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Work has officially started on building Boeing's $750 million aircraft assembly plant in South Carolina — the largest industrial investment in state history.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and Fitch Ratings said Tuesday they would assign investment-grade ratings to Boeing Co.'s proposed offering of $1.2 billion in senior unsecured notes.
A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that overturned Boeing Co.'s $1.1 billion contract for maintenance of an Air Force refueling tanker jet.
Boeing Co.'s McDonnell Douglas received a $10.8 million contract boost from the Navy to provide services for the F/A-18 aircraft for seven foreign governments, the Pentagon said late Thursday.
Boeing Co. says the first of the delay-plagued new version of its 747 freighter jet has emerged from the factory to be set up for test flights.
Boeing Co. said Monday it has finished fixing structural problems in two more of its 787 jetliners. The flaws had forced the airplane maker to further delay delivery of the highly anticipated plane earlier this year.
The president of Sea Launch Co. said he expects Boeing Co. to drop all or most of its ownership of the international partnership, which is reorganizing under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
A $750 million Boeing 787 assembly plant is expected to bring thousands of badly needed jobs to South Carolina's ailing economy and, officials hope, a closer look at the state by other industrial prospects.
Matt Gettmann began working in finance at Boeing Co. last year, and it wasn't long before he found himself watching, stunned, as union members prepared for what became an eight-week strike.
Boeing Co. will open a second assembly line for its long-delayed 787 jetliner in South Carolina, expanding beyond its longtime manufacturing base in Washington state to take advantage of economic incentives and a nonunion work force.
Sen. Patty Murray's office says she's trying to arrange talks Wednesday in Washington, D.C., between Boeing and the Machinists union.
South Carolina legislators have approved an economic incentive package believed to be tailored to lure a Boeing Co. assembly plant to the state.
Boeing's ambitions seem to have outflown its abilities, as the company's plans to reinvent the way jetliners are built keep faltering, forcing it to post a big loss in the third quarter.
Union workers at Boeing Co.'s Rotorcraft plant near Philadelphia have ratified a new five-year contract with the aircraft maker that will give them raises of 2 percent to 4 percent a year and a lump-sum payment of $3,500 in the first year, the company and the union said Sunday.
Boeing Co. said Thursday the head of its finance unit will retire at the end of the year, the second high-level management change in recent months as the airplane maker grapples with weaker demand and costly production delays.
Executives from some of Washington's largest employers on Tuesday urged Boeing Co. to build a second assembly line for its long-delayed 787 jetliner in the state, entering the fray in an interstate competition for the facility.
Boeing Co. said Tuesday it will record a $1 billion charge because of a delay in producing a new version of the 747 freighter jet, blaming slow sales and late design changes.
Boeing said Tuesday it expects to record a charge of $1 billion in the third quarter due to higher costs in its 747-8 program and difficult market conditions.
Boeing says it expects to take a charge of $1 billion, or 90 cents per share, in the third quarter due to higher costs in its 747-8 program and because of market conditions.
The Boeing Co. received a $6.5 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide aircraft parts for the Army, the Pentagon said late Thursday.
Boeing Co.'s McDonnell Douglas received a $26.2 million contract boost from the Air Force to buy spare parts for the C-17 aircraft, the Pentagon said late Wednesday.
Washington's governor is stepping up public efforts to court the Boeing Co., part of a high-stakes interstate competition for the second assembly line of the company's long-delayed 787 jetliner.
Boeing Co.'s McDonnell Douglas Corp. received a $102.3 million contract boost from the Air Force for logistics support for the KC-10 and KDC-10 aerial refueling tankers, the Pentagon said late Thursday.
Boeing Co. said Thursday orders for its commercial jets fell 11 percent in August, as weaker demand for air travel forces airlines to scale back plans to buy new planes.
Boeing Co. said Monday that Scott Carson will step down as head of its commercial airplane division, ending a tenure marked by costly problems with the company's much-delayed 787 jetliner.
Boeing To Bring 12,000 Jobs To S. Carolina For 787 DreamlinerNORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- A massive 787 Dreamliner assembly plant will be built in North Charleston. The facility will be built in stages. Boeing will hire 4,000 direct positions and another 8,000 related spin-off jobs are expected.
Microsoft matters more than ever as Boeing prepares to hike the Appalachian TrainIf Boeing chooses cheap over quality by starting a slow-walk to South Carolina, the Puget Sound region will rely more than ever on idea-based, talent-based work, as well as its international connections. So Microsoft and its spawn matter more than ever.
