Second Quarter 2006
April 6, 2006
Spanish carrier Air Europa converts purchase rights into orders for 16 Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes. The airplanes are valued at approximately $1 billion at list prices and will be delivered between 2010 and 2014. Air Europa will use these new airplanes on domestic routes within Spain, including the Balearic and Canary islands, as well as on European and North African routes.
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April 10, 2006
Boeing announces a donation to the National Air and Space Museum in continued support of the museum's education and preservation efforts. The $15 million gift is the single largest corporate gift ever presented to the Smithsonian Institution. In recognition of the donation, the central structure at the Udvar-Hazy Center will be known as the Boeing Aviation Hangar.
April 12, 2006
Laurette Koellner is named president of Boeing International, replacing Tom Pickering, who retires May 1. Rudy deLeon, who leads Boeing operations in Washington, D.C., also announces his retirement, effective June 30. Tod Hullin is named senior vice president for Public Policy and Communications and assumes deLeon's responsibilities while continuing to lead the Communications function.
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Sea Launch successfully places the JCSAT-9 communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. This was Sea Launch's second mission for the JSAT Corp. and the second mission with a spacecraft built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems.
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April 13, 2006
Boeing submits its proposal to develop and deliver eight long-range maritime reconnaissance and antisubmarine warfare aircraft to the Indian Navy. Boeing is offering a variant of its P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft, which is currently in development for the U.S. Navy. The proposed aircraft would provide India with a significantly improved maritime patrol and reconnaissance capability.
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April 17, 2006
Commercial Airplanes achieves firm configuration of the 737 Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft that -- when delivered to Integrated Defense Systems in 2008 -- will be known as the P-8A for the U.S. Navy. Firm configuration means the airplane's basic requirements (such as systems, interiors, airframe and propulsion) are defined, and detailed design work can begin.
April 19, 2006
Chinese President Hu Jintao meets with Jim McNerney, Boeing chairman, president and CEO, and Alan Mulally, president and CEO of Commercial Airplanes, and addresses employees at Boeing's assembly plant in Everett, Wash. The visit is part of Hu's four-day trip to the United States. China is one of the largest markets for jetliners outside the United States, with a need for more than 2,600 airplanes over the next 20 years.
April 20, 2006
Southwest Airlines converts options into orders for 79 Next-Generation 737-700s. Airplanes covered by the converted options will be delivered between 2007 and 2012 in a deal worth approximately $4.5 billion at list prices.
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April 21, 2006
The Boeing Phantom Works Advanced Air Traffic Management team announces it will lead the U.S. industry team that will help a consortium of European companies and EUROCONTROL devise a new, streamlined air traffic management system for Europe. The project is known as the Single European Sky ATM Research program.
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April 26, 2006
Air Pacific and Boeing announce an order for five Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners at a signing event in Suva, Fiji. The first Air Pacific 787-9 will be delivered in 2011.
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April 28, 2006
A Boeing Delta II rocket launches two NASA spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations spacecraft was deployed about one hour into the mission, followed by CloudSat about 35 minutes later.
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AirTran Airways, the Atlanta- and Orlando-based low-cost carrier, orders 24 Next-Generation 737-700s. AirTran Airways converted options for 14 airplanes for delivery in 2008 and ordered 10 additional 737-700s for delivery in 2010. The estimated value of the order, at list prices, is $1.3 billion.
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May 1, 2006
Boeing Shared Services Group says that by using the e-Sourcing@Boeing online procurement service, SSG's Supplier Management and Energy Management organizations this year achieved a 23 percent cost savings in natural gas service for Boeing by conducting reverse auctions online.
May 4, 2006
Boeing says that in cooperation with NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, its Phantom Works organization is taking another step toward exploring and validating the structural, aerodynamic and operational advantages of a futuristic aircraft design called the blended wing body, or BWB. The Air Force is interested in the design's potential for a flexible, long-range, high-capacity military aircraft.
