Third Quarter 2006
July 4, 2006
In the first-ever U.S. Independence Day space shuttle launch, Discovery lifts off from Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The successful launch begins the second in a series of test missions toward completion of the International Space Station and the future of manned spaceflight. Boeing is the major subcontractor to United Space Alliance, NASA's prime contractor for space shuttle operations.
July 12, 2006
Releasing its Current Market Outlook in London, Boeing forecasts a $2.6 trillion market for new commercial airplanes over the next 20 years. Strong market demand for new airplanes will lead to a world fleet with significantly improved environmental performance. These new airplanes will accommodate a forecasted 4.9 percent annual increase in passenger traffic, and a 6.1 percent annual increase in air cargo traffic.
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July 14, 2006
Boeing and the U.S. Army sign the AH-64D Apache Longbow Block III System Development and Demonstration phase contract. The contract, worth $619.3 million, provides funding for the development, test and qualification of Block III technologies and capabilities. The delivery of the first production Block III Apache is scheduled for 2011.
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July 17, 2006
Jakarta-based Lion Air exercises its purchase rights and orders an additional 30 737-900ERs (Extended Range). Valued at more than $2.2 billion at list prices, deliveries of these additional 737-900ERs are scheduled to begin in early 2010 and continue through 2012. Lion Air, the launch customer for the 737-900ER, announced its first order for 30 737-900ERs and 30 purchase rights in July 2005.
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July 24, 2006
Boeing Shared Services Group says it is developing new methods and tools for the company disaster preparedness plan to meet the challenge of a disease, such as avian flu, becoming a major pandemic. "We're addressing critical issues that affect the entire company, including sick leave impacts, approved protective equipment, medical processes such as Return to Work, and making critical business decisions when absenteeism is extraordinarily high," says SSG President Mary Armstrong. A simulation to test the plan enhancements is completed in September.
July 26, 2006
Boeing makes history by delivering the 2,000th Next-Generation 737 nearly seven years sooner than any other commercial jet airplane model. The milestone delivery -- a 737-700 to Southwest Airlines -- occurs nearly nine years after Southwest received the first Next-Generation 737.
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July 31, 2006
Development of the new 777 Freighter continues with the completion of the airplane's firm configuration, which defines the airplane's overall capability. This allows Boeing and its suppliers to begin detailed design of parts, assemblies and other systems for the new cargo airplane.
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Boeing delivers to GOL, Brazil's low-fare, low-cost airline, the first Next-Generation 737 with enhanced short runway landing and takeoff capabilities. The 737-800 is the first of that model type delivered to GOL as the carrier augments capacity on domestic and regional international routes. The airplane's design enhancements allow operators to fly increased payload in and out of airports with runways less than 5,000 feet long.
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Aug. 1, 2006
Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., where he acknowledges the company's responsibility for former employees' actions in improperly hiring a former U.S. Air Force acquisition official and mishandling a competitor's proprietary data. The lasting legacy of these cases is that Boeing is building one of the most robust ethics and compliance programs in corporate America, McNerney states. He also confirms Boeing will not take a tax deduction for the related $615 million settlement with the Justice Department.
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Aug. 3, 2006
Boeing rolls out the U.S. armed forces' newest airborne electronic attack aircraft, the EA-18G Growler, on time and within budget. The U.S. Navy selected the EA-18G to replace the current AEA platform, the EA-6B Prowler, which has been in service since 1971.
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Continental converts orders for 12 Next-Generation Boeing 737s to the newly launched 737-900ER model. This makes Continental the first airline in the Americas and the first two-class carrier to operate the newest and largest-capacity member of the Next-Generation 737 family.
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Aug. 8, 2006
Boeing unveils the new 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplane before thousands of employees and guests at the company's Renton, Wash., manufacturing facility. Indonesian dancers escort the newest member of the Next-Generation 737 airplane family along the south shore of Lake Washington as employees and 737 supplier representatives, local and Indonesian government officials and Indonesian launch customer Lion Air look on.
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Aug. 10, 2006
Boeing says that the company and the State of Washington have been honored as partners in using environmentally friendly methods of janitorial cleaning that reduce the amount of toxic chemicals drained, limit landfill waste, save water and improve air quality. Boeing and the state's Department of General Administration and Correctional Industries have received the 2006 State Partnership Program Award from the National Association of Chief Administrators. Two Boeing Shared Services Group Site Services employees were honored for their work, and the cleaning programs implemented at Boeing were made available to the state.
Aug. 15, 2006
Boeing flies the EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft for the first time -- approximately one month ahead of schedule. The first EA-18G, known as aircraft EA-1, successfully completes its maiden flight from Lambert International Airport in St. Louis.
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Aug. 17, 2006
Boeing says that after completing a detailed business and market analysis of Connexion by Boeing, the company has decided to exit the high-speed broadband communications connectivity markets. Boeing will work with its customers to facilitate an orderly phase-out of the Connexion service.
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Aug. 18, 2006
Boeing and Monarch Airlines of the United Kingdom announce that the airline has ordered six Boeing 787-8s, with purchase rights for another four. The order is worth $916 million at list prices. With first delivery starting in 2010, the airline will use the new advanced, fuel-efficient 787s as the basis of its future long-haul operations.
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Aug. 21, 2006
Sea Launch successfully lifts the Koreasat 5 communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit. A Zenit-3SL vehicle lifts off at 8:27 p.m. Pacific time from the Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned at 154 degrees west longitude on the equator.
