Boeing

SEATTLE, July 02, 2008 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] this week delivered a Next-Generation 737-800 to Toronto-based Sunwing Airlines. The third new Next-Generation Boeing 737 to be delivered to Sunwing and the first to be operated on lease from lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG), the airplane is equipped with performance-enhancing Blended Winglets, which improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions by up to 4 percent.

Boeing Delivers Next-Generation 737 to Sunwing Airlines of Canada: (Photo credit: Boeing)    » read more »

ROME, July 02, 2008 -- Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, successfully completed destructive testing on the horizontal stabilizer of the Boeing [NYSE: BA] 787 Dreamliner. The test took place at Alenia's Pomigliano plant in Naples with Boeing engineers and representatives of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in attendance. The stabilizer is made at the Alenia Aeronautica plant at Foggia in Italy's Puglia region.    » read more »

ST. LOUIS, July 01, 2008 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has completed environmental tests of the first of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites, which confirm the mechanical integrity of the spacecraft. The program is on track to deliver the first satellite to the U.S. Air Force this year.

Boeing GPS IIF Satellite: The first GPS IIF satellite (shown here in an artist's rendering) has completed a series of acoustic tests that replicate the noise levels expected during the spacecraft's launch into orbit. (Photo Credit: Boeing)    » read more »

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

The Air Force is modifying a firm fixed price contract with McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Boeing Co., of Long Beach, Calif., by increasing it to $114,000,000. This action procures multiple retrofit change modifications which brings Block 13 fielded aircraft configurations to a Block 17 aircraft configuration, the configuration of the production aircraft being delivered. At this time the amount obligated has been increased to $51,300,000. 516 AESG/SYK, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8614-04-C-2004, P00240).

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY    » read more »

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Advanced Technology Construction, Renton, Wash., Coleman Construction Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., Tompco-Triton Inc., Bremerton, Wash., and Cherokee General Corp., Fairview, Ore., are being awarded a firm-fixed-priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award construction contract to provide new construction and renovation at various locations within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northwest area of responsibility.    » read more »

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

The Air Force is modifying an undefinitized, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc., of El Segundo, Calif., not to exceed $75,000,000. This undefinitized contract action will authorize Boeing to conduct additional Risk Reduction and System Definition (RR&SD) baseline efforts as well as adding two tasks.    » read more »

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

DOSS Aviation, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colo., is being awarded a minimum $21,518,284.32 firm fixed price contract for government-owned, contractor operated fuel services. Other location of performance is Fla. Using service is Navy.

MRAP en route to Iraq: US Air Force photo.

This proposal was originally FedBizOps solicited with six responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is Sep. 30, 2016. The contracting activity is Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-08-C-5809).    » read more »

CONTRACTS

ARMY

Walbridge Overaa, Detroit, Mich., was awarded on May 20, 2008, a $74,558,000 firm-fixed price contract for the design and construction of an armed forces reserve center. Work will be performed in Moffett Field, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 1, 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Web bids were solicited on Jan. 3, 2008, and two bids were received. Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity (W912QR-08-C-0016).    » read more »

CONTRACTS

NAVY

ITT Communications & Countermeasures Systems, Thousand Oaks, Calif., is being awarded a $26,887,508 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-6311) to exercise an option for the production and support of 353 JCREW 2.1 radio-controlled improvised explosive device electronic warfare systems to meet urgent Department of Defense requirements in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Work will be performed in Thousand Oaks, Calif., (87 percent) and Lancaster, Calif., (13 percent), and work is expected to be completed by Nov. 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C. is the contracting activity.    » read more »

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Tatitlek Support Services, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded a $319,246,604 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide civilians on the battlefield foreign language specialist role players to support United States Marine Corps pre-deployment training at Twentynine Palms, Calif.

The preponderance of the work will be performed at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Marine Corps Base Twentynine Palms, Calif., and work is expected to be completed Mar. 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (M67854-08-D-8029).    » read more »

CONTRACTS

AIR FORCE

Boeing Co., of Anaheim, Calif., is being awarded a modified contract for $24,960,000. This undefinitized contract action will incorporate Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) 0035, Strategic Networks, into the Family of Advanced Beyond-Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) Increment 1 program. At this time $9,250,000 has been obligated. Hanscom AFB, Mass., is the contracting activity (F19628-02-C-0048/P00141).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated System Sector, of El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a modified contract for $22,300,005. This action will provide T38, 33 wing assemblies and gear boxes, 15 each. At this time $22,300,005 has been obligated. Hill AFB, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8218-07-C-0009-P00003).    » read more »

Adds Schedule Margin to Reduce Risk of Further Delays

EVERETT, Wash., April 09, 2008 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced a revised plan for first flight and initial deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner that includes additional schedule margin to reduce risk of further delays on the program.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner: Photo courtesy of The Boeing Company    » read more »

Bangalore, India, April 2, 2008 -- Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) today announced that The Boeing Company has awarded it a 2007 Boeing Performance Excellence Award (BPEA) for achieving a gold level of performance over the 12-month period. Infosys Technologies was one of fewer than 50 companies out of approximately 10,000 Boeing worldwide suppliers to receive a gold level performance award.    » read more »

CONTRACTS

NAVY

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $10,399,123,179 modification to convert a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-07-C-0001) to a fixed-price-incentive-fee multiyear contract for the manufacture and delivery of 141 MV-22 (Marine variant) and 26 CV-22 (Air Force variant) tiltrotor aircraft, including associated rate tooling in support of production rates.    » read more »

March 19, 2008 -- EVERETT – Washington Governor Chris Gregoire delivered the following statement to a rally of Boeing workers this afternoon in Everett.

“As a kid growing up in Auburn, I already knew you were the men and women who made those great airplanes I saw up in the sky, the best airplanes in the world. Two weeks ago I was truly shocked that the U.S. Department of Defense apparently doesn’t know that.

“I couldn’t believe, and still can’t believe, that our own federal government decided to ship thousands of jobs overseas.

“We hope to learn — and we are learning — how the Air Force could mistakenly decide to turn its back on Boeing.    » read more »