Boeing

Big Falcon explosion as SpaceX successfully demos Crew Dragon abort systems

Mere months until 'nauts get a ticket to ride?

Science20 Jan 2020 | 87

You're not Boeing to believe this: Yet another show-stopping software bug found in ill-fated 737 Max airplanes

Jetliner's return to the skies likely to be delayed by more tech glitches

Software17 Jan 2020 | 190

Boeing aircraft sales slump to historic lows after 737 Max annus horribilis

This is what happens when you scrimp on software dev, testing and docs

Software15 Jan 2020 | 146

NASA is Boeing to get to the bottom of that Starliner snafu... plus SpaceX preps to blow up a Falcon 9

Roundup Also: Fancy a trip round the Moon? Of course you do, but there's a catch...

Science14 Jan 2020 | 33

What was Boeing through their heads? Emails show staff wouldn't put their families on a 737 Max over safety fears

Described FAA regulators being briefed as 'like dogs watching TV'

Software11 Jan 2020 | 264

Blackout Bug: Boeing 737 cockpit screens go blank if pilots land on specific runways

Odd thing haunts Next Generation airliner family (not the infamous Max)

Software08 Jan 2020 | 182

Starliner: Boeing, Boeing... it's back! Borked capsule makes a successful return to Earth

Making lemonade out of lemons with Calypso

Science23 Dec 2019 | 95

This isn't Boeing very well... Faulty timer knackers Starliner cargo capsule on its way to International Space Station

What a clock-up

Science20 Dec 2019 | 112

Deadly 737 Max jets no longer a Boeing concern – for now: Production suspended after biz runs out of parking space

That kill-everyone-onboard flaw that was supposed to be fixed by now? Yep, still an issue

Software17 Dec 2019 | 116

Yeah but, no, but... 'Overpaid' Boeing snaps back at NASA's watchdog

Roundup Also: India admits Vikram had 'hard landing', 'nauts continue ISS repair job, and more

Science25 Nov 2019 | 20

NASA told to get act together on commercial crew vendors as chance of US-free ISS rises

Missed your deadlines? Here, have some more taxpayer dosh

Science18 Nov 2019 | 59

Boeing comes clean on parachute borkage as the ISS crew is set to shrink

Roundup Also: Four RS-25 engines prepare for, at best, a watery grave

Science12 Nov 2019 | 69

Controversies aren't Boeing away for aircraft maker amid claims of faulty oxygen systems and wobbling wings

737 NG and 787 Dreamliner hit with safety flaw allegations

Security06 Nov 2019 | 68

Oh chute. Two out of three ain't bad, right? asks Boeing after soft-ish crew module landing

Roundup Plus: SpaceX to end Florida Falcon drought and more from the realm of rockets

Science06 Nov 2019 | 47

Aviation's been Boeing through a rough patch: Software tweaks blamed for Airbus A220 failures

Engine maker Pratt & Whitney says it's working on a fix

Software25 Oct 2019 | 52

Imagine finding this bad boy in your shower: Brit startup pulls the sheets off Moon spider mech

Roundup Four-legged robot will scuttle a grand total of 10m

Science15 Oct 2019 | 45

US govt watchdog barks at FAA over 737 Max inspectors' lack of qualifications

People who signed off the type rating course weren't qualified, claims whistleblower

On-Prem25 Sep 2019 | 39

NASA's lunar spy looks for hide-and-seek champ Vikram, Starliner test success, and more

Roundup Happy 43rd birthday to Space Shuttle Enterprise

Science17 Sep 2019 | 23

WTF is Boeing on? Not just customer databases lying around on the web. 787 jetliner code, too, security bugs and all

Black Hat Fears of cyber-hijackings? That's plane crazy, says Dreamliner maker

Security08 Aug 2019 | 137

Another rewrite for 737 Max software as cosmic bit-flipping tests glitch out systems – report

Third time's a charm?

Security02 Aug 2019 | 195

Boeing's 737 Max woes trigger BEEELLIONS in losses – and that's just for the latest quarter

Commercial airliner customers fly away from beleaguered biz

On-Prem24 Jul 2019 | 130

SARGE rocket splutters, Boeing shows us its 'chute, NASA trundles Mobile Launcher to pad

Roundup Also, happy Asteroid Day! Let's party like it's 1908

Science02 Jul 2019 | 1

You're not Boeing to believe this, but... Another deadly 737 Max control bug found

Sim uncovers code-triggered hardware failure that pitches jetliner nose down

Software27 Jun 2019 | 227

This isn't Boeing to end well: Plane maker to scrap some physical cert tests, use computer simulations instead

Actually probe expensive gear in real life? Pah. It's 2019. We're Boeing digital

HPC17 Jun 2019 | 141

Chinese fireworks, Indian orbits, and NASA names Maxar as maker of its first Moon module

Roundup Also, Boeing fires Starliner's rockets

Science28 May 2019 | 4

Boeing admits 737 Max sims didn't accurately reproduce what flying without MCAS was like

Turning off trim control software in training wouldn't give realistic results – report

