News Releases
1998 Archive
| Dec. 21, 1998 | Boeing Delta II to Launch Mars Polar Lander and Deep Space 2 | ||
| Dec. 18, 1998 | Bell Boeing Completes CV-22 Critical Design Review | ||
| Dec. 18, 1998 | Boeing Delivers First Production Super Hornet One Month Early | ||
| Dec. 17, 1998 | Boeing F-15 Eagle Reaches 6,000 Flight Hours | ||
| Dec. 17, 1998 | DigitalXpress Signs Agreement To Provide New England Financial With Satellite Communications Services | ||
| Dec. 16, 1998 | Shuttle Builders Look to Future Following Successful First Space Station Assembly Mission | ||
| Dec. 16, 1998 | U.S. Air Force Receives 45th Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | ||
| Dec. 15, 1998 | New Boeing Apache Ammunition Loading System Enters Service | ||
| Dec. 14, 1998 | Boeing Airborne Satellite Television System Successfully Demonstrated In London | ||
| Dec. 10, 1998 | Boeing Books Two Sales of FLASHJET Paint Removal System | ||
| Dec. 09, 1998 | Airborne Laser Program Wins 100 Percent Award Fee | ||
| Dec. 08, 1998 | Boeing Team Wins Future-X Pathfinder Cooperative Agreement From NASA | ||
| Dec. 07, 1998 | Sensor Wing Installed on F-22 Flying Test Bed | ||
| Dec. 04, 1998 | B-1B Bombers with Greater Capability Go Into Operation | ||
| Dec. 02, 1998 | Boeing Completes Final Design Review For X-32 Joint Strike Fighter | ||
| Dec. 02, 1998 | Boeing Awarded Contract To Upgrade Computers On U.S. AWACS Aircraft | ||
| Dec. 02, 1998 | Boeing Awarded Contract To Upgrade Computers On U.S. AWACS Aircraft | ||
| Dec. 01, 1998 | Boeing Builds Solid Focus on Environmental Awareness | ||
| Nov. 30, 1998 | Boeing Delivers First F-22 Avionics Software | ||
| Nov. 24, 1998 | "4-for-4!": Successful X-33 Rocket Engine Tests Continue at Stennis | ||
| Nov. 24, 1998 | Boeing Airborne Surveillance Testbed Tracks Missiles With New Seeker | ||
| Nov. 23, 1998 | Flight And Mission System Testing Completed On Third And Fourth 767 AWACS | ||
| Nov. 22, 1998 | Boeing Delta Gives Lift to Russian Television Viewers | ||
| Nov. 22, 1998 | BONUM-1 Satellite Launch Scrubbed | ||
| Nov. 19, 1998 | First U.S. Army Unit Equipped With Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbows Earns Combat Certification | ||
| Nov. 19, 1998 | Bonum-1 Launch Aboard a Delta II is Scrubbed | ||
| Nov. 18, 1998 | Boeing Receives Contract to Upgrade Longbow Launchers | ||
| Nov. 17, 1998 | Boeing Unit Wins National QualityAward | ||
| Nov. 16, 1998 | Boeing Chinooks Help Hurricane Victims in Central America | ||
| Nov. 16, 1998 | Next-Generation Harpoon Ready for International Market | ||
| Nov. 13, 1998 | Airborne Laser Named In Popular Science 'Best of What's New' | ||
| Nov. 13, 1998 | Boeing, Hughes Ready for Launch of Russian TV Satellite | ||
| Nov. 13, 1998 | Boeing Employee Honored by Hispanic Engineers | ||
| Nov. 12, 1998 | Boeing Opens Office in Greece | ||
| Nov. 10, 1998 | Boeing Names Clayton VP Lean Manufacturing | ||
| Nov. 09, 1998 | U.S. Air Force Receives 44th Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | ||
| Nov. 09, 1998 | First Production Boeing Super Hornet Completes First Flight | ||
