Boeing on Wednesday revealed a $257 million charge in the second quarter for its Starliner astronaut spacecraft program, carrying the program’s to-date overwhelm costs to $1.5 billion as postpones proceed. The aerospace giant pinned the charge on its choice last month to endlessly postpone the first crewed Starliner send off. Starliner was scheduled to launch…
Boeing and NASA announces on Thursday that the company is further delaying the first crewed launch after discovering additional issues with the Starliner spacecraft. The most recent date for the Starliner crew flight test, which was supposed to send two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, was July 21. Boeing discovered two brand-new Starliner…
An executive informed the staff on Monday that Boeing intends to increase production of its best-selling plane by adding a fourth 737 Max production line. Boeing’s massive Everett, Washington, factory will house the new line. There, the company has been reworking some of its 787 Dreamliners and making 777s and 767s. It had also been…
Officials confirmed Tuesday that Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally ready to retry a critical test launch to the International Space Station on May 19. The uncrewed trip, dubbed OFT-2, is an important step toward certifying the spaceship for carrying passengers in the future, providing NASA a second taxi operator to complement SpaceX. Boeing, which was…
Boeing continues to receive negative news. The launch of the airline’s newest passenger plane has been postponed until 2025, and the corporation reported a significantly larger-than-expected quarterly deficit. The aircraft manufacturer revealed on Wednesday that production of its 777X passenger plane, which it hoped to begin delivering to customers by the end of 2023, will…
Deliveries of Boeing Co’s. 787 Dreamliner will probably remain stopped until late October as the plane producer has been not able to persuade air-safety regulators to endorse its proposition to inspect the aircraft, individuals familiar with the matter said. With practically all deliveries stopped for almost a year, aircrafts and other Boeing clients progressively can…