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Production of the F-35 Lightning II is on course to make its latest rate rise this year, after Lockheed Martin met its contractual target to deliver 91 of the fifth-generation [...]

Byline: Garrett ReimLockheed Martin was given two contracts from Boeing to produce and integrate 19 Legion Pods onto the US Air Force's Boeing F-15C fleet.Lockheed Martin was given two contracts [...]

Much has changed in the aerospace sector over the past century. Just as the industry has grown exponentially, the size, shape and specifications of aircraft have continually evolved THE WINGSPAN [...]

Much has changed in the aerospace sector over the past century. Just as the industry has grown exponentially, the size, shape and specifications of aircraft have continually evolved ready for [...]

MANUFACTURING JON OSTROWER WASHINGTON DC 787 'surge'planned as Charleston is chosen Boeing will surge 787 production early to meet customer demand as part of the establishment of the newly announced [...]

DELIVERY Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, parent of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo, has agreed with Boeing to reschedule the delivery of three of 12 747-8 Freighters on order. The [...]

Decision 'a couple of weeks away' between remaining candidates Everett and Charleston Boeing's chief executive, James McNerney, says a final decision about the second assembly line for the 787 is [...]

Boeing's latest jumbo has suffered a string of delays, while Airbus is still struggling to rampup A380 production three years on ultra large airliner spec check 747-8F 747-8I A380-800 MTOW [...]

The conversion business has had an awful year but with newprogrammes coming and demand recovering,2010 should be better Boeing Boeing's in-house 767-300 conversion (pictured) vies with IAI Bedek's offering P2f [...]

Airbus and Boeing deliveries and orders - Q1-3 2009 Deliveries Changes* Net orders End Q3 Q1-3 Q3 Q1-3 Q3 Q1-3 Q3 Backlog Airbus A320 Family 290 82 -18 -3 94 [...]

STRATEGIC LIFT Boeing will in early October deliver the third and last C-17 airlifter on order for a 12-nation group of NATO and Partnership for Peace states. The Strategic Airlift [...]

The larger KC-777 would have lower production costs Bidding process to be relaunched within a few weeks Boeing is considering supplier and manufacturing system changes as it looks to drive [...]

transports stephen trimble washington dc The future of Boeing's production line for the C-17 strategic transport will be determined by a pivotal decision following budget negotiations to take place between [...]

As Boeing presses ahead with plans to achieve 787 first flight by year-end and move past two-plus years of programme delays, one major supplier says that programme 'momentum' will be [...]

Boeing takes $2.5 billion write-off as it declares first three of six flight-test aircraft have no commercial value Boeing Boeing last week set out to resolve doubts hanging over its [...]

Delays sparked by structural shortcoming in wing-body join and fuselage barrel wrinkles After nearly two months of uncertainty, Boeing is nearing the end of yet another revision to the development [...]

The growth of the world airliner fleet has almost ground to a halt while the number parked is at an all-time high. Our annual census counts up the aircraft and [...]

Gulfstream is considering further cutting production of midsize business jets, which continue to suffer from weak demand while demand for larger jets show signs of recovery. In January it cut [...]

Workers will have carry out repairs in hard-to-access areas the size of 'phone booths' Boeing's preparations for the installation of the 787 side-of-body modification are advancing as more details emerge [...]

Corporate/VIP airliner backlog Airbus A318 13 A319 21 A320 3 A340 3 A350 6 A380 1 Total 47 Boeing 737 27 747-8 7 777 1 787 5 Total 40 GRAND [...]

Boeing has begun evaluating the financial impact of two-plus years of delays on the 787 programme, while some in the investment community privately discuss the possibility of a forward loss [...]

Boeing started last week to join the wing and centre section with the forward and aft fuselage sections on the first 747-8 Freighter, providing the first glimpse of the stretched [...]

STRATEGY Airliner production shake-up could lie ahead The Carlyle divestment of Vought's 787 operations may be the precursor to a fundamental realignment of Boeing's airliner assembly strategy if it proceeds [...]

DELIVERIES DAVID KAMINSKI-MORROW LONDON Lufthansa braces for 747-8I delay Boeing's only airline customer for passenger version expects further slips due to knock-on effect of latest 787 problems Lufthansa is bracing [...]

Maiden flight set for early next year as Korean manufacturer gears up for production Korea Aerospace Industries plans to roll out the first prototype from the indigenous Korea Helicopter Programme [...]

US airframer repeats its commitment to raise Dreamliner production rate to 10 per month in three years' time Boeing has reiterated its commitment to have 787 production up to 10 [...]

