The US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has selected Boeing to develop an interceptor under the Glide Breaker program, awarding $70,6 million over four years. The goal of the project is to build an interceptor missile capable of shooting down hypersonic weapons.
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) In-flight refueling operated by a drone is no longer a taboo, today thanks to the MQ-25 Stingray it is possible to do so by dramatically increasing the missions of 35th generation fighters such as the F-35. The drone is produced by Boeing and will complement the FXNUMX-C on American aircraft carriers, thus doubling their range of [...]
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The US authorities have asked the two largest telecommunications companies, AT&T and Verizon, to postpone the introduction of the new 5G frequency bands by two weeks. The deadline, initially scheduled for 5 December, had already been postponed to 5 January, but Airbus and Boeing recently returned to express their "concern" [...]
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Since last May there has not been such a black day for world stock exchanges. A day to forget, all the stock exchanges were affected by the setback of Wall Street which yesterday closed in sharp decline due to the effects, not exactly exciting, of the new wave of Covid-19 cases, mainly linked to the spread of [ ...]
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NASA will purchase seats to transport commercial missions organized to the International Space Station (ISS) by 2024. In early 2020, NASA is expected to issue a tender for any suppliers interested in providing the service but likely competitors to provide it should be the two companies that NASA has already hired for [...]
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Boeing knew that a 737 Max cockpit warning system was not working as described to purchasing airlines, but waited a year before notifying the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Senior officials of the FAA and the airline are now raising more and more questions [...]
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United States Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao has ordered an investigation to verify the certification issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to Boeing 737 Max aircraft. The type of aircraft known for recent air disasters. The preface of the inquiry request: "Safety is the department's priority, and we are all saddened [...]
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Boeing has won the contract from the US-Navy to build the MQ-25 drone, a major victory for a company that has struggled to win awards in the field of fighter aircraft in recent years, thus marking an important step towards a new type of air carrier. Navy James Geurts, Undersecretary to the US Navy, said that [...]
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A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 took off from New York's LaGuardia Airport and bound for Dallas, carrying 143 passengers and 5 crew members yesterday, was forced into a dramatic emergency landing at Philadelphia airport yesterday. of the explosion of the left engine of the aircraft. The accident, which occurred at high altitudes, about [...]
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The International Trade Commission (ITC) postponed the decision on whether to impose tariffs on US sales of Canada's largest jet, Bombardier, until Friday. The ITC moved the sentence date from Thursday to Friday due to the recent reservation placed by the US government. The ITC, which oversees the laws and trade of [...]
read moreBoeing has yet to complete flight tests on the new 787-10 Dreamliner with General Electric engines, but it has finished testing with Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC engines, a Boeing executive said today. The US jet manufacturer announced on Monday that the US Federal Aviation Administration has certified the model [...]
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Airbus is trying to take the lost ground relative to competitor Boeing, with a series of multi-billion dollar deals to end a traumatic year haunted by management upheavals and corruption investigations. The offers announced this week include the confirmation of a record order of 430 aircraft traded by private equity firm Indigo Partners […]
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