Bloomberg News is reporting this morning that Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg is looking to enter the U.S. power-grid market because the company’s key defense programs are being canceled or facing budget cuts.
After a month in the job, Muilenburg,
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RENTON, Wash. — Boeing Co. and the Navy have rolled out the P-8A Poseidon, the service’s new patrol plane.
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire joined Navy officials and several hundred Boeing workers and executives for the ceremony Thursday at…
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The chief executive of the Boeing Co. said Wednesday that the aircraft maker was making “solid progress” toward fixing a structural weakness that was discovered last month on its new jet, the 787…
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Not good news for Boeing. Congressional Quarterly is reporting that the Obama administration is considering the possibility of delaying the aerial refueling tanker contract by five years and canceling the Air Force’s plan for a long-range bomber.
Citing anonymous sources,…
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Union machinists at GKN Aerospace in Hazelwood are set to vote this weekend on the company’s latest contract proposal.
Members of District 837 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers had rejected an earlier contract offer and authorized…
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Top Pentagon weapons-buyer John Young gave an interesting interview to the Washington Post, published today, explaining his controversial decision to award a $40 billion contract for aerial refueling tankers to Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defence &…
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Even as Boeing lobbies the Pentagon for more time to design a bigger plane to offer as the Air Force’s new aerial refueling tanker, there are reports today that its rivals may do the same.
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Update: 12:20 p.m.: Boeing spokesman Dan Beck says no decision has been made on its next step in the tanker deal and that it is “not discussing internal deliberations.”
The company has filed its comments on the new RFP with…
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If highly-technical audits of Air Force procurement are your thing, there’s a doozy of one out today.
The Government Accountability Office just released the public version of its 67-page audit of the Air Force’s controversial decision to give its new…
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India’s plan to buy 126 fighter jets is one of the biggest competitions on the plate of Boeing Co.’s St. Louis-based defense unit. But it’ll be on the plate for quite a while yet, Integrated Defense Systems chief Jim Albaugh predicted…
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