777 rewing For: a low cost option retains production commonality while adding the aerodynamic benefits of a new wing. Against: a new wing might not provide the gains to be [...]

outlook Boeing cuts airliner demand forecast In unusual move, airframer revises downward its long-term estimate for deliveries as world economic growth slows Boeing has taken the almost unprecedented move of [...]

While the type's flight-test programme is under way, Boeing will begin 787 production to start filling the huge 865-aircraft, 56-customer backlog already accumulated. But the airframer may get some help [...]

Nine days of round-the-clock testing of aircraft systems completed on 7 June Boeing is just days away from the first flight of its flagship 787 Dreamliner after nearly two years [...]

Boeing Market Outlook comparison, 20-year forecasts 2009 2008 Difference Regional jets 2,100 2,510 -410 Single aisles 19,460 19,160 +300 Twin aisles 6,700 6,750 -50 747 and larger 740 980 -240 [...]

PRODUCTION stephen trimble washington dc Boeing eyes risk-sharing to lower costs for $100m F-15SE Boeing is seeking risk-sharing partners for its enhanced F-15 Silent Eagle, in a move which it [...]

freighters 747-8F forward fuselage takes shape Boeing has completed assembly of the forward fuselage of the first 747-8 Freighter. The manufacturer has transported the 27.2m (89ft) section from the final [...]

development jon ostrower everett Test pace quickens for 787 as June maiden flight nears Dreamliner one undergoes fuel system checks ahead of first engine and APU starts The Boeing 787 [...]

DEVELOPMENT JOHN OSTROWER WASHINGTON DC Second leadership shake-up for troubled Boeing 747 programme Boeing has shaken up the leadership of the 747 programme with the reassignment of its top executive. [...]

IATA director general warns that large chunk of Airbus and Boeing deliveries is at risk as airlines struggle in slump International Air Transport Association director general Giovanni Bisignani has warned [...]

Airbus and Boeing predict combined production as high as 960 aircraft despite finance worries amid economic crisis Civil aircraft manufacturing is forecast to break all production records this year in [...]

Airframer suffers $685 million charge and does not rule out re-assessment of programme Boeing has hinted that it might have to rethink its slow-selling and delayed 747-8 programme, amid the [...]

Boeing informs launch customer Air New Zealand of revised schedule after latest delay Air New Zealand, which is launch customer for the Boeing 787-9, has revealed that first deliveries of [...]

Dreamliner programme leader Pat Shanahan promoted to oversee Commercial Airplane production and development A shuffling of leadership posts accompanied the confirmation by Boeing of a major new flight-test and delivery [...]

Aircraft has own production workforce, unaffected by strike Boeing has reaffirmed that it is on course to meet the P-8A Poseidon's schedule targets despite the impact of its 57-day machinists' [...]

competitor intelligence jon ostrower washington dc Airbus uncovers 787 secrets Airframer uses rival's proprietary documents detailing lessons from troubled programme to devise response to widebody Highly sensitive Boeing documents detailing [...]

'SABOTAGE' FEAR AT BOEING CHINOOK, V-22 PLANT ROTORCRAFT Boeing has resumed manufacturing activities on the CH-47 Chinook and Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltorotor after a five-day hiatus at its Philadelphia [...]

BOEING ADMITS wider NUTPLATE PROBLEM Boeing has confirmed the 747, 767 and 777 face new production disruptions caused by the same quality control issue plaguing the 737 programme. The missing [...]

engineering Limited resources fail to meet demand Dealing with the latent issues created by last year's schedule reshuffling was only one of the causes for the recent delay announcement. As [...]

Indefinite grandfathering of systems is no longer valid in an age when an aircraft type that entered service in 1967 is still in production, and set to fly for many [...]

Supply chain STEPHEN TRIMBLE WASHINGTON DC 787 woes force Boeing to cut outsourced engineering Detailed design work and some major production back in-house for -9 and future aircraft Boeing has [...]

TRANSPORTS STEPHEN TRIMBLE WASHINGTON DC Boeing to cut C-17 production rate, maintain cost Boeing may adjust tactics in its three-year campaign to prolong manufacturing of the C-17 strategic transport. Sensing [...]

development stephen trimble washington dc Cost rises on 747-8 frustrate McNerney Boeing boss unhappy at programme's incremental increase Higher costs reported by the 747-8 development programme in the third quarter [...]

While costly fuel has breathed new life into turboprops, the crowded 100-seat jet sector is showing no signs of thinning out following Mitsubishi's entry with its MRJ REGIONAL reckoning The [...]