The Boeing Logbook: 2007
| 2007 |
Jan. 3: Boeing secures a key role in HIFiRE (Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation), a $54 million hypersonics research program jointly established by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and Australia's Defense Science and Technology Organization.
Jan. 4: Boeing completes a live demonstration of the Global Positioning System ground station to control the GPS satellites in orbit. It will be activated in September. Jan. 16: The 747-400 Dreamlifter delivers the first 787 Dreamliner major assemblies to Global Aeronautica in Charleston, S.C. March 8: A Boeing-led industry team launches Orbital Express, a spacecraft that is part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program for fully autonomous on-orbit spacecraft servicing. March 12: Continental orders five 787-9 Dreamliners. The Houston-based airline is the first customer in the Americas to order the 787 Dreamliner. March 16: Boeing delivers the 200th T-45C Goshawk to the U.S. Navy. March 19: Boeing Phantom Works leads an industry team in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar America Initiative to examine the distribution of solar energy in the United States. March 27: Boeing Research and Technology Europe, in Madrid, Spain, tests an experimental fuel-cell-powered airplane. April 9: The U.S. Army orders18 new-build AH-64D Apache Longbow multirole combat helicopters. April 11: Boeing submits its KC-767 Advanced Tanker proposal for the U.S. Air Force KC-135 Tanker Replacement Program. April 18: Boeing crews near the Boeing Portland, Ore., plant construct a wetland that cleans pollutants from storm water before it flows into the Columbia Slough. April 23: Boeing delivers the first full-rate production Combat Survivor Evader Locator radios, 5,053 units, to the U.S. Department of Defense. May 21: Final assembly begins on the first 787 Dreamliner. June 4: The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration grants type certification to the Dreamlifter. June 8: The F-22 Raptor, designed by the team of Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney and the U.S. Air Force, is awarded the Collier Trophy. June 15: The A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft makes its first flight. July 8: The first 787 Dreamliner rolls out at a celebration attended by 15,000 people at the Everett, Wash., final assembly factory. More than 30,000 participate via two-way satellite from Japan, Italy and locations in the United States. July 20: Boeing's X-48B research aircraft, featuring the Blended Wing Body, flies for the first time. Aug. 16: Boeing completes the first phase of its nanosatellite research and experimentation with the successful conclusion of the CubeSat TestBed 1 mission. Aug. 27: The new CH-47F Chinook helicopter joins the U.S. Army's aviation fleet. Aug. 28: Boeing is awarded a NASA contract valued at approximately $514.7 million to produce the upper stage of the Ares I crew launch vehicle. The Ares I will help propel astronauts to the moon by 2020. Sept. 25: Boeing delivers the first production EA-18G Growler to the U.S. Navy. Sept. 28: Boeing, Air New Zealand and Rolls-Royce announce plans to conduct a biofuel demonstration flight in the second half of 2008. Nov. 13: Boeing ships a developmental heat shield designed to protect future astronauts from extreme heat for NASA's Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. Nov. 20: The X-45A Joint Unmanned Combat Air System is awarded the Johnston Memorial Trophy by the U.K. Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators. Dec. 31: The company ends 2007 with 1,413 net commercial airplane orders, setting a Boeing record for total orders in a single year and marking an unprecedented third consecutive year of more than 1,000 orders. |
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