| Nov. 09, 1998 | Fourth Boeing C-32A Executive Transport Makes First Flight | ||
| Nov. 06, 1998 | Boeing Delta II Logs Eleventh Successful Launch of Iridium Satellites | ||
| Nov. 05, 1998 | Boeing Targeting System Makes Initial Flights | ||
| Nov. 05, 1998 | DigitalXpress Forms Alliances With Communications Partners To Boost Content Offerings, Capabilities | ||
| Nov. 02, 1998 | Boeing Prepares for Delta II Launch of Iridium Satellites | ||
| Oct. 29, 1998 | Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Completes Flutter Testing | ||
| Oct. 29, 1998 | Comanche Prototype No. 1 is Back in the Air | ||
| Oct. 26, 1998 | Boeing to Assemble and Test RS-68 Engines for Delta IV at Stennis | ||
| Oct. 24, 1998 | Boeing Delta II Launches NASA Spacecraft into Deep Space | ||
| Oct. 22, 1998 | Boeing to Launch Futuristic Deep Space 1 Spacecraft for NASA | ||
| Oct. 21, 1998 | U.S. Air Force Receives 43RD Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | ||
| Oct. 20, 1998 | No "2K" Problem With This Team: Boeing and NASA Conduct 2,000th Space Shuttle Main Engine Test at Stennis Space Center | ||
| Oct. 16, 1998 | U.S. Air Force Procures Boeing Delta IV Launches for EELV Program | ||
| Oct. 15, 1998 | Boeing Develops Blade Fold Kit For WAH-64 Apache Longbow, Envisions Use By Defense Forces Worldwide | ||
| Oct. 15, 1998 | Boeing Changes Delta III Control Software | ||
| Oct. 12, 1998 | F-22 Raptor Achieves First Supersonic Flight | ||
| Oct. 12, 1998 | Sea Launch To Demonstrate Launch System In March 1999 | ||
| Oct. 09, 1998 | Boeing Wins $1.2 Billion Special Operations Support Contract | ||
| Oct. 08, 1998 | Boeing Begins Early Assembly of Second JSF Forebody | ||
| Oct. 08, 1998 | Hellenic Aerospace Industry, Boeing Sign Memorandum of Agreement | ||
| Oct. 05, 1998 | Boeing Rotorcraft Pilot's Associate Makes First Flight in Apache Longbow Prototype | ||
| Oct. 02, 1998 | Osprey Flies West for High-Altitude Tests | ||
| Sep. 30, 1998 | Boeing Establishes Joint Strike Fighter Industry Team | ||
| Sep. 30, 1998 | State Department Reinstates Sea Launch License | ||
| Sep. 30, 1998 | Radar System Improvement Kit Retrofit By Boeing Under Way On U.S., U.K. And NATO AWACS Aircraft | ||
| Sep. 29, 1998 | Norwegian HELLFIRE Shore Defense System Completes System Verification Flight Test | ||
| Sep. 28, 1998 | Boeing Delivers First WAH-64D Apache Longbow for the United Kingdom to GKN Westland Helicopters | ||
| Sep. 24, 1998 | Boeing AGM-130 Completes Extended-Range Turbojet Launch | ||
| Sep. 22, 1998 | Boeing Wins $500 Million KC-135 Maintenance Contract | ||
| Sep. 21, 1998 | U.S. Air Force Receives 42ND Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | ||
| Sep. 20, 1998 | New-Look Atlantis Ready for Date with Station | ||
| Sep. 18, 1998 | Minuteman III Guidance Replacement Program Successfully Completes Second Flight Test | ||
| Sep. 16, 1998 | Boeing in St. Louis to Make Delta IV Tooling | ||
| Sep. 15, 1998 | Boeing Demonstrates Joint Strike Fighter Weapon System | ||
| Sep. 14, 1998 | DarkStar Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Completes Second Flight | ||
