EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Boeing Company, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency on Feb. 11 successfully demonstrated the speed, precision and breakthrough potential of directed-energy weapons when the Airborne Laser Testbed engaged and destroyed a boosting ballistic missile.

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NEW DELHI – Boeing today announced that it has formally signed a contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the India-based manufacturer to provide weapons bay doors for eight P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft that will be delivered to the Indian navy.

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SAN DIEGO – Wagner Aeronautical, Inc. today has announced that the company has entered an agreement to license Boeing engineering data to pursue a Supplemental Type Certificate for an MD-80 passenger-to-freighter conversion.

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EVERETT, Wash. – The Boeing 747-8 Freighter successfully took to the sky for the first time today before more than 5,000 employees, customers, suppliers and community leaders. The flight begins a test program for the world’s most efficient freighter.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Balli Aviation Ltd., a subsidiary of the United Kingdom-based Balli Group PLC, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to a two-count criminal information in connection with its illegal export of commercial Boeing 747 aircraft from the United States to Iran

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EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing completed taxi tests on the first 747-8 Freighter today. With Chief Pilot Mark Feuerstein at the controls, the airplane reached a top seed of approximately 90 knots (103.5 mph, 166.6 kph).

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EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing publicly unveiled the first 787 Dreamliner to feature interior components today. The third flight test airplane, ZA003, has a partial interior that provides a glimpse into the new flying experience the airplane will offer.

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SINGAPORE – Garuda Indonesia is leveraging the 2010 Singapore Airshow this week to spotlight its new livery and interior decor, using a Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 with blended winglets as the platform.

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EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing on Sunday moved the 787 Dreamliner fatigue test airframe to its structural test rig. The test rig is located in the northwest corner of the Everett, Wash., site.

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SEATTLE, WA – In just 12 years, Boeing employees in Renton, Wash., built and delivered 3,133 Next-Generation 737 airplanes.

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