News Releases
Archive Prior to 1998
| Dec. 23, 1997 | U.S. Air Force Receives 36th Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | ||
| Dec. 23, 1997 | Work Begins on First Netherlands AH-64D Apache; Production Rates to Pass Three-a-Month in January | ||
| Dec. 20, 1997 | Delta Successful in Year's Final Launch | ||
| Dec. 19, 1997 | Boeing, U.S. Air Force Sign Maintenance Contract | ||
| Dec. 15, 1997 | T-45C Goshawk Introduced at Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi | ||
| Dec. 12, 1997 | Boeing Delivers First New HC MK 2A Chinook to Britain's Royal Air Force | ||
| Dec. 11, 1997 | F/A-18E/F Super Hornet surpasses 2,000 Flight-Hour Mark | ||
| Dec. 11, 1997 | SLAM ER's Third Flight Hits Critical Node | ||
| Dec. 11, 1997 | Boeing Completes NATO AWACS Upgrade Contract | ||
| Dec. 10, 1997 | Quiet Helicopter Operations To Take Flight At Grand Canyon Dec. 16 | ||
| Dec. 09, 1997 | Boeing Completes Demonstration of Full Mission Simulation for Joint Strike Fighter | ||
| Dec. 03, 1997 | MD 600N Emergency Floats Receive Certification | ||
| Dec. 03, 1997 | Boeing Wins Initial Design Contract for Australian AEW&CS | ||
| Dec. 02, 1997 | Last Italian-Assembled Harrier II Plus Delivered to Italian Navy | ||
| Dec. 02, 1997 | Boeing Wins Initial Design Activity Contract For Australian Airborne Early Warning & Control System | ||
| Nov. 25, 1997 | National Park Service Chooses Ultra-Quiet MD Explorer for Grand Canyon Operations | ||
| Nov. 25, 1997 | Boeing Wins Space Contractor Excellence Awards | ||
| Nov. 24, 1997 | Boeing Selects Hughes to Develop Advanced Targeting FLIR | ||
| Nov. 19, 1997 | Boeing Begins Fabrication for Joint Strike Fighter Mid-Fuselage | ||
| Nov. 17, 1997 | New Tiltrotor Venture Orders 609 | ||
| Nov. 17, 1997 | Boeing to Supply Environmentally Safe Paint Removal System to U.S. Navy | ||
| Nov. 17, 1997 | Boeing Wraps Up Kiowa Contract | ||
| Nov. 16, 1997 | Civil Tiltrotor Sales Commitments Approaches 50 Aircraft | ||
| Nov. 16, 1997 | Bell Boeing 609 Taking Shape | ||
| Nov. 14, 1997 | U.S. Air Force Receives 35TH Boeing C-17 | ||
| Nov. 14, 1997 | Shuttle Atlantis To Get New Cockpit, Improved Navigation Capabilities During 60-Million-Mile Tune-Up | ||
| Nov. 13, 1997 | Boeing Begins Modification Work on T-38 Avionics Upgrade Program | ||
| Nov. 13, 1997 | F-111 Industry Support Team Formed | ||
| Nov. 13, 1997 | F-111 Industry Support Team Formed | ||
| Nov. 12, 1997 | Comanche Filter Meets Test of Contaminated Battlefield | ||
| Nov. 12, 1997 | Cellular Wing Technology Developed by Boeing: Video News Release | ||
| Nov. 12, 1997 | Boeing Receives Contract To Upgrade NATO AWACS Fleet | ||
| Nov. 11, 1997 | Boeing Awarded $64 Million Contract for KC/RC-135 Re-engine Work | ||
| Nov. 11, 1997 | EPASaDatabase Offers Manufacturing Industry Greener Alternatives and Cost Savings | ||
| Nov. 11, 1997 | Telecommunications Industry Honors DigitalXpress, Boeing For "Day One" Event | ||
| Nov. 10, 1997 | Boeing Launches U.S. Air Force's Distributed Mission Training System | ||
| Nov. 08, 1997 | Delta is Successful in 250th Launch | ||
| Nov. 06, 1997 | The 1st F-15I for Israel Air Force | ||
| Nov. 05, 1997 | Key element of electrical power system for International Space Station in Huntsville testing | ||
| Nov. 05, 1997 | Delta II and Iridium® Pair for Fifth Launch From Vandenberg | ||
| Nov. 05, 1997 | Satellite, Delta II Rocket Makes it All-Boeing Launch to Keep U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System Operational | ||
| Nov. 05, 1997 | Brown Named Director of Flight Operations for Airlift and Tanker Programs at Boeing | ||
| Nov. 05, 1997 | Key Element of Electrical Power System for International Space Station in Huntsville for Testing | ||
| Nov. 05, 1997 | Boeing Begins Training 21,000 Managers Nationwide Using DigitalXpress Satellite Broadcast Services | ||
| Nov. 03, 1997 | Osprey Population Grows at Navy Test Facility Third V-22 Tiltrotor Delivered to Testers | ||
| Nov. 03, 1997 | Final GPS Block IIA Satellite to Be Launched in First "All-Boeing" Rocket, Satellite Launch | ||
| Oct. 31, 1997 | T-45 Goshawk Gets New State-of-the-Art Cockpit: Cockpit-21 | ||
| Oct. 27, 1997 | SLAM ER Continues Successful Flight Test Program | ||
| Oct. 22, 1997 | Boeing Delivers First AWACS Radar Improvement Kit | ||