| Sep. 11, 1998 | Boeing Demonstrates Advanced Communications Capabilities At EFX '98 | ||
| Sep. 10, 1998 | Boeing Unveils Commercial Variants of Delta IV Launch Vehicles | ||
| Sep. 09, 1998 | Interest in Boeing Apache Longbow Continues to Grow Worldwide | ||
| Sep. 09, 1998 | Boeing Wins EC-130 Aircrew Training Contract | ||
| Sep. 08, 1998 | First Production V-22 Shipped to Bell for Wing Mate | ||
| Sep. 08, 1998 | Boeing Delta II Places Satellites for Iridium System Into Orbit | ||
| Sep. 05, 1998 | Boeing Pinpoints Cause of Delta III Failure, Predicts Timely Return to Flight | ||
| Sep. 04, 1998 | V-22 carries HMMWV sling load | ||
| Sep. 02, 1998 | DigitalXpress And TEN-TV To Provide Distance Learning Services For Microsoft | ||
| Sep. 01, 1998 | Boeing Executive Management Receives Recognition | ||
| Sep. 01, 1998 | Third Boeing 767 AWACS Makes First Flight | ||
| Aug. 31, 1998 | Boeing MD Explorer Receives Validation by Europe's JAA | ||
| Aug. 28, 1998 | Boeing Rocket Investigation Focuses on Control System | ||
| Aug. 27, 1998 | L 159 With Boeing Avionics Makes First Czech Flight | ||
| Aug. 27, 1998 | Boeing Super Hornet Completes One Lifetime of Fatigue Testing | ||
| Aug. 27, 1998 | Boeing Delta III Investigation Team Assembles in Florida | ||
| Aug. 27, 1998 | Boeing Begins Investigation into Rocket Failure | ||
| Aug. 26, 1998 | Boeing Delta III Lost During Launch | ||
| Aug. 25, 1998 | Hurricane Status Downgraded, Delta III Ready for Launch | ||
| Aug. 24, 1998 | Assembly of Boeing Joint Strike Fighter Mid-Fuselage Starts Two Months Early | ||
| Aug. 20, 1998 | V-22 Osprey Establishes Unofficial World Flight Record | ||
| Aug. 20, 1998 | Boeing Super Hornet Demonstrates Reconfigurable Flight Controls | ||
| Aug. 20, 1998 | Boeing Signs Contract for Foreign Military Sale of Chinooks to Egypt | ||
| Aug. 19, 1998 | U.S. Army Puts Interactive Electronic Technical Manual to Work in Support of AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopters | ||
| Aug. 17, 1998 | Boeing Delta III Inaugural Launch to Carry Commercial Satellite | ||
| Aug. 14, 1998 | Boeing Begins Flight Tests Of EFX '98 Enhancements | ||
| Aug. 12, 1998 | Boeing Aerospace Support Center Begins Operations in Texas | ||
| Aug. 11, 1998 | DigitalXpress And University Of Southern California Forge Revolutionary Business-Education Partnership | ||
| Aug. 11, 1998 | Boeing and U.S. Air Force Flight Test Space Maneuver Vehicle | ||
| Aug. 10, 1998 | U.S. Air Force Receives First Multiyear Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | ||
| Aug. 10, 1998 | Canada Buys Boeing Advanced Harpoon Weapon Control System | ||
| Aug. 07, 1998 | First Boeing MD 600N Helicopter for U.S. Border Patrol Makes Debut | ||
| Aug. 06, 1998 | Boeing Demonstrates Advanced Display Core Processor in F-15E | ||
| Aug. 05, 1998 | Boeing Begins Program To Modernize E-6 Cockpits | ||
| Aug. 03, 1998 | Boeing, Westland Joint Venture Captures $1 Billion Contract | ||
| Aug. 03, 1998 | Boeing, DARPA to Develop Hypersonic Missile | ||
| Jul. 29, 1998 | Boeing/Mauser/Primex Team for 27mm Cannon for JSF | ||
