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Boeing, Air Force demo airborne networking system - News
May 09, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Boeing and the U.S. Air Force recently completed developmental flight testing on the Boeing-developed Talon HATE airborne networking system, which enables secure communications between multiple aircraft and ground stations.
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Boeing & Saab complete flight test of second T-X aircraft - News
April 25, 2017
ST. LOUIS. The second production-ready T-X aircraft of the Boeing and Saab partnership completed the first flight in the bid for the U.S. Air Force T-X competition. The winning T-X will replace the Air Force?s T-38 aircraft.
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Reusable rocket engine passes qual test for next-era spaceflight - News
April 21, 2017
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Aerojet Rocketdyne has announced the completion of hot-fire qualification tests of an engine that demonstrates the ability to meet reusability requirements for Boeing's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner crew module propulsion system.
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Boeing signs $2.2 billion contract for P-8A aircraft - News
April 04, 2017
SEATTLE. Boeing has signed a contract worth $2.2 billion with the U.S. Navy, the Australian air force, and the United Kingdom royal air force to supply at least 17 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the purposes of global maritime patrol and intelligence.
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Air Force and Boeing test KC-46A tanker aircraft - News
March 22, 2017
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The Boeing KC-46A Pegasus team recently concluded testing of the Air Force's newest refueling aircraft at Travis Air Force Base (situated in the San Francisco Bay area). The military and Federal Aviation Administration certification testing effort was a combined effort between Boeing Test and Evaluation and the Detachment 1/418th Flight Test Squadron, which are colocated at Boeing's Seattle facility.
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Boeing WGS satellite aims to improve military comms for U.S., allies - News
March 20, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. A Boeing Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite was launched into orbit on March 18. This WGS-9 satellite, launched using a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket, is aimed at enabling the United States and six allied nations to increase military communications capabilities to prevent, protect against, and respond to attacks.
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U.S Army purchases Boeing's AH-64E Apache helicopters in $3.4 billion contract - News
March 17, 2017
MESA, Ariz. U.S. Government officials and Boeing signed a five-year contract, through which the U.S. Army and a customer outside the U.S. will acquire the Apache attack helicopter. The contract is worth an estimated $3.4 billion.
