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  • April 2008

    • Boeing Delays Dreamliner Rollout 6 More Months

      Bloomberg  |  Apr 9, 08 10:13 AM CDT

      Boeing Delays Dreamliner Rollout 6 More Months

      (Newser) - Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner has been delayed for a third time—now it won't be delivered until the third quarter of 2009 due to parts shortages and manufacturing partners who've fallen behind schedule. The innovative, fuel-efficient plane was originally scheduled to be available next month, reports Bloomberg. More »

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      Boeing  • airplane  • 787 Dreamliner  • delay

    • Boeing Expected to Delay Dreamliner 6 More Months

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Apr 8, 08 8:39 AM CDT

      Boeing Expected to Delay Dreamliner 6 More Months

      (Newser) - Boeing is expected to delay delivery of its 787 Dreamliner for a third time, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports, as the company continues to struggle with parts shortages, redesigns, and manufacturing partners falling behind schedule. Analysts expect at least another 6-month delay to be announced tomorrow, pushing back the new fuel-efficient airliner a total of 14 months from its original delivery date. More »

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      Boeing  • Airbus  • 787 Dreamliner  • Dreamliner  • Aircraft manufacturers

    • For Boeing, Warplanes Are Becoming History

      Seattle Times  |  Apr 7, 08 3:34 PM CDT

      For Boeing, Warplanes Are Becoming History

      (Newser) - As Boeing makes fewer military aircraft and more hardware systems, its commercial and defense arms look increasingly like separate companies, the Seattle Times reports. "These are two legs walking in opposite directions," one analyst says. While airplanes continue to dominate its commercial side, the company, once a military-aircraft mainstay, now lacks a single prime contract for future warplanes. More »

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      Boeing  • airplane  • Airbus  • contract  • Northrop Grumman  • fuel tankers  • Defense Industry

    • A Plane That Runs on Hydrogen

      BBC  |  Apr 4, 08 3:28 PM CDT

      A Plane That Runs on Hydrogen

      (Newser) - Boeing has successfully tested the world’s first manned, hydrogen-powered plane, the BBC reports, with one executive calling the three flights in Spain “a historical technological success.” The propeller-driven two-seater runs on a hydrogen fuel cell that emits only heat and water. Boeing engineers say they doubt the cells alone could power full-scale passenger planes. More »

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      Boeing  • clean energy  • aerospace  • hydrogen fuel cells  • alternative fuels

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  • January 2008

    • Complexity of Army Software Raises Concern

      Washington Post  |  Jan 24, 08 5:07 PM CST

      Complexity of Army Software Raises Concern

      (Newser) - More than 2,000 developers are working on a $200 billion software project considered the biggest Army modernization since World War II, but many worry the Boeing-led Future Combat Systems may come in late and severely flawed. FCS, which dwarfs Windows in complexity, would enable communication with hovering drones, bomb-defusing robots, and laser-guided missiles—but congressional overseers are getting anxious, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Congress  • US military  • Boeing  • Future Combat Systems

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