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Boeing has landed a potential two-year, $678m contract to build seven lot 40 EA-18G Growler aircraft, five F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jets and related aerial electronic attack kits for the US Navy. The Growler is a variant of the F/A-18F Super Hornet, a twin-engine fighter jet that has enclosed weapons ...

MOD partners with industry to promote UK prosperity

Air January 27, 2017

Following the Prime Minister’s unveiling of the new Modern Industrial Strategy this week, the Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin, met with Boeing International president, Marc Allen, to celebrate the success of the joint initiative signed last year. The joint initiative sees the Ministry of Defence and the aerospace giants working ...

SHARC encounter at Unmanned Warrior

Maritime October 14, 2016

Boeing Liquid Robotics SHARC or Sensor Hosting Autonomous Remote Craft is a solar and ocean powered wave glider, it is being demonstrated with over 50 other robotic craft off the Scottish coast in Unmanned Warrior 2016, the world’s first large-scale maritime exercise of its kind. Navies of the world face shrinking budgets, ageing ...

Orbital receives order for propulsion systems

Air September 20, 2016

Orbital has received a further batch order for propulsion systems from Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, valued at US$9.7 million. The propulsion systems are required by Insitu to meet customer demand for the Insitu ScanEagle UAV, one of the world’s most widely recognised fixed-wing light reconnaissance UAVs. ScanEagle is an industry ...