U.S. names Boeing as "logical" missile defense choice
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Boeing Co would be a logical choice to lead the interceptor part of a planned U.S. defense missile shield in eastern Europe, the head of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said on Thursday.
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US planemaker Boeing reaffirms the revised schedule for its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
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The military is in the final stages of readying its national ballistic missile defense system, with officials predicting it will be activated before year's end. But several questions remain, including how well the experimental missile interceptors work.
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The United States said Thursday that a U.S. missile-defense system under development has &quot;limited operational capability&quot; to protect against weapons such as the long-range missile North Korea is said to be near firing.
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A fighter jet takes off from an aircraft carrier and a missile is launched from its deck as a voice says in a television commercial: "When America goes ashore, Northrop Grumman is right there. Maritime superiority. Northrop Grumman, defining the future."
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Boeing and Northrop Grumman may work together on a spacecraft that can take humans to the Moon, Mars and possibly beyond.
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The Pentagon's longtime work in progress fires its low-power systems successfully, Boeing says. But don't hold your breath waiting for the fully weaponized plane.
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Northrop Grumman Corp. NOC.N and  BAE Systems PLC BA.L were tapped by the Bush administration  on Wednesday to develop competing systems to protect U.S.  commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles, a potential  multibillion-dollar market.
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Unmanned aerial vehicles and other so-called "stand-off" weapons, whether currently used or in secret testing, belong to a developing high-tech arsenal that the U.S. military says will help minimize casualties as it battles insurgents.
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The US Air Force has praised a new Boeing Co. rocket meant to loft schoolbus-sized military satellites, despite its failure to put a dummy spacecraft into its planned orbit this week.
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Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and BAE Systems PLC (BA.L: Quote, Profile, Research) were tapped by the Bush administration on Wednesday to develop
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Poland and Czech Republic are in favor of hosting a proposed U.S. missile defense system, the Czech premier said Monday after meeting with his Polish counterpart.Comment
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U.S. defense firms Boeing Co.  and Lockheed Martin Corp.  are in long-established talks with Saudi Arabia about supplying fighter aircraft, the Guardian newspaper said on Tuesday, citing unnamed industry sources.
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Chicago-based Boeing Co. BA.N has  won a $928 million contract to field the ground-based midcourse  defense part of a planned U.S. missile defense shield, the  Pentagon announced on Monday.
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The Department of Homeland Security   on Thursday said Boeing Co. BA.N won a multibillion dollar   contract to improve security along the U.S. borders with Mexico   and Canada.
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Plans to outspend Boeing in India could mean more commercial and defense business in the country.
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The US defence secretary confirms plans for a controversial missile defence shield in eastern Europe.