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Event Calendar

2017 BABC Aerospace Conference

by Todd Bishop on August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 at 4:16 pmComment

This year’s event, ‘Shaping the Future of the U.S. / UK Aerospace Ecosystem’, will share both Washington state and UK aerospace industry perspectives, from OEMs to innovators, from supply chain… Read More

Northrop Grumman’s $7.8B deal to acquire Orbital ATK fuels aerospace consolidation

by Alan Boyle on September 18, 2017September 18, 2017 at 2:57 pmComment

Northrop Grumman’s purchase of Orbital ATK for $7.8 billion will create a company involved in projects ranging from America’s next stealth bomber and ballistic missile system to the International Space… Read More

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Live video: House Speaker Paul Ryan visits Boeing for Tax Reform Town Hall

by Todd Bishop on August 24, 2017August 23, 2017 at 6:49 pmComment

House Speaker Paul Ryan is at Boeing’s giant airplane production facility in Everett, Wash., this morning to lead a town hall with employees, focusing the Republican tax reform plan. Watch… Read More

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Boeing’s newly created avionics unit marks a reversal of old-school outsourcing trend

by Alan Boyle on August 1, 2017August 1, 2017 at 10:54 amComment

The Boeing Co. is creating an avionics unit that will build the kinds of electronics and aircraft control systems now being provided by outside suppliers. The shift, unveiled in an… Read More

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Aerospace leaders see education as the key to employment in Washington state

by Alan Boyle on July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 at 5:21 pm1 Comment

The state of the aerospace industry in Washington state is still great, but industry leaders say the educational system will have to be beefed up if it’s going to stay… Read More

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NASA gives OK for design of super-quiet supersonic experimental airplane

by Alan Boyle on June 27, 2017June 27, 2017 at 7:05 pm 86 Comments

NASA says it’s cleared a significant milestone on the path to reviving supersonic passenger jet travel in the U.S. with the completion of the preliminary design review for its low-boom… Read More

NASA and Honeywell boost supersonic flight by tackling sonic boom problem

by Chelsey Ballarte on June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 at 2:25 pmComment

The historic Concorde supersonic airliner set a record flying from New York to Seattle in just under four hours, but after retiring at Seattle’s Museum of Flight, no successors were… Read More

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Boeing wins go-ahead from DARPA to build and test XS-1 military space plane by 2020

by Alan Boyle on May 24, 2017May 24, 2017 at 4:42 pmComment

The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency says it has selected the Boeing Co. to develop and test its XS-1 hypersonic space plane, using a design now known as the Phantom… Read More

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Boeing and Air Force demonstrate new airborne networking system for fighter jets

by Alan Boyle on May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 at 8:41 pmComment

The Boeing Co. and the U.S. Air Force say they’ve shown that a new type of communication pod for F-15 fighter jets, known as Talon HATE, can link together different… Read More

News Brief

Germany’s Lilium shows off all-electric VTOL airplane – but how far will it go?

Boeing will send layoff notices to hundreds of engineers, and more job cuts lie ahead

by Alan Boyle on April 17, 2017April 17, 2017 at 12:43 pm 2 Comments

The Boeing Co. signaled that hundreds of employees involved in aerospace engineering in Washington state and other locations will be laid off starting in June. The job cuts, reportedly due… Read More

News Brief

2017 BABC Aerospace Conference

Northrop Grumman’s $7.8B deal to acquire Orbital ATK fuels aerospace consolidation

Live video: House Speaker Paul Ryan visits Boeing for Tax Reform Town Hall

Boeing’s newly created avionics unit marks a reversal of old-school outsourcing trend

Aerospace leaders see education as the key to employment in Washington state

NASA gives OK for design of super-quiet supersonic experimental airplane

NASA and Honeywell boost supersonic flight by tackling sonic boom problem

Boeing wins go-ahead from DARPA to build and test XS-1 military space plane by 2020

Boeing and Air Force demonstrate new airborne networking system for fighter jets

Germany’s Lilium shows off all-electric VTOL airplane – but how far will it go?

Boeing will send layoff notices to hundreds of engineers, and more job cuts lie ahead

Boom Technology picks up $33 million in new funding to build supersonic jet

NASA-led study confirms that aviation biofuels can be a boon for the environment

Boeing OKs buyouts for 1,800 union workers, and more job cuts are expected

FAUB on the job: Watch robots work with mechanics to put together Boeing 777 jets

Why 2017 will be challenging for Boeing – but not a year for turning out the lights

The Year in Aerospace and Science: Why gravitational waves wowed the world

Lockheed Martin shares take big hit after Trump grumps about F-35 fighters in tweet

Donald Trump: U.S. should cancel Boeing contract for new Air Force One

Aerospace startups use Starburst’s shark tank in Seattle to keep their dreams afloat

Starburst Venture raises $200 million for aerospace startups (and heads for Seattle)

WTO says Boeing’s tax break for 777X production is illegal; appeal is certain

Boeing names next CEO for commercial airplanes and sets up aviation services unit

Sisterhood is powerful when it comes to Seattle’s commercial space scene

Can biofuels take flight? Alternative fuels for jetliners face political and economic headwinds

Brooke Owens Fellowships will boost women in aerospace (and we’re helping)

Gov. Jay Inslee lays out five-point plan for boosting Washington’s aerospace industry

Will it be Washington? Spike Aerospace is still up in the air on supersonic jet plant

Balloons rise up on the strato-frontier

U.S. and Boeing see WTO ruling as huge victory in dispute over Airbus subsidies

For Here or To Go?

FullConTech “The Immigrant Workforce”

UW Master of Science in Entrepreneurship Info Session