul super-sized military satellites into space failed during a test flight to put a dummy satellite into its intended orbit, officials said Wednesday.
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An Atlas 5 rocket launched spaceward late Thursday, hauling a clutch of six military research satellites into orbit for the U.S. Air Force.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Boeing&#39;s massive new Delta 4 Heavy rocket lumbered from its seaside pad Tuesday afternoon, beginning a mission designed to prove the vehicle is capable of lofting super-sized military satellites into orbit.
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Northrop Grumman Corp. NOC.N's   Space & Mission Systems business unit is being awarded a U.S.   Navy technical services contract worth up to $686.1 million to   support the U.S. Joint Forces Command's warfighting center, the   Defense Department said on Friday.
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Boeing Co. reported that its Delta IV Heavy rocket achieved its major objectives despite placing its demonstration satellite into a lower-than-expected orbit Tuesday night.