Justice Dept reportedly starts criminal probe into Boeing door bolt incident Plus: Pilots on Lion Air’s Batik fall asleep and miss Jakarta Offbeat11 Mar 2024 | 42
Boeing paper trail goes cold over door plug blowout Safety watchdog bemoans lack of cooperation with probe Offbeat07 Mar 2024 | 97
FAA gives Boeing 90 days to fix serious safety shortcomings found in report Expert panel finds 'a lack of awareness of safety-related metrics at all levels,' and more, at plane maker Offbeat28 Feb 2024 | 26
Boeing-backed air taxi upstart Wisk plans to fly you across town at UberX prices by 2030 Absence of an on-board pilot will lower costs and raise blood pressure, starting soon in Texas Offbeat22 Feb 2024 | 57
Aircraft rivet hole issues cause delays to Boeing 737 Max deliveries Supplier to beleagered US aerospace giant spots problem, which would not be an 'immediate flight safety issue' Personal Tech05 Feb 2024 | 127
Technology truly is the gift that keeps on giving ... SNAFUs to highlight Kettle Until we can hook schadenfreude directly into our veins, this will have to do Software26 Jan 2024 | 2
Boeing goes boing: 757 loses a wheel while taxiing down the runway That old kit isn't our fault Boeing tells us Personal Tech24 Jan 2024 | 65
United Airlines’ patience with Boeing is maxed out after repeated safety issues Plans for life without the 737 Max 10 after CEO rated door plug blowout 'the straw that broke the camel's back' Offbeat23 Jan 2024 | 90
Travel app Kayak offers Boeing 737 Max 9 filter after that door plug drama Handy feature as FAA expands inspections to 737-900ER aircraft Personal Tech22 Jan 2024 | 36
Perfect timing... US Navy throws Boeing $103M to update its sub recon jets Just as Secretary of State's 737 goes on the Blink(en) at Davos Public Sector18 Jan 2024 | 29
Another airline finds loose bolts in Boeing 737-9 during post-blowout fleet inspections Someone please remind Boeing how to build airplanes ... again Offbeat09 Jan 2024 | 178
Apple sets new 16,000-foot iPhone drop test after 737 fuselage fail Kit sucked out of Alaska Airlines 1282 found on the side of the road Personal Tech08 Jan 2024 | 119
Nearly 200 Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes grounded after door plug flies off mid-flight NTSB chair pushes for 25 hours of cockpit voice and flight data recordings Offbeat08 Jan 2024 | 116
DARPA's air-steered X-65 jet heads into production with goal of flying by 2025 Moving parts on a plane? What is this, Kitty Hawk? Offbeat04 Jan 2024 | 65
Veteran wingman wants $1.75M from Boeing over emotional turbulence Cites alleged ageist headwinds Legal22 Nov 2023 | 2
Impatient LockBit says it's leaked 50GB of stolen Boeing files after ransom fails to land Aerospace titan pores over data to see if dump is legit Cyber-crime10 Nov 2023 | 29
Boeing acknowledges cyberattack on parts and distribution biz Won't say if it's LockBit, but LockBit appears to have claimed credit. Maybe payment, too Cyber-crime02 Nov 2023 | 7
NASA and Boeing try to chase the contrail clouds away The sky isn't the limit when it comes to greener fuel alternatives Science31 Oct 2023 | 24
Boeing gives busy billionaires unbothered about bespoke beds a cheaper BizJet Suggests modular interiors for the frequent flyer in a hurry to take off in their own 737 Offbeat20 Oct 2023 | 31
NASA reschedules Boeing's first crewed Starliner flight for mid-April 2024 Given they're still trying to fix the capsule's parachute the astronauts better say their prayers Science13 Oct 2023 | 21
US amends hypersonic weapons strategy: If you can't zoom with 'em, boom 'em DARPA awards Boeing $70.5M to develop intercept technology Offbeat12 Sep 2023 | 17
Concorde? Pffft. NASA wants a Mach 4 passenger jet Don't get too excited: We're purely in the 'is this possible' stage right now Science24 Aug 2023 | 107
Boeing abandons plans for crewed Starliner flight in 2023 The calamity capsule won't be ready to fly until March 2024, and even then a launch date hasn't been ironed out Science08 Aug 2023 | 23
NASA to tear the wings off plane in the name of sustainability They'll be replaced with longer, thinner wings supported by a truss Science14 Jun 2023 | 97
Family-owned aerospace biz throws a wrench in Boeing IP lawsuit Tool was allegedly used incorrectly to attach parts for the SLS and ISS The Reg in Space12 Jun 2023 | 34
Boeing discovers Dreamliner defect, delivery delay decided Better than not delaying it, we suppose Offbeat07 Jun 2023 | 34
This ain't Boeing very well: Starliner's first crewed flight canceled yet again Flammable tape and unreliable parachutes ground craft this time around Science02 Jun 2023 | 82
Boeing takes flight in sustainability battle with carbon data cruncher Analytics to grok impact of competing greener tech as industry seeks environmentally friendly path Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week18 May 2023 | 2
Boeing's first-ever crewed mission in Starliner ISS spacecraft delayed to late July Still hundreds of components, verification checks to complete before test flight Science30 Mar 2023 | 17
Boeing Starliner's 1st crewed trip to the ISS delayed again over battery overheating risk May fly in the summer, with some presumably pretty nervous pilots Science26 Mar 2023 | 26
Boeing signs off design of anti-jamming tech that keeps satellites online China and Russia won't be jammin' US sats no more Defense Tech Week08 Mar 2023 | 28
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 | 25
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