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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 […]

SPACE

X-37B is back in space

25 August 2025 Jacek Domański

On 21st August 2025, less than six months after concluding its seventh mission, the Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) was again launched into space. Lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the OTV […]

SPACE

Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle set for its eighth mission

4 August 2025 Jacek Domański

Last week, Boeing announced that its X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is being prepared for its eighth space mission, OTV-8. The vehicle is scheduled to launch from Florida’s Space Coast no earlier than 21st August […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Showcase of new capabilities – two MQ-28s teamed with E-7A Wedgetail

2 July 2025 Jacek Domański

In June of 2025, Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) carried out first-of-a-kind demonstration of new capabilities by teaming two MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed aircraft with Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and […]

CIVIL AVIATION

Global airliner fleet to reach 50,000 aircraft by 2044

16 June 2025 Jacek Domański

The 2025 Commercial Market Outlook (CMO) forecast, recently released by Boeing, predicts the global fleet to reach approximately 50,000 commercial aircraft by 2044. The company also emphasized that during the upcoming two decades, the air […]

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