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30 January 1930 – first flight of the Boeing XP-15

29 January 2026 Jacek Domański

On 30 January 1930, the prototype of the Boeing XP-15, a monoplane fighter aircraft, performed its maiden flight. In the late 1920s, the Boeing Company developed the Model 99, a biplane fighter aircraft powered by […]

MILITARY AVIATION

B-52 Radar Modernization Program

12 January 2026 Jacek Domański

In early December 2025, Boeing delivered the first flight-test aircraft for the B-52 Radar Modernization Program (RMP) to the United States Air Force (USAF). As announced by the company and the US Department of War, […]

MILITARY AVIATION

MQ-28 Ghost Bat achieves first autonomous air-to-air kill

11 December 2025 Jacek Domański

The Royal Australian Air Force and Boeing recently achieved a significant milestone in the development of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programme, when the MQ-28 Ghost Bat successfully carried out a force-integrated, autonomous, air-to-air weapon […]

MILITARY AVIATION

96 Apaches for Poland – the $4.7 billion contract officially awarded to Boeing

8 December 2025 Jacek Domański

At the end of November 2025, Boeing was officially awarded the contract to produce the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter for international customers. The contract, executed under a Foreign Military Sales programme supervised by the US […]

CIVIL AVIATION

African air carriers order Boeing 737 MAX airliners at the Dubai Airshow

19 November 2025 Jacek Domański

According to the latest announcement from the Boeing company, Air Sénégal and Ethiopian Airlines have agreed to order a combined total of twenty Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The two agreements – for nine and eleven […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Nine more CH-47 Block II Chinooks for the US Army

27 October 2025 Jacek Domański

Last week, Boeing announced that it had been awarded two new contracts for CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters for the United States Army. The Lot 4 and Lot 5 awards are valued at 461 million […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Eight more MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters for the USAF

13 October 2025 Jacek Domański

Last week, Boeing officially announced that the company had been awarded an additional contract to produce eight more MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters for the United States Air Force. The deal, worth more than $173 million, […]

SPACE

ViaSat-3 – the second Viasat´s next generation spacecraft

6 October 2025 Jacek Domański

At the end of September 2025, Boeing delivered the second spacecraft in Viasat´s next generation ultra-high-capacity constellation, the ViaSat-3 F2. Coupled with the Boeing 702MP+ platform, the satellite is designed to add more than 1Tbps […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Singapore to acquire four P-8 Poseidon aircraft

14 September 2025 Jacek Domański

On Wednesday, 10th September 2025, the Singaporean government officially announced its decision to acquire four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA). The announcement followed a meeting held that day at Pentagon between Chan Chun […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Ghost Bat completed the RAAF tests

8 September 2025 Jacek Domański

In June 2025, four months ahead of schedule, Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) successfully completed the MQ-28 Ghost Bat test programme. According to the company, the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) proved its […]

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