| Jul. 28, 1998 | Boeing Streamlined Testing Guidelines to Save $1 Million Annually | ||
| Jul. 28, 1998 | First U.S. Army Unit to be Equipped With Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopters Begins Collective Training | ||
| Jul. 28, 1998 | Boeing Unveils Plan to Develop Delta IV Launch Facilities | ||
| Jul. 23, 1998 | Avionics for Boeing Joint Strike Fighter Pass Major Development Milestone | ||
| Jul. 20, 1998 | Environmentally Safe Boeing Flashjet® Coatings Removal Systems Enters Operation for U.S. Navy | ||
| Jul. 16, 1998 | Boeing Receives CALCM Development and Production Contract | ||
| Jul. 15, 1998 | Boeing MD 600N Envelope Expansion Program Nears Completion | ||
| Jul. 14, 1998 | JAA Prepares to Validate Boeing MD Explorer as Category A | ||
| Jul. 13, 1998 | V-22 Flight Test Surges Forward | ||
| Jul. 09, 1998 | T-38 Talon with Boeing Avionics Upgrade Makes First Flight | ||
| Jul. 08, 1998 | Boeing Begins Assembly Early on Joint Strike Fighter Forebody | ||
| Jul. 08, 1998 | Boeing Marketing Executive Appointed to New Position in Australia | ||
| Jul. 07, 1998 | Boeing and Alliant Techsystems Entering Long-Term Contract to Build Rocket Components in Luka, Mississippi | ||
| Jul. 01, 1998 | Boeing Super Hornets Pass 3,000 Flight Hours | ||
| Jun. 30, 1998 | Boeing Wins $1.5 Billion Contract to Support KC-10 Tankers | ||
| Jun. 29, 1998 | Second DarkStar Vehicle Completes First Flight | ||
| Jun. 26, 1998 | Boeing Delivers Major F-22 Section Ahead of Schedule | ||
| Jun. 25, 1998 | Boeing SLAM ER Completes Test Phase | ||
| Jun. 24, 1998 | Boeing Delivers First JDAM | ||
| Jun. 24, 1998 | Minuteman III, First with New Boeing Guidance Electronics, Lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base | ||
| Jun. 23, 1998 | Boeing Receives Contract to Design Prototype Communication Phased Array Antennas for Navy Ships | ||
| Jun. 22, 1998 | Boeing Begins Joint Strike Fighter Engine Tests | ||
| Jun. 19, 1998 | First Production F/A-18E/F Fuselage Joined | ||
| Jun. 19, 1998 | Australia Purchases two new Boeing CH-47D Chinooks | ||
| Jun. 17, 1998 | NASA Honors Boeing Expendable Launch Systems, Retirees Maclean and Simmons | ||
| Jun. 16, 1998 | Boeing AutoClear Interference Reduction System Ordered by GTE to Increase Cellular Network Capacity and Improve Call Quality | ||
| Jun. 15, 1998 | Pilots Give Boeing SLAM ER High Marks | ||
| Jun. 12, 1998 | FLASHJET Paint Removal Systems Completes Fiftieth Apache Fuselage | ||
| Jun. 11, 1998 | Boeing Completes Sled Test of New CALCM Warhead | ||
| Jun. 11, 1998 | United Arab Emirates Buys Boeing Harpoon Weapon System | ||
| Jun. 10, 1998 | U.S. Navy to Purchase Third C-40A Airlifter From Boeing | ||
| Jun. 10, 1998 | Mott Joins Boeing Space Transportation as Chief of Business Development | ||
| Jun. 09, 1998 | Boeing Delta II Rocket Delivers Third Norwegian Satellite | ||
| Jun. 09, 1998 | Commercial Helicopter Sale Efforts Expanded | ||
| Jun. 09, 1998 | Boeing Technicians "Flip the Switch," Begin Powered Testing of New Features of Shuttle Atlantis | ||
| Jun. 08, 1998 | Boeing Splices Second Production V-22 Osprey Fuselage | ||
