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Boeing bids the 747 a final, ultimate, conclusive farewell

Cargo airline Atlas Air takes delivery of 1,547th and last Queen of the Skies

Offbeat01 Feb 2023 | 29

Let me X-plane: Boeing R&D unit sheds rudder, ailerons, flaps for DARPA project

US research agency paying $42.4m for working full-scale aircraft that ejects air out of its surfaces

Offbeat18 Jan 2023 | 44

FAA sets 2024 deadline for preventing 5G crash landings

US watchdog puts its foot down: Even a small possibility of interference means a fix is mandatory

Networks10 Jan 2023 | 11

End of an era as the last 747 rolls off the production line

Boeing … Boeing … gone

Science08 Dec 2022 | 73

Boeing swipes at Starlink as it finishes two internet slinging satellites

5,000 redirectable beams in each bird

Software06 Dec 2022 | 29

Alibaba hides 11.11 shopping festival sales figures for the first time

PLUS: US/Singapore CBDC trial; Digital Ocean down under; Boeing's Indonesian touchdown; and more

Off-Prem13 Nov 2022 | 3

China's first domestic single-aisle jet, the C919, scores 300 orders

Thousands behind Airbus and Boeing, but the backlogs of western airliners might sweeten the deal

Offbeat09 Nov 2022 | 73

Boeing's Starliner launch pushed back again... to April 2023

The official word is 'scheduling conflicts,' but NASA's safety panel has expressed concerns too

Science04 Nov 2022 | 22

Calamity capsule: Boeing's Starliner losses approaching $1B

Troubled space capsule cost $195 million this quarter, bringing total losses on it since 2020 to $883m

Science27 Oct 2022 | 34

Boeing to pay SEC $200m to settle charges it misled investors over 737 MAX safety

Ex-CEO also on the hook for $1m after skipping over known software issues

Software23 Sep 2022 | 43

Larry Page's flying taxi startup Kittyhawk calls it a day

More proof, if it were needed, that not everything connected to Google is gold

Offbeat22 Sep 2022 | 18

Boeing wants autonomous flying cabs in US airspace by 2030

64-page roadmap details how we will all become the Jetsons

Offbeat21 Sep 2022 | 27

China's single aisle passenger jet – the C919 – likely to be certified next week

Competes with the A320 and 737, which Airbus and Boeing can't build quickly enough to satisfy demand

Offbeat14 Sep 2022 | 102

NASA scrubs Artemis mission yet again because SLS just can't handle the pressure

Sitting, Leaking Slowly?

Science03 Sep 2022 | 100

NASA's SOFIA aircraft preps for final flights ahead of mission end

With operations deadline in September, team eager to squeeze more data out of infrared observatory

Science20 Jun 2022 | 12

Boeing's Starliner CST-100 on its way to the ISS 2 years late

A couple of thruster failures shouldn't affect the Calamity Capsule's second attempt at reaching space station

Science20 May 2022 | 64

NASA's modified Boeing 747 SP SOFIA to be grounded for good

Final flight of Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy will be in 2022

Science29 Apr 2022 | 25

Boeing spreads bets with AWS, Google, Microsoft trio

Points to on-prem pain with legacy systems, rising maintenance costs

Off-Prem06 Apr 2022 | 6

Boeing demos ground-based anti-jam system for satellites

Technology is one part of a larger jam-resistant satellite scheme, important for warfare

Networks05 Apr 2022 | 12

FAA now says 5G airports may interfere with Boeing 737s

'Radio altimeters cannot be relied upon to function' – gulp

Networks24 Feb 2022 | 66

Watchdog clears 90 per cent of US commercial aircraft to land in low visibility at nation's 5G C-band airports

Updated Don't start celebrating just yet if you own a Boeing 747-8, 747-8F, 777

Networks26 Jan 2022 | 28

Japan solves 5G airliner conundrum: Keep mobe masts 200m from airport approach paths. That's it

(And maintain a guard band.) US airliners melt down as rest of world moves on

Networks19 Jan 2022 | 70

After deadly 737 Max crashes, damning whistleblower report reveals sidelined engineers, scarcity of expertise, more

Not to mention the FAA delegating its watchdog duties to the actual aircraft manufacturers

Software15 Dec 2021 | 181

Boeing's Starliner capsule corroded due to high humidity levels, NASA explains, and the spaceship won't fly this year

Meanwhile Elon's running orbital tourist trips and ISS crew missions

Science21 Oct 2021 | 75

Boeing 737 Max chief technical pilot charged with deceiving US aviation regulators over MCAS

He hasn't got $2.5bn to hand to the DoJ, unlike his bosses

Legal15 Oct 2021 | 149

Boeing's Calamity Capsule might take to space once again ... in the first half of 2022

'Oxidizer and moisture interactions' blamed for iffy spaceship valves

Science11 Oct 2021 | 40

Nothing says 'We believe in you' like NASA switching two 'nauts off Boeing's Starliner onto SpaceX's Crew Dragon

All change on 2022 ride to the ISS

Science07 Oct 2021 | 30

Japan's aerospace agency hooks up with Boeing to make planes quieter when they land

Hope to address the noise of airflows over flaps and other parts as that can be louder than engines

Science20 Aug 2021 | 76

Starliner takes off ... back to the factory and not space

This isn't Boeing very well, is it?

