Tag: Boeing

• Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 12:29 UTC

  Trump boasts his Xmas present: the US$ 1.5tn tax overhaul law as promised

  

  US President Donald Trump signed Republicans’ massive US$1.5 trillion tax overhaul into law, cementing the biggest legislative victory of his first year in office, and also approved a short-term spending bill that averts a possible government shutdown. Trump said he wanted to sign the tax bill before leaving Washington for his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, rather than stage a more formal ceremony in January, so he could keep his promise to finish work before Christmas.

• Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 09:40 UTC

  Boeing's interest in Embraer conditioned by the Brazilian government

  

  United States manufacturer Boeing Co sought to calm Brazilian concern about a potential tie-up with Embraer SA after President Michel Temer and other officials warned they would veto any full takeover bid for the regional jet maker.

• Saturday, October 14th 2017 - 08:16 UTC

  Japan's steel scandal of falsifying quality data has global manufacturing repercussions

  

  Japan's Kobe Steel has increased the number of firms it says have been affected by its data fabrication scandal from 200 to 500, and has also found “inappropriate actions” relating to nine more products, including falsifying data. Earlier this week, Kobe admitted falsifying quality data on some of its products for up to a decade.

• Monday, January 11th 2016 - 13:36 UTC

  Boeing king of the skies: record 762 planes delivered last year

  

  Boeing looks to have cemented its position as the world's biggest aircraft manufacturer after delivering a record 762 planes last year. The figure exceeds Boeing's previous forecast that it would deliver between 755 and 760 aircraft.

• Monday, June 23rd 2014 - 21:53 UTC

  Royal Navy's first ever remotely-piloted air system takes flight

  

  Just 7 months after the British Ministry of Defense ordered the system from Boeing Defense UK, footage released today, 22 June, shows ScanEagle taking flight from HMS Somerset in the Gulf.

• Monday, December 10th 2012 - 19:55 UTC

  Brazil leaning for the US F-18 Super Hornet fighter bomber, says Sao Paulo media

  

  The Brazilian air force, awaiting the outcome of the selection process for purchasing 36 fighter jets, is leaning toward the F-18 Super Hornet of the US, which is competing against the French Dassault Rafale and the Swedish Gripen, Istoe magazine said.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 05:17 UTC

  Boeing and Embraer sign agreement on safety, efficiency and productivity

  

  US Boeing and Brazil’s Embraer signed an agreement Monday to work cooperatively on aircraft safety, operational efficiency and manufacturing productivity.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 02:35 UTC

  Boeing to open an aerospace research and technology centre in Sao Paulo

  

  US air industry giant Boeing announced today that it will establish a research and technology centre in Sao Paulo that will work with Brazil’s leading researchers and scientists to develop aerospace technologies.

• Thursday, January 26th 2012 - 05:19 UTC

  Norway’s discount carrier orders 222 Boeing and Airbus, totalling 21.5bn dollars

  

  Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA ordered 222 Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS airliners valued at 127 billion Kroner (21.5 billion dollars) as Europe's fourth-biggest discount carrier steps up its competition with state-backed SAS AB.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 22:23 UTC

  Southwest Airlines makes largest aircraft order: 208 Boeing single-aisles 737

  

  The US Southwest Airlines ordered single-aisle 737s with a catalog value totaling 19 billion dollars from Boeing Co., the largest aircraft order ever and the first to include the more fuel-efficient MAX variant.