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Boeing shows off new Additive Manufacturing facility, a key to future aerospace

By Scott Hamilton Sept. 28, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing last week officially celebrated the opening of its Boeing Additive Manufacturing plant (BAM) in the small suburb of Algona (WA), east of Tacoma. BAM opened just at the… Read More

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Jump in R&D spending at Boeing Commerical Airplanes points to renewed studies for new airplane

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Return of the NMA? Photo credit: Leeham News. Aug. 1, 2022, © Leeham News: Buried in Boeing’s second quarter results released last week was a sharp jump in research and development spending. It… Read More

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Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator latest in 10 year effort

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton This Boeing 777-200ER is the latest in the company’s 10-year ecoD program. Credit: Boeing. June 27, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing’s unveiling of a 777-200ER ecoDemonstrator on June 14 is the latest “ecoD”… Read More

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 Posted on June 27, 2022 by

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Pontifications: The soup du jour

March 14, 2022, © Leeham News: You might call it the soup du jour. EcoAviation is all over the place at aviation conferences these days. It was a key topic at last October’s Annual General Meeting of the… Read More

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 Airbus, Boeing, CFM, ecoAviation, GE Aviation, Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance, Pontifications, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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HOTR: Consensus that Boeing must launch new airplane in 2023 or 2024

By Scott Hamilton Feb. 15, 2022, © Leeham News: There is a belief that when Boeing clears out much of its 737 MAX inventory, resumes delivery of the 787, and reduces a good portion of its debt that… Read More

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 Posted on February 15, 2022 by

 Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Heard on the Ramp, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA

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Pontifications: Boeing’s production system of the future

Nov. 1, 2021, © Leeham News: Boeing executives have been hinting for years about the production transformation the company sees as critical to the Next Boeing Airplane (NBA), no matter what form it takes. Boeing’s effort, begun under… Read More

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 Posted on November 1, 2021 by

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Boeing’s apparent shifting product strategy

 Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Introduction Aug. 2, 2021, © Leeham News: Boeing last week reiterated it believes the 777-9 will be certified and delivered in late 2023. CEO David Calhoun also said, “I’m confident that might be… Read More

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 Airbus, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA, Premium

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Podcast: 10 Minutes About the Boeing Design and Production Moonshot

June 29, 2021, © Leeham News: “Most often when a new airplane is developed by either side, it is usually developed around a propulsion package that offers 15% to 20% improvement with respect to efficiency versus the one… Read More

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Airbus program update tomorrow: what will officials reveal?

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Introduction June 14, 2021, © Leeham News: Airbus will provide a commercial program update tomorrow in Toulouse. Will the Next Boeing Airplane be like the 757 with a composite new wing and new… Read More

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HOTR: Boeing’s “historic” production advance

By the Leeham News Team May 18, 2021, © Leeham News: Boeing’s Defense unit last week said it joined the front fuselage of the first Boeing-SAAB T-7A Red Hawk trainer with the aft section “perfectly,” in less than… Read More

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 Posted on May 18, 2021 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Heard on the Ramp

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