Science13 Aug 2021 | 49

Engineers work to open Boeing Starliner's valves as schedule pressures mount

Is that the sound of hammering we can hear?

Science10 Aug 2021 | 49

Boeing and Rocket Lab hope for the best as both return to launchpad following failures

Space is hard

Science28 Jul 2021 | 5

Engineers' Laurel and Hardy moment caused British Airways 787 to take an accidental knee

A tale of two holes and two mechanics of two different heights

Offbeat19 Jul 2021 | 104

Boeing fined $17m after fitting uncertified sensors to 737 Max and NG airliners for 4 years

Heads up guidance system since certified but plane maker still violated US airworthiness regs

Legal27 May 2021 | 56

Here's how we got persistent shell access on a Boeing 747 – Pen Test Partners

In-flight entertainment system ran Windows NT4 – and almost defied access attempts

Security21 May 2021 | 78

Boeing successfully flies unmanned autonomous military 'wingman' aircraft that may become pilot's buddy

First test flight saw drone take off, follow orders, land by AI control

AI + ML04 Mar 2021 | 46

Planespotters’ weekends turn traumatic as engine pieces fall from the sky in the Netherlands and the US

It’s a bird, it’s a plane… holy crap there’s a nacelle in my kitchen

Security22 Feb 2021 | 107

Boeing confirms last 747 to roll off production line in 2022

Last four built will be freighters. And mighty freighters at that

Science13 Jan 2021 | 25

Boeing will cough up $2.5bn+ to settle US fraud charge over 737 Max safety

Cash will go to airlines that bought the danger jets, victims' fund

Software08 Jan 2021 | 67

US aviation regulator issues safety bulletins over flaws in software updates for Boeing 747, 777, 787 airliners

Autothrottle cuts to idle and flight computers fail after latest updates, warns FAA

Software16 Dec 2020 | 72

Double trouble for Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit as aborted test flight and COVID-19 keep both grounded

In brief Also: ESA signs contracts for the Space Rider and Boeing's Calamity Capsule aims for March 2021

Software14 Dec 2020 | 16

UK MoD bungs Boeing £500m to plug gap left by a system it should have provided under £800m contract from 2010

'Fragile and ageing legacy systems' need to be replaced – now

On-Prem11 Dec 2020 | 37

Don’t panic, but five jet drones just used their AI to chat and collaborate while in flight

The plan is to make one pilot more potent by having drones follow their lead

AI + ML02 Dec 2020 | 50

Boeing 737 Max will return to flight after software updates, says EU's aviation regulator

It flew OK without MCAS – but not well enough to be certified as safe

Software25 Nov 2020 | 154

EU says Boeing 737 Max won't fly over the Continent just yet: The US can make its own choices over pilot training

Safety first, politics second

Software20 Nov 2020 | 173

Bad software crashed Boeings. Now it appears the company lacked a singular software supremo

Former SpaceX, Tesla, and Google site reliability leader steps into newly-created role

Software09 Nov 2020 | 112

Boeing puts Loyal Wingman robot fighter jet through its paces... on the ground

Rise of the Machines I feel the need, the need for 16mph taxiing in safety

Science22 Oct 2020 | 45

Boeing Starliner commander Christopher Ferguson bows out of first crewed mission due to family commitments

Not going anywhere, just not going to space. A bit like the calamity capsule

Science09 Oct 2020 | 47

Proposed US fix for Boeing 737 Max software woes does not address Ethiopian crash scenario, UK pilot union warns

MCAS saga still hasn't ended as reps warn of trim wheel problem

Security23 Sep 2020 | 174

Aviation regulator outlines fixes that will get the 737 MAX flying again

Software upgrade to deliver less lethally-stubborn automation

Science04 Aug 2020 | 115

Boeing confirms it will finish building 747s in 2022, when last freighter flies off the production line

Commercial business slumps but troubled 737 MAX could be back in the skies late this year

Science30 Jul 2020 | 57

NASA trusted 'traditional' Boeing to program its Starliner without close supervision... It failed to dock due to bugs

All eyes were instead on SpaceX and its newer programming techniques

Science08 Jul 2020 | 103

Hey, Boeing. Don't celebrate your first post-grounding 737 Max test flight too hard. You just lost another big contract

Norwegian cancels 97 orders, sues for compensation over halted fleet

Bootnotes30 Jun 2020 | 84

Two out of three parachutes... is just as planned for Boeing's Starliner this time around

Abort test simulated a very bad day – now, how about getting it to the ISS?

Science30 Jun 2020 | 21

Astros get to play with VR while Boeing's Starliner stays on the ground

Human eye resolution visuals to simulate the CST-100 or Beat Saber in spaaaace?

Science11 Jun 2020 | 4

Boeing brings back the 737 Max but also lays off thousands

And still no sign of safe software or approval to fly

On-Prem28 May 2020 | 116

Stop us if you've heard this before: Boeing's working on 737 Max software fixes for autopilot, stabilization bugs

Problems pile up for grounded craft

Software09 Apr 2020 | 93