US air force, Boeing press on with alternative jet fuel tests
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Virgin scum-jumbo trial next year could rattle Saudis Boeing, manufacturer of much of the world airliner fleet, is to test the feasibility of using biofuels derived from non-standard feedstocks in its aircraft. Meanwhile, the US air force effort to develop domestically-supplied fuels continues.â¦
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NASA&#39;s X-43A scramjet will on Monday undergo its third test flight during which scientists will attempt to push the vehicle to Mach 10.
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The transatlantic dispute over state aid for rivals Airbus and Boeing, the worldâs two biggest aircraft makers, is set to drag on beyond Novemberâs US presidential elections after US and European Union negotiators yesterday failed to make headway.
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WASHINGTON The Pentagon says it&#39;s reopening a controversial deal to supply refueling tankers to the Air Force, dealing a blow to Chicago-based Boeing.
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Boeing has mounted a high-energy laser weapons system into the belly of a C-130 aircraft. Watch for aerial tests next year in New Mexico.
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According to a Pentagon announcement issued Friday, last week Boeing (NYSE: BA) successfully completed a test of one of the coolest weapons ever designed (not their exact words).
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The Pentagon will hold a competition to replace its aging fleet of refueling tankers, potentially pitting aerospace giant Boeing Co. against its European rival in a multibillion-dollar military competition.
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Northrop Grumman said yesterday that it would compete for a $40 billion contract to build refueling tanker planes for the Air Force, setting up a two-way race between the Los Angeles weapons maker and rival Boeing.
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With the wind chill making it seem like 40 below zero, Lt. Col. Daniel Millman said the Air Force picked the right place to test a new fuel.
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Supporters of an Air Force plan to buy 100 aerial tankers from The Boeing Co. insisted yesterday they could salvage the troubled deal, even as Congress moved to kill it and federal investigators continue to
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Boeing Co. still expects to receive a contract to build 100 refueling planes for the Air Force, chief executive Harry C. Stonecipher said Monday.
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PARIS The parent company of European aircraft maker Airbus has proposed splitting a contested US Air Force contract for refueling tankers with its rival, Chicago-based Boeing.
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The U.S. Air Force wants to postpone   until 2009 choosing either Boeing Co. BA.N or a team led by   Northrop Grumman Corp. NOC.N to win a contract potentially   valued at $20 billion or more to supply air-to-air refueling   tankers, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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There&#39;s not much of 2004 left, but officials at aerospace giant Boeing Co. said Thursday they weren&#39;t giving up on a goal of securing 200 orders for the planned new 7E7 jetliner by the end of the year.
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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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U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul  Wolfowitz vowed any new plan to replace the Air Force's aging  fleet of KC-135 mid-air refueling tankers would require  competition, according to a letter released on Monday.
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The Air Force suspended testing of its Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor fighter jets Tuesday, a day after one of the stealth aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.