| Jun. 03, 1998 | First Production Phased-Array Antenna Installed on AWACS Test System-3 Aircraft | ||
| Jun. 02, 1998 | PC-Like Computing Components fly Aboard Boeing AV-8B | ||
| Jun. 02, 1998 | Boeing forms New Subsidiary to Pursue Growing Space Operations Services Market | ||
| Jun. 01, 1998 | Boeing forms Aerospace Support Center for Special Operations Forces | ||
| Jun. 01, 1998 | Boeing Receives Contract to Upgrade Mission Computing System of Saudi AWACS Fleet | ||
| May 27, 1998 | Boeing Wins $15.9 Million Cooperative Agreement to Build New Apache Fuselage | ||
| May 26, 1998 | Sea Launch Vessels Near Completion In Russian Shipyards; Joint Venture Turns Focus To Pacific And First Launch | ||
| May 22, 1998 | Philadelphia-Mesa Synergy Grows With Boeing Leadership Changes | ||
| May 21, 1998 | Boeing Signs U.S. Army Chinook Modernization Contract | ||
| May 21, 1998 | U.S. Air Force Receives 40th Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | ||
| May 20, 1998 | Boeing Delivers First "New-Build" Chinook to the Royal Netherlands Air Force | ||
| May 19, 1998 | Boeing Provides The 'Eyes' For The Latest Astronomical Discoveries | ||
| May 15, 1998 | Boeing Delivers First Netherlands AH-64D Apache Amid Spirit of Global Partnership | ||
| May 14, 1998 | President Clinton Dedicates C-17 "The Spirit of Berlin" | ||
| May 05, 1998 | The SLAM ER Zeroes in on a Moving Target | ||
| May 05, 1998 | DigitalXpress Named Exclusive Satellite Broadcaster Of The 1998 World Congress On Information Technology | ||
| May 04, 1998 | Work Begins on First WAH-64 Apache for the United Kingdom | ||
| May 04, 1998 | Boeing to Design, Build and Invest in the New Ellipso Satellite Communication System | ||
| Apr. 30, 1998 | New Boeing Supplier Review Process Speeds Up Use of Acquisition Reform Initiatives | ||
| Apr. 30, 1998 | Boeing Wins $1.6 Billion-Dollar Contract From DoD's Joint Program Office To Act As Lead System Integrator for National Missile Defense Program | ||
| Apr. 29, 1998 | ABL Beam Control System Laboratory Demonstrator Shows Performance Needed For Airborne Laser | ||
| Apr. 24, 1998 | Technical Problem Delays Boeing Delta II Launch for Iridium System Satellites | ||
| Apr. 24, 1998 | Boeing Delta II Delivers Second Four Globalstar Satellites | ||
| Apr. 23, 1998 | Boeing Anti-Jam GPS System Demonstrating Outstanding Performance in Testing | ||
| Apr. 23, 1998 | Boeing Hosts 1,500 Children Of Employees for Career Day | ||
| Apr. 21, 1998 | DigitalXpress Broadcasts Training To Boeing Managers In Japan And Australia | ||
| Apr. 18, 1998 | Boeing Delivers First SLAM-ER to U.S. Navy | ||
| Apr. 15, 1998 | U.S. Air Force Receives 39th Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | ||
| Apr. 14, 1998 | Fabrication Progresses on Boeing Joint Strike Fighter Forward Fuselage | ||
| Apr. 13, 1998 | DASA To Assist Boeing In Pursuit Of Consolidated Space Operations Contract | ||
| Apr. 10, 1998 | Global Positioning System (GPS) Inducted Into USSF Space Technology Hall Of Fame | ||
| Apr. 09, 1998 | RTM 322 Engine Integration for U.K. Apaches Gets Under way at The Boeing Company | ||
