Monday, April 8, 2013 - 10:51am
This is the Boeing F/A-XX concept, and it could be what replaces the F/A-18 as the Navy's sixth-generation carrier-based fighter in the 2030.
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Friday, March 22, 2013 - 4:43pm
Boeing test pilot Tex Johnson put a prototype Boeing 707 through this maneuver in 1955 just for fun, but it's not as crazy as it seems.
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 2:17pm
The National Transportation Safety Board says it'll take its time figuring out what exactly caused the 787 Dreamliner's batteries to overheat.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 7:29pm
Boeing's fleet of 787 Dreamliners grounded after faulty lithium-ion batteries force one plane to make an emergency landing.
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 6:08pm
We've already learned that in-flight Wi-Fi will be getting a whole lot better next year, but what wasn't clear was just how we're going to be seeing such a big leap in performance. Now Boeing has revealed that 20,000 pounds of potatoes played a key role.
Monday, December 17, 2012 - 10:56am
On this day in 1947, the Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber took to the skies for the first time.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 12:46pm
Most military weapons systems rely on sophisticated electronics for control, so if you can somehow knock out the circuits, the weapons will become useless. A new type of missile tested last week by Boeing and the USAF exploits this vulnerability, by zapping selected buildings with microwave energy so powerful that all electronics inside will stop working.
Monday, October 8, 2012 - 9:54am
Lasers are the future. Of everything. From food to medicine to rainbows, lasers can do it all. As every science fiction movie ever will attest to, the absolute coolest thing that lasers can do, of course, is blow stuff up, and this is why Boeing is making a truck into a mobile laser weapon system.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 12:35pm
Boeing has released more information about its Aeroloft, which is kind of like an eight-bed dorm room that you can add to the top of what is already the biggest and baddest business jet in the sky.
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 1:49pm
It's cheaper and more efficient for an airline to use one single large aircraft instead of several smaller aircraft, which was the initial motivation behind Boeing's venerable 747. Airbus cranked things up a notch with its truly gigantic double-decker A380, and a patent filed by Boeing last month suggests that a future generation of the 747 may follow suit.
