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A Boeing 737 airliner, en route on flight LY5108 Tbilisi – Tel Aviv, landed in Israel during a massive rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on the night of November 5. This was reported by the Israeli publication חדשות ישראל בטלגרם. The video shows an El Al airplane landing during a rocket attack on Tel […]
The American giant Boeing will not create its own satellite Internet network. This was announced by the company’s representative. The US Federal Communications Commission has issued a permit to place 147 spacecraft in low Earth orbit. This happened in 2021. Two years later, the American company decided to revoke the license. Now it will have […]
Boeing is preparing to deliver the first F-15EX Eagle II fighter in its final configuration. The aircraft recently made its debut flight. Experts from the US Air Force and Boeing are studying the data obtained during the operational testing of the F-15EX Eagle II fighter jet. The information will allow us to make a decision […]
Wisk Aero, a division of Boeing, has conducted the first public demonstration flights of its EVTOL electric flying taxi in Los Angeles. This was reported by Wisk Aero itself. The company did this in honor of the 100th anniversary of Long Beach Airport. Wisk started out as Zee Aero in 2010, but later merged with […]
American defense companies are increasingly interested in additive manufacturing. Boeing plans to start testing the Apache main rotor system, which is entirely printed on a 3D printer. The company intends to test the main rotor system for the attack helicopter in the spring of 2024. The tests will be part of Boeing’s efforts to reduce […]
Boeing is working on the development of the Powered Joint Direct Attack Munition (P-JDAM). The company found a supplier of engines. A conventional JDAM kit consists of wings and a tail unit with navigation equipment. The P-JDAM will use a turbojet engine to increase the range. Boeing decided to use TDI-J85 turbojet engines. They have […]
Boeing has announced the first successful flight of the upgraded AH-64E Apache version 6.5 helicopter. The machine received updated software and an improved piloting interface. “We are very excited to continue developing V6.5 software as it paves the way for the modernization of Apache,” said Colonel Jay Maher, Apache Project Manager for the U.S. Army. […]
In 2018, the Pentagon launched the ERAMS program aimed at developing long-range artillery shells. They are being developed by Boeing in cooperation with the Norwegian company Nammo. Boeing has recently unveiled another sample of the 155-mm Ramjet 155 ammunition. It is equipped with a direct-flow jet engine. Initially, the developers of the Ramjet 155 expected […]
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has placed an order for 300 Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft worth $40 billion, of which 150 are firm orders. According to Simple Flying, negotiations for the purchase of the aircraft began before the COVID-19 pandemic but stopped in September 2021 due to price disagreements. In March, the airline group’s chairman, […]
The Boeing company asked the Pentagon to give permission to supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine with projectiles with a range of more than 100 km. This was reported by the Reuters news agency, citing its sources. These are GLSDB (Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb) projectiles. The GLSDB combines the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) with […]