| Apr. 07, 1998 | U.S. Army Demonstrates Capability to Load, Transport six AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopters in C-5A Aircraft | ||
| Apr. 06, 1998 | Boeing Selects Rockwell Collins Avionics Suite for Improved Cargo Helicopter | ||
| Apr. 06, 1998 | SLAM ER Approved for Low-Rate Initial Production II | ||
| Apr. 02, 1998 | Boeing Completes Second Joint Strike Fighter Program Management Review | ||
| Apr. 01, 1998 | AH-64D Apache Production, Testing and Training Testing and Training Gain Momentum | ||
| Apr. 01, 1998 | Production AH-64D Apache Longbow, Prototype RAH-66 Comanche Make Show Debuts Together at Annual Army Aviation Meeting | ||
| Mar. 31, 1998 | Mission Accomplished: Boeing Completes Delivery of Power Control Modules for International Space Station's U.S. | ||
| Mar. 31, 1998 | Boeing Awarded Minuteman III Upgrade Production Contract | ||
| Mar. 31, 1998 | Boeing Receives Contract To Upgrade French AWACS Fleet | ||
| Mar. 30, 1998 | Boeing Responds To Czech Government Approval of Aero Vodochody Resolution | ||
| Mar. 28, 1998 | Boeing GPS IIF Program Earns 93-Percent Award Fee From U.S. Air Force | ||
| Mar. 28, 1998 | Boeing Delta II Rocket Places Iridium Satellites Into Orbit | ||
| Mar. 27, 1998 | V-22 Flies with Night Vision Goggles | ||
| Mar. 26, 1998 | Boeing Launches Revolutionary New Search And Rescue Command And Control System | ||
| Mar. 26, 1998 | Boeing Selects Vice President for EELV/Delta IV Program | ||
| Mar. 25, 1998 | The Boeing Company Awarded Avenger Slew-To-Cue Upgrade Contract | ||
| Mar. 23, 1998 | DigitalXpress to Broadcast Computer Programming Courses Via Satellite | ||
| Mar. 19, 1998 | SLAM-ER Completes Developmental Testing | ||
| Mar. 18, 1998 | Borgman to Retire as Head of Boeing Facility in Mesa | ||
| Mar. 18, 1998 | Motorola to Launch Five Iridium Satellites Aboard Boeing Delta II | ||
| Mar. 16, 1998 | Smart Technology Rotorcraft Application Under Way at the Boeing Company | ||
| Mar. 13, 1998 | Boeing Facility in St. Louis Earns Quality Certification | ||
| Mar. 13, 1998 | Boeing Delta III, Delta IV Second Stage Test Firings Underway | ||
| Mar. 11, 1998 | Boeing Delivers First Two 767 AWACS, Introduces Newest Member of AEW&C Family | ||
| Mar. 10, 1998 | DigitalXpress Announces Superior Video-to-the-Desktop Broadcast Service | ||
| Mar. 06, 1998 | U.S. Air Force Receives 38TH Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | ||
| Mar. 05, 1998 | John McLuckey to Retire From Boeing | ||
| Mar. 05, 1998 | Boeing Launches New "Super D" Chinook | ||
| Mar. 05, 1998 | Boeing Expresses Confidence in Aero Vodochody Agreement | ||
| Mar. 04, 1998 | Boeing Delivers 24th AH-64D Apache Longbow; Completes First Lot of Multi-Year Contract with U.S. Army 98-28 | ||
| Mar. 02, 1998 | AWACS Test Aircraft Undergoes Major Overhaul | ||
| Feb. 26, 1998 | Four Boeing 767 AWACS Appear Together For First Time | ||
| Feb. 26, 1998 | F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Supplier Delivers First Trailing Edge Flaps | ||
| Feb. 25, 1998 | First Production V-22 Osprey Fuselage Spliced | ![]() |