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May 11, 2006
The Future Combat Systems program announces successful demonstrations of its networking and systems capabilities in the first of two major field experiments scheduled for 2006.
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Boeing Shared Services Group says that listings of 25 categories of office products in the Boeing standard online purchasing system will be reduced in an ongoing effort to decrease the variation and cost of office supplies while ensuring high quality.
May 15, 2006
Boeing Capital Corp. holds its annual Financiers & Investors Conferences in New York and London as part of its extensive investor outreach program to obtain third-party financing for Boeing aircraft customers. Vice President Scott Scherer tells investors that aircraft financing is now being determined by the "long-term value of the airplane -- value from technology advancements, value from reliability and support, and value from a long, productive life."
May 22, 2006
Boeing and the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force announce they have embarked on a 34-year partnership with the beginning of the Through Life Customer Support program for the CH-47 MK2/MK2a Chinook helicopter.
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May 23, 2006
Boeing delivers its final two 717 airplanes to Midwest Airlines and AirTran Airways in a ceremony before thousands of employees, retirees and dignitaries in Long Beach, Calif. The deliveries conclude commercial airplane production in Southern California that began in the 1920s with the Douglas Aircraft Co. The 717 program, which produced 156 airplanes, pioneered breakthrough business and manufacturing processes for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
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Boeing opens a new facility in Warner Robins, Ga., to better support its U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces customer. The 10,000-square-foot, multifunctional facility will support Boeing's work on two current Air Force programs -- Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals and Integrated Weapons Systems Support Program.
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June 5, 2006
Sea Launch names Rob Peckham president and general manager. He previously served as the company's vice president of Sales and Marketing and, more recently, interim president and general manager.
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The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency awards Boeing Phantom Works and Integrated Defense Systems a two-year, Phase 1 contract worth $8.2 million for the Biological Combat Assessment System Advanced Technology Demonstration program. Boeing and a team of U.S. bio-defense companies will modify the ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle to look for biological warfare agents.
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June 6, 2006
Continental Airlines announces an order for another 10 787-8 Dreamliners and an undisclosed mix of 24 Next-Generation 737s as part of the carrier's ongoing growth plans. The value of the newly ordered airplanes is approximately $3 billion at average list prices.
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June 21, 2006
A Boeing Delta II launch vehicle successfully carries into orbit an experimental payload for a joint U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Naval Research Laboratory team.
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June 22, 2006
Boeing and Cathay Pacific Airways announce that the Hong Kong-based airline has ordered six 747-400ER (Extended Range) Freighters. The airplanes are scheduled for delivery beginning in 2008.
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June 26, 2006
A Boeing-led industry team and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency announce they took a major step toward demonstrating the capability of the Airborne Laser by successfully firing surrogate lasers from inside the aircraft.
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June 27, 2006
Boeing completes the first flight of a Delta IV rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., with the successful launch of the National Reconnaissance Office satellite, NROL-22. The launch is the first West Coast mission completed for the U.S. Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
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June 29, 2006
Boeing, International Lease Finance Corp. and Aeromexico, Mexico's largest airline, announce that the carrier will operate three 787 Dreamliners, making it the first Latin American airline to incorporate the mostly composite airplane into its fleet. Aeromexico will lease the three 787-8s from ILFC, with deliveries scheduled to begin in early 2010.
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June 30, 2006
Boeing and its partner Fuji Heavy Industries celebrate the start of major assembly for the first 787 Dreamliner. FHI begins to assemble the center wing section at its new factory in Handa, Japan, near Nagoya. When the structure is complete, it will be flown from Japan to Charleston, S.C., where Global Aeronautica will integrate it with other 787 structures before sending it on to Everett, Wash.
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Boeing successfully tests its Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition weapon system against a moving target. During the test at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., a U.S. Air Force F-16 flying at an altitude of 20,000 feet (6,095 meters) scored a direct hit on an armored personnel carrier moving at 25 mph (40 kph). Using its onboard targeting pod, the F-16 laser-designated the APC and released the 500-pound LJDAM approximately four miles from the target.
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