C-17, Post Office win Senate scramble The Senate gave new life to the C-17 transport plane Wednesday, overriding the objections of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and endorsing $2.5 billion to continue production even at the expense of operating and maintenance accounts in the Pentagon budget.
I listened to the hearing the House Committee on Border Security recently had about border control, & SBI Net. I was so cheered by the overall skepticism I heard. I wish I'd written down the names so I could deliver my critique more clearly, but I'll do my best.
Boeing Co. employees vote to disband union"Boeing Co. workers in North Charleston voted overwhelmingly to disband their union in a move that could give the region an edge in landing an aircraft plant the company is looking to build.
Large buisnesses endorse approve referendum 71 campaignBoeing, Microsoft, Nike, RealNetworks, Vulcan and PSE, endorsed the approve referendum 71 campaign to keep domestic partnerships
Airbus Loans Toward A380 Jumbo Faulted in WTO Ruling Airbus SAS, the largest planemaker, received illegal loans from European governments, the World Trade Organization found in the biggest case yet before the arbiter, two people familiar with the draft verdict said.
Who are Iraq war's winners and losers?"On my last day in Iraq," veteran McClatchy News correspondent Leila Fadel wrote August 9, "as on my first day in Iraq, I couldn't see what the United States and its allies had accomplished.
Porsche to race against jetliner in lead—up to Singapore GPSINGAPORE: As part of the Singapore Changi Airport's Changi GP Festival in September, a Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera will race against a Boeing 747 aircraft in what is touted to be "the race of a lifetime".
High-energy laser beam test-firing called success. Friday, August 21, 2009 From staff reportsA test-firing of a high-energy laser beam aboard a modified Boeing 747 has been called a success, the Missile Defense Agency said.
Boeing halts work on flawed 787 componentBoeing says it has halted production of large fuselage sections for the 787 Dreamliner, the latest problem for a delay-plagued airplane that the aerospace giant is counting on to be its next big moneymaker.
A Soldier's Eye in the Sky - Hovering Drones, Sensors, & Rockets in a Box...the new drones, made by Honeywell, are designed to hover over a crucial spot on a battlefield like helicopters, instead of flying in a wide circle.
Boeing says defense cuts will mean loss of 1,000 jobsThe job ax at Boeing is about to fall on the defense division, which until now has largely been spared companywide employment reductions...
Boeing buys S.Carolina factory for $580 million | Top Stories | Seattle News, Local News, Breaking News, Weather | KING5.comAcquisition will help Boeing to catch up on production of its 787 Dreamliner which is more than two years behind schedule.
Boeing Orders Plunge as Dreamliner Purchases Dropped Boeing has lost orders for 73 of it's 787 Dreamliner so far this year.
Boeing ahead of last year's delivery pacePositive delivery news from Boeing.
Speculation grows for Boeing 787 plant in South CarolinaReports that Boeing is negotiating to buy a key link in the 787 Dreamliner's global supply chain have intensified speculation it may be laying the groundwork for putting a second final-assembly plant out of state.
The Big Question: Why has another Airbus crashed, and is flying becoming more risky?A little over a month after an Airbus 447 crashed into the sea off the coast of Brazil, killing all 228 people on board, another of the manufacturer's aircraft has been involved in a disaster.
Bird Strike Endangers LaGuardia Plane AgainA bird strike has once again endangered a plane flying near LaGuardia Airport -- an incident that recalls the near-disaster celebrated as "The Miracle on the Hudson."
Is Boeing's New Plane Safe?Boeing is facing the most embarrassing and costly debacle in its history. Today's announcement that the 787 Dreamliner's first flight has been postponed, due to the discovery of a structural flaw, is the latest in a series of poorly explained delays.
Pilot dies flying plane to the US The captain of Continental Airlines flight 61 has died while flying the plane from Brussels to New York. The plane made an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport shortly before 1200 (1600 GMT).
Continental pilot dies: Captain of Newark-bound Continental Airlines jet dies during flight - baltimoresun.comNEWARK, N.J. - A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman has confirmed that a Continental Airlines pilot has died in mid-flight.
Graphs: Arming the WorldGlobal military spending rose 45% between 1999 and 2008, fuelled by the US-led "war on terror" and by increased wealth in China, Russia and the Middle East.
Boeing Dreamliner moves closer to first flightOn Monday, Boeing announced that its 787 Dreamliner had moved "to the flight line for testing," meaning it's going through final tests that will get it ready for its first flight.
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