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The FAA’s certification process is not fundamentally flawed and “was followed” during the Boeing 737 MAX certification, but shortcomings in key guidance, global perspective, safety assessments, and agency staffing should be addressed to improve the system, an independent committee’s report found.

The new pod will become one of the key capabilities for the F/A-18E/F Block III that is scheduled to enter flight testing in a few months.

BridgeComm and Boeing’s HorizonX are exploring applications for a new, ultra-high-speed communications network for systems on land, in the air and in space.

The European Commission extended the provisional deadline for its in-depth review of the proposed commercial joint venture (JV) between Boeing and Embraer until Apr. 30, further delaying its potential approval for the deal, most recently seen to be closing at the end of the first quarter.

Boeing says it expects Berlin to issue a contract award for a fleet of 44-60 helicopters plus sustainment and training in 2021.

The Swiss government has issued a second request for quotations for new combat aircraft and ground-based air defense systems.

Boeing is facing a second civil penalty for installing unairworthy slat tracks on 737s—this one covering 178 MAXs.

Boeing’s Oklahoma City military MRO campus has changed landlords.

As NASA’s deep-space human exploration plans gain momentum, policy makers must avoid subjecting the agency to fluctuations in goals, ambiguous objectives and inadequate budgets, a report says.

Boeing on Jan. 6 provided more details on how the 737 MAX production pause will progress, while major program supplier Spirit AeroSystems said it will begin accepting “voluntary” layoffs.

Aerospace and defense Tier 1 giant Safran has sold off software and systems engineering unit Base2 Solutions.

Publicly traded shares of aerospace and defense companies around most of the Western world ended 2019 about 34% above where they began a year ago, and 6% better off than major stock market indices, Wall Street analysts said in year-end reports.

The USAF and Boeing are working to produce a new variant of the next sat in a constellation that provides high-capacity broadband comms to U.S. forces globally within five years.

NATO has taken the first steps toward replacing its fleet of Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early warning platforms.

Contenders for Finland’s fighter competition will be put through their paces in January and February in the Nordic nation’s challenging climate. The

Japan’s defense ministry has proposed to start working with a foreign partner on the country’s Next Generation Fighter.

A key piece of the EA-18G’s first major upgrade since the airborne electronic attack aircraft entered service a decade ago is now under contract

The South Korean defense ministry plans to order 36-48 Boeing AH-64E Apaches.

Congress has moved to spare the upgrade program for the Boeing CH-47F Chinook from a five-year deferral proposed earlier this year by the U.S. Army.

Whether more management heads roll at Boeing remains to be seen now that Dennis Muilenburg has been fired as chief executive.

The U.S. Air Force has ended its three-month ban on KC-46A cargo and passenger operations.

Joby Aviation has signed an agreement with Uber that makes it the first developer of an eVTOL aircraft to commit to meet the Uber Elevate initiative’s 2023 target to deploy commercial urban aerial ridesharing services.

Local production of the Sikorsky UH-60J has suffered the largest cut in the defense budget for the coming fiscal year OK'd by Japan.

Boeing and NASA were working to preserve as many test objectives as possible for the unmanned orbital debut of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner after a timer issue scuttled the capsule’s engine firing needed to reach the ISS.

Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) have partnered to study joint development of a light military transport with a hybrid-electric propulsion. system