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Boeing and airline stocks soar higher, thanks to billions of dollars in promised aid

Even as Boeing begins a 14-day production shutdown in the Puget Sound due to the coronavirus outbreak, the aerospace giant… Read More

With COVID-19 cases growing, Boeing plans 14-day shutdown of airplane production in Puget Sound

In the wake of the first reported death of an employee in Puget Sound due to COVID-19, Boeing announced today… Read More

Boeing suspends its dividend, holds up buybacks and stops paying CEO and chairman amid pandemic

Boeing says its CEO and its chairman will forgo all pay until the end of the year — and that’s… Read More

Former U.N. envoy Nikki Haley quits Boeing’s board over its plea for $60B in aid

Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador who has been touted as a future presidential candidate, says… Read More

Boeing’s top HR leader to leave company in latest departure from aerospace giant

Boeing’s top human resources executive, Heidi Capozzi, will leave the company next month to pursue another opportunity, the company said… Read More

Review of Starliner space taxi’s flawed test mission turns up 61 corrective actions for Boeing to take

NASA and Boeing officials say an independent review of December’s uncrewed test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi has… Read More

Boeing unveils proposed design for U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft

Boeing has taken the wraps off its closely held design for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, a new type of… Read More

Tech Moves: Vulcan’s VP shuffle; new associate at Madrona; Pulumi adds execs; and more

— Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group announced Ishani Ummat as an associate. Ummat was most recently based in… Read More

GoFly Prize program rewards disruptive tech in personal aviation, but it’s no-go for $1M grand prize

The Boeing-backed GoFly Prize program gave out a $100,000 award during its inaugural fly-off in California, but the $1 million… Read More

Boeing acknowledges shortcomings in Starliner spaceship testing and vows to fill the gaps

The program manager for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi acknowledges that more rigorous testing might have turned up the software… Read More

Tech Moves: Lighter Capital adds executives; Tech PR vet launches new business; Accolade names talent leader to board; and more

— Seattle-based Lighter Capital announced Patricia Elliott as chief sales officer and Kevin Fink as chief technology officer. The “alternative… Read More

Boeing backs Washington state’s plan to drop tax breaks amid trade dispute with Europe and Airbus

With Boeing’s blessing, Washington state lawmakers have introduced bills aimed at suspending tax breaks that have benefited the aerospace company… Read More

Starliner’s software shortcomings spark NASA safety review of Boeing’s practices

An interim assessment of what went wrong during December’s first uncrewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi has turned… Read More

Boeing’s prognosticator says China’s coronavirus crisis will have an impact on the aviation market

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — One of Boeing’s top market analysts says the concerns stirred up by China’s Wuhan coronavirus outbreak will… Read More

Boeing and the U.S. Navy turn Growler jets into remote-controlled drones as ‘force multiplier’

The era of remote-controlled combat jets has come a little closer in the wake of a demonstration staged by Boeing… Read More

Accion Systems raises $11M for tiny ion engines, with Boeing HorizonX Ventures playing a lead role

Boeing HorizonX Ventures has teamed up with Shasta Ventures to lead an $11 million Series B investment round for Accion… Read More

With 737 MAX production on hold, Senior Aerospace AMT announces 72 layoffs

Senior Aerospace AMT, an Arlington, Wash.-based supplier for the troubled 737 MAX and other Boeing airplanes, says it will lay… Read More

737 MAX crisis throws Boeing for a loss for 2019, but stock price rises out of relief

Boeing doubled its estimate for the financial effect of the 737 MAX crisis today and recorded a net annual loss… Read More

‘It was awesome’: After Boeing’s 777X jet finishes its first flight, test pilots give the first review

Boeing’s next-generation 777X wide-body jet completed its first flight today, providing a boost to the embattled company amid the 737… Read More

Farewell, Phantom Express: Boeing is pulling out of DARPA space plane program

The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency says Boeing is dropping out of its Experimental Spaceplane Program immediately, grounding the… Read More

Boeing moves back estimated timetable for 737 MAX’s return to flight to mid-2020

Boeing today acknowledged that it doesn’t expect 737 MAX airplanes to be back in service until mid-2020, months later than… Read More

Going negative: Boeing records more cancellations than orders for commercial airplanes in 2019

Amid its 737 MAX crisis, Boeing Commercial Airplanes is reporting a negative number for net orders in 2019, meaning that… Read More

Analysis: Boeing’s new CEO plays it safe — but more will be needed to get the company flying right

Veteran aerospace executive David Calhoun took the reins as Boeing’s CEO today, telling employees in a company-wide email that his… Read More

Iranian military acknowledges it shot down Ukrainian Boeing 737 jet by mistake

Days after claiming that the catastrophic crash of a Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 plane was caused by a mechanical failure, the… Read More

Trump and other U.S. officials suspect Ukrainian Boeing 737 jet was downed by Iranian missile strike

President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials today voiced suspicions that Iranian surface-to-air missiles brought down the Ukrainian Boeing 737-800… Read More

NASA and Boeing lay out time frame for reviewing Starliner’s flawed flight and planning next steps

NASA says it’s working with Boeing to set up an independent investigation team to review last month’s less-than-perfect maiden flight… Read More

Ukrainian Boeing 737 jet crashes in Iran just after takeoff, killing 176 people

First photos emerge from site of plane crash near Tehran; there are no indications of survivors – Tasmin pic.twitter.com/LOuyhza0Yj —… Read More

Boeing changes 737 MAX recovery plan to call for a new round of pilot training, adding to cost and delay

Months after two accidents forced the worldwide grounding of 737 MAX passenger jets, Boeing is now recommending that pilots go… Read More

Tech Moves: ExtraHop adds execs; Simply Measured co-founder returns to startups; and more

— Network security startup ExtraHop added two new executives ahead of a potential IPO in 2020. Sri Sundaralingam joined as… Read More

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Seattle tech’s extraordinary year: These are the stories we’ll remember in the business of innovation

From Amazon to Zillow, big successes to surprising failures, it was an extraordinary year for technology and innovation emerging from… Read More