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Boeing, trying to emerge from one of company’s most difficult eras, is having a pretty good week
Boeing secures a $96 billion jet order from Qatar and a major deal with Saudi Arabia as Trump visits the Middle East. Boeing stock hits yearly high.
Family of Boeing whistleblower settles lawsuit with aircraft maker over his death
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who killed himself after lawyers questioned him about his whistleblowing on alleged jumbo jet defects has settled a lawsuit against the aircraft maker. Details of the settlement over John Barnett’s death were not disclosed in a court filing Monday. Barnett, a longtime Boeing employee, shared his […]
Boeing doesn’t expect its recovery to be impacted by trade war with China
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said Wednesday that he doesn't expect the U.S. trade war with China to forestall the Arlington County-based company's financial recovery. Meanwhile, RTX and General Dynamics surpass Wall St. expectations and Northrop Grumman is below forecast.
Judge orders a June trial for US government’s felony case against Boeing
A federal judge in Texas has set a June trial date for the U.S. government’s years-old conspiracy case against Arlington County-headquartered Boeing for misleading regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor did not explain in the scheduling order he issued on Tuesday why he […]
Eyeing China threat, Trump announces Boeing wins contract for secretive future fighter jet
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that Boeing will build the Air Force’s future fighter jet, which the Pentagon says will have stealth and penetration capabilities that far exceed those of its current fleet and is essential in a potential conflict with China. Known as Next Generation Air Dominance, or NGAD, the manned […]
The family of an airplane safety whistleblower is suing Boeing over his death
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who police say killed himself after lawyers questioned him for days about his whistleblowing on alleged jumbo jet defects sued the airplane maker Thursday. Boeing subjected John Barnett to a “campaign of harassment, abuse and intimidation intended to discourage, discredit and humiliate him […]
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in the early evening, just hours after departing the International Space […]
Hitt is co-contractor for Boeing’s $1B expansion in Charleston, S.C.
Falls Church construction company Hitt Contracting announced Wednesday it has scored a joint contract on Arlington County-based Boeing‘s $1 billion expansion project in North Charleston, South Carolina. Hitt will partner with North Carolina’s BE&K Building Group to expand Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner airplane production facilities in North Charleston, announced by South Carolin[...]
Smooth sailing for Virginia’s publicly traded companies, except Boeing
Overall, Virginia’s largest publicly traded companies saw 2024 as a successful year, reflecting the nation’s economic upswing of about 3% each quarter. Except for Boeing and “its ghastly record,” as George Mason University’s Terry Clower memorably said late last year about the Arlington-based Fortune Global 500 aerospace and defense giant. In January 2024, a Boeing […]
Pope no longer COO at Boeing but remains head of commercial airplanes unit
Arlington County-based Fortune 500 aerospace company and defense contractor Boeing announced Tuesday that Stephanie Pope is no longer the company’s chief operating officer but still leads its commercial airplane unit, as of Feb. 19. According to an SEC filing posted Tuesday evening, Pope will no longer hold the COO title but will continue to serve […]
Boeing to lay off about 200 workers in megarocket program
Arlington County-based Fortune Global 500 aerospace and defense giant Boeing plans to lay off about 200 employees working on NASA’s Space Launch System program in anticipation of potential program cuts or cancellation. The company previously expected to eliminate about 400 positions in the program by April, according to Bloomberg, but now plans to keep roughly […]
Could Boeing HQ move be in the cards?
In May 2022, Virginia officials were in a buoyant mood as Fortune Global 500 aerospace and defense giant Boeing announced it would move its world headquarters from Chicago to Arlington County, with then-President and CEO Dave Calhoun having conferred with Gov. Glenn Youngkin months ahead about the move. Nearly three years later, the mood is […]