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Aug. 28, 2006
Boeing signs a contract to deliver 600,000 solar concentrator cells to SolFocus, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based company that develops renewable terrestrial energy alternatives. Under the one-year contract, Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab will build the cells, which will convert the sun's rays into affordable electricity for homes and businesses.
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Aug. 29, 2006
Boeing says it will locate an airline maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Nagpur, India. Boeing agreed to establish and manage the MRO as part of the 68-airplane order Air India placed in December.
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Aug. 30, 2006
Boeing Advanced Systems signs a two-year contract with the U.S. Department of State to upgrade the security systems at embassies and consulates worldwide. Boeing will provide its Visual Security Operations Console Sentinel solution to integrate the department's legacy and planned security subsystems at more than 250 State Department locations. The State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security will oversee operations of the new system, which will strengthen the security protection of embassy buildings and diplomatic personnel by providing network-centric situational awareness and command and control at the global, regional, country, city, compound, building and floor levels.
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Sept. 1, 2006
Boeing, working with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, successfully completes a missile defense flight test that demonstrates the increased operational capability of the United States' only defense against long-range ballistic missiles.
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Sept. 5, 2006
Scott Carson is named president and CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Carson, a 34-year Boeing veteran, moves to the leadership position from vice president, Sales, for Commercial Airplanes. He replaces Alan Mulally, who was named chief executive of Ford Motor Company. Boeing also names Jim Jamieson to the new position of chief operating officer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
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Sept. 7, 2006
Boeing says Air France will install the Boeing Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag on its entire fleet of 777 airplanes. The Boeing Class 3 EFB is a computer integrated into an airplane's avionics that is becoming a must-have device for airlines looking to improve both the safety and efficiency of their fleet.
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Sept. 9, 2006
Space Shuttle Atlantis launches from Kennedy Space Center, Fla. -- the first assembly mission destined for the International Space Station in almost four years. The crew of Atlantis delivers the Boeing-built Port 3 (P3) and Port 4 (P4) truss segments. Boeing is the prime contractor for the ISS and the major subcontractor to United Space Alliance, NASA's prime contractor for space shuttle operations.
Sept. 12, 2006
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings orders 12 747-8 Freighters, making Atlas the North American launch customer for the airplane. At list prices, the order is valued at about $3.4 billion. Atlas will begin taking delivery of the airplanes in 2010 and expects all 12 aircraft to be in service by the end of 2011.
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NATO announces a coalition of 13 NATO nations has signed a letter of intent to purchase three C-17 Globemaster III airlifters, with an option to acquire a fourth. "We're extremely pleased that NATO has joined its international partners -- the U.S., the U.K., Australia and Canada -- in selecting the C-17 to meet its strategic airlift requirements," says Tommy Dunehew, Boeing International C-17 program manager.
Sept. 14, 2006
Boeing confirms Hainan Airlines' order for 15 Boeing Next-Generation 737 airplanes, completing a 150-airplane order by the China Aviation Supplies Import and Export Group announced in November. Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines and Xiamen Airlines began placing orders for 135 Boeing Next-Generation 737s starting in December.
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Sept. 16, 2006
The first of three specially modified 747-400 passenger jets that will be used to transport the large composite sections and wings of the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrives in Seattle. The 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter touches down at Seattle's Boeing Field after a nonstop 13-hour, 17-minute flight from Taipei, Taiwan, where the airplane had been modified by Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp.
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Sept. 20, 2006
Boeing concludes its purchase of Aviall Inc., the largest independent provider of new aviation parts and related aftermarket services in the aerospace industry. Aviall will report to Boeing Commercial Aviation Services and operate as a wholly owned subsidiary.
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Sept. 21, 2006
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security awards a Boeing Advanced Systems team a contract for the technology component of the Secure Border Initiative effort, SBInet.
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The U.S. Congress, completing work on the Pentagon's fiscal year 2007 defense budget bill, adds $2.1 billion for 10 additional C-17s for the U.S. Air Force. "We appreciate this action by the Congress and the hard work of elected officials across the country who have supported the C-17," says Integrated Defense Systems President and CEO Jim Albaugh.
Sept. 22, 2006
Boeing delivers the first EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft to the U.S. Navy test site at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The EA-18G, known as aircraft EA-1, will now undergo two years of flight tests as well as extensive ground testing in the Patuxent River anechoic chamber to assess onboard radar, receiver and jammer compatibility and performance.
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Boeing names John Tracy to the position of senior vice president of Engineering, Operations & Technology. He replaces Jim Jamieson, now chief operating officer for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Tracy reports to Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney and serves on the Boeing Executive Council.
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Sept. 25, 2006
A Boeing Delta II launch vehicle successfully places into orbit a replenishment Block IIR Global Positioning System navigation satellite for the U.S. Air Force. The Lockheed Martin satellite is launched from Space Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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Sept. 27, 2006
Boeing Phantom Works and Advanced Systems announce successful field testing of a new Enhanced/Synthetic Vision System designed to increase situational awareness for rescue mission pilots during approach and landing in various environmental and ambient-lighting conditions.
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Sept. 29, 2006
Ryanair, Europe's largest and most profitable low-fare airline, announces an order for 32 Next-Generation 737-800s. Deliveries from this order to the Dublin-based carrier are scheduled to begin in 2008. The order, valued at $2.25 billion at list prices, involves exercising options included in a previous purchase contract.
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