Security20 May 2019 | 206

'Software delivered to Boeing' now blamed for 737 Max warning fiasco

Engineers knew of problem in 2017. Management didn't until after fatal crash

Security07 May 2019 | 310

Boeing boss denies reports 737 Max safety systems weren't active

If it's Boeing, I'm not going

Science30 Apr 2019 | 177

Ethiopia sits on 737 Max report but says pilots followed Boeing drills

Promised prelim investigation should be out this week

Security04 Apr 2019 | 102

We don't know whether 737 Max MCAS update is coming or Boeing: Anti-stall safety fix delayed

Airlines will have to wait few more weeks to get new code as engineers need more time

Software02 Apr 2019 | 106

Ethiopian Airlines boss confirms suspect flight software was in use as Boeing 737 Max crashed

Meanwhile American Airlines cancels 90 flights a day

Software26 Mar 2019 | 148

Boeing big cheese repeats pledge of 737 Max software updates following fatal crashes

Airline maker accused of not realising what controversial MCAS system could do

Science19 Mar 2019 | 210

Boeing... Boeing... Gone: Canada, America finally ground 737 Max jets as they await anti-death-crash software patches

Mad Max airline grudgingly backs decision 'out of an abundance of caution'

Software13 Mar 2019 | 142

UK joins growing list of territories to ban Boeing 737 Max flights as firm says patch incoming

No action from US regulator yet

Bootnotes12 Mar 2019 | 196

Airlines in Asia, Africa ground Boeing 737 Max 8s after second death crash in four-ish months

Software may have played a grim role in both fatal accidents

Software11 Mar 2019 | 155

Don't mean to alarm you, but Boeing has built an unmanned fighter jet called 'Loyal Wingman'

RoTM Unarmed, but let's be real – it's only a matter of time, isn't it?

Edge + IoT27 Feb 2019 | 123

Sad relics of UK launch capability returned to Blighty while NASA fiddles with Boeing crew

Roundup India and China keep chucking out satellites

Science29 Jan 2019 | 20

Boeing 737 pilots battled confused safety system that plunged aircraft to their deaths – black box

Data suggests one of plane's many brains was stuck in anti-stall mode

Software27 Nov 2018 | 181

First Boeing 777 (aged 24) makes its last flight – to a museum

Feeling old yet?

Bootnotes18 Sep 2018 | 108

Good news, bad news, weird news – it's the week in networking

Air traffic messages over the Internet? All this and more

Networks01 Sep 2018 | 21

Boeing embraces Embraer to take off in regional jet market

100-seaters are now a duopoly, too, so please don’t mention the trade war

Bootnotes06 Jul 2018 | 36

Boeing CEO takes aim at Musk’s Starman-in-a-Tesla stunt

Anyone can lob a car into space, but you need a Boeing rocket to bring it back

Science13 Apr 2018 | 74

It's baaack – WannaCry nasty soars through Boeing's computers

NSA-augmented ransomware hits snoops' home air industry

Security28 Mar 2018 | 59

Up, up and a-weigh! Boeing flies cargo drone with 225kg payload

No word on demo bird's range or speed, but the carrying capacity looks decent

Science11 Jan 2018 | 49

Aviation industry hits turbulence as Airbus buys into Bombardier’s new jetplanes

Partners now have trade wars to fly around

On-Prem17 Oct 2017 | 62

Boeing borgs robot aeronautics biz Aurora Flight Sciences

Will this be the end of piloted planes? Give it a while yet

Science05 Oct 2017 | 13

The UK isn't ditching Boeing defence kit any time soon

Analysis Have you seen how dependent our armed forces are on them?

Security28 Sep 2017 | 103

Boeing slams $2m on the desk, bellows: Now where's my jetpack?

Aviation chums want personal flying device that can be flown by 'anyone, anywhere'

Science26 Sep 2017 | 48

Boeing preps pilotless passenger flights – once it has solved the Sully problem, of course

Avoid blue screens of blazing death, please

Science09 Jun 2017 | 143

DARPA orders spaceplane capable of 10 launches in 10 days

Boeing to build 'Phantom Express' on heir to Space Shuttle's main engine

Science25 May 2017 | 42

China's first large passenger jet makes maiden flight

The C919 will compete with the 737 and A320, has already won 99 orders

On-Prem05 May 2017 | 72

Boeing 737 turns 50

9,448 of world's most popular airliner have flown since April 9th, 1967. 4,500 more are on order. 168 were written off

On-Prem10 Apr 2017 | 79

Boeing-backed US upstart reckons it'll be building electric airliners

Let's hope they walk the walk better than they talk the talk

Science06 Apr 2017 | 96

Boeing details 'Deep Space Gateway' for Mars mission staging

Aerospace outfit says just four launches could build a base in Lunar space by the early 2020s

Science04 Apr 2017 | 69

Boeing and Airbus fly new planes for first time

Stretched 787 stretches its wings and A319neo Euro-hops.

On-Prem03 Apr 2017 | 92

Boeing seeks patent for mobile device case with built-in fire extinguisher

Invented before the Galaxy Note 7 went down in flames, the case detects heat and then sprays fire-suppressing gas

Bootnotes01 Mar 2017 | 29