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The Boeing X-37B military space drone has completed a record-breaking flight that began in May 2020. The drone spent more than two years (908 days) in orbit as part of the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-6) mission. No one knows what he did. Mission OTV-6 Very little is known about Boeing’s unmanned space vehicle. We know […]
The North American Boeing Corporation has released a rendering of the B-52 missile carrier, which is undergoing the most extensive modernization in the last 50 years. The strategic bomber will receive new engines. According to General Jason Armagost, the modernized aircraft will be operated by the US Air Force until at least 2050. The number […]
Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has decided to abandon Russian aluminum. This became known only now, but the company stopped buying metal from the Russian Federation at the beginning of spring 2022. Aluminum became the second ‘Russian’ metal that the manufacturer abandoned after the introduction of sanctions. Boeing also stopped buying titanium from Russia this year. Aircraft […]
Boeing received contracts for the production and supply of KC-46A Pegasus air tankers. A few days ago, Boeing signed a $927 million contract with the Israeli Ministry of Defense for the supply of four refueling aircraft. Deliveries will continue until December 2026. This is part of a procurement program that will also see Israel receive […]
On July 7, 2022, the X-37B unmanned spacecraft of the US Space Force broke its own record for the duration of its stay in orbit, spending 781 consecutive days in space. This happened during the Orbital Test Vehicle-6 (OTV-6) mission – the sixth flight of the reusable vehicle. Boeing, which designed and built the X-37B, […]
China has closed its airspace to Boeing and Airbus aircraft of Russian carriers registered in two jurisdictions. About it writes RBC with reference to sources. One source explains the ban by saying that in May, China’s airline asked all airlines, not just Russian, to update electronic files (portfolio; it contains information about aircraft, airline owners, […]
The Defiant helicopter, developed by a consortium of Sikorsky and Boeing enterprises to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk aircraft, flew 700 nautical miles (or 1,300 km) from West Palm Beach in Florida to Nashville, Tennessee. The purpose of the tests was to demonstrate the capabilities of the equipment at the annual summit of the American […]
Seventy-eight planes of Russian airlines arrested at foreign airports due to US and EU sanctions. They were owned by foreign leasing companies and were outside Russia at the time of the restrictions imposed. At least three airliners have arrested in the Lithuanian capital. One of them Boeing 737-800 used the Russian low-cost carrier “pobeda” from […]
Yesterday, March 28, 2022, the deadline for the return of more than 400 leasing aircraft worth almost $10 billion by Russian airlines under EU sanctions expired. However, foreign landlords have effectively lost hope of returning their planes – Russia has taken them away, which is the biggest theft in history. This was reported by Reuters. […]
The Russian airline Aeroflot, which is more than half owned by the state, attempted to circumvent Western sanctions to fly abroad. To achieve this, the airline wants to open a second base — in Sochi in addition to the main base at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, Avianews reports. Aeroflot hopes to launch flights from Sochi on […]