| Oct. 20, 1997 | Boeing Begins Final Assembly of C-32A Executive Transport | ||
| Oct. 15, 1997 | New Multinational Inspection Spacecraft to Demonstrate Space Station Remote Sensing/Servicing Technologies | ||
| Oct. 13, 1997 | Boeing Announces Helicopter Sales, Deliveries at Helitech '97 | ||
| Oct. 13, 1997 | Boeing, Lockheed Martin Join Forces to Offer U.S. Army Streamlined Logistics and Upgrades for Apache | ||
| Oct. 13, 1997 | U.S. Army Evaluates New Fuel Tank For AH-64D Apache Longbows; Internal Unit Offers Greater Range, Increased Safety in Combat | ||
| Oct. 10, 1997 | Boeing Selects New Site in Brisbane | ||
| Oct. 08, 1997 | Boeing Reduces MD Explorer Direct Operating Costs | ||
| Oct. 03, 1997 | Boeing Wins E-3 Mission Crew Training Contract | ||
| Oct. 03, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Hall at Saint Louis University Dedicated | ||
| Oct. 03, 1997 | Air Force Receives 34TH C-17 Globemaster III | ||
| Sep. 30, 1997 | C-17 Deputy Program Manager to Retire | ||
| Sep. 30, 1997 | Boeing Earns Quality Certification for Mesa Plant | ||
| Sep. 30, 1997 | Rick Stephens to Lead Boeing Bid to Consolidate NASA Space Operations | ||
| Sep. 29, 1997 | Skoda, Boeing Sign Memorandum of Understanding | ||
| Sep. 26, 1997 | Delta II Launch Completes First Half of IRIDIUM System | ||
| Sep. 24, 1997 | F/A-18 Super Hornet Passes 1,000 Flight Milestone | ||
| Sep. 24, 1997 | Boeing Reorganization Aligns Space Systems Business By Markets | ||
| Sep. 23, 1997 | C-17 Program Receives EPA Award | ||
| Sep. 23, 1997 | Apache Longbow Helicopter Lifts off for First Time With Full-Color Multi-Purpose Displays | ||
| Sep. 22, 1997 | Sea Launch Command Vessel Named | ||
| Sep. 22, 1997 | F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Enters Production at Boeing | ||
| Sep. 22, 1997 | Nike Trains Sales Representatives Across Country By Using DigitalXpress Services | ||
| Sep. 18, 1997 | Boeing Schedules Launch of IRIDIUM Satellites for September 26 | ||
| Sep. 18, 1997 | Delta II Launch Continues to Build Satellite Constellation | ||
| Sep. 18, 1997 | British Pilots set a Speed Record for Around the World Helicopter Flight | ||
| Sep. 18, 1997 | Bowman Named MD-17 Program Manager | ||
| Sep. 17, 1997 | Envelope Expansion Program on Schedule for MD 600N Helicopter | ||
| Sep. 17, 1997 | Boeing Wins Federal Telecommunications Support Contract | ||
| Sep. 17, 1997 | Combined Chambers To Hear Report On Sea Launch Program | ||
| Sep. 15, 1997 | Second Production Representative Osprey Flown to U.S. Navy Test Center | ||
| Sep. 12, 1997 | Israel Air Force F-15I Completes First Flight | ||
| Sep. 11, 1997 | Boeing Announces Agreement to Collaborate With Instytut Lotnictwa (Institute of Aviation) | ||
| Sep. 10, 1997 | Boeing Australia on the Move | ||
| Sep. 10, 1997 | Boeing Joint Strike Fighter Program Completes Successful Initial Design Review | ||
| Sep. 10, 1997 | Boeing Australia To Relocate To Brisbane | ||
| Sep. 09, 1997 | Boeing Delivers Malaysian Hornets on Schedule | ||
| Sep. 09, 1997 | F/A-18 Super Hornet Passes 1,500 Flight Hours | ||
| Sep. 09, 1997 | First Production Advanced MD Explorer Makes First Flight | ||
| Sep. 09, 1997 | Boeing First Machine for Automation of C-17 Fuselage Skin Panel Assembly now in Operation in Long Beach | ||
| Sep. 08, 1997 | Boeing to Examine Kelly AFB Facilities at San Antonio For Future Work | ||
| Sep. 08, 1997 | Boeing Employees In Mesa Surpass $1 Million In Donations For Local Charities Through Giving Program | ||
| Sep. 07, 1997 | F-22 Raptor Soars in First Flight | ||
| Sep. 03, 1997 | Super Hornet Tackles Barricade Testing Head on | ||
| Sep. 03, 1997 | U.S. Air Force And Boeing Roll Out Flight Test Vehicle | ||
| Sep. 03, 1997 | Boeing Vice President To Chair 35th Space Congress | ||
| Sep. 03, 1997 | U.S. Navy Selects Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 | ||
| Sep. 02, 1997 | Correction | ||
| Sep. 02, 1997 | Boeing Sponsors Visiting Physics Researchers From Poland | ||
| Sep. 02, 1997 | Boeing Sponsors Polish Graduate Student Scholarship Program | ||
| Sep. 02, 1997 | Boeing Announces Agreement With Advent International Corp. and Equinox KFT on Development Capital Fund in Hungary | ||
| Sep. 02, 1997 | Four Space Station Employees Awarded NASA's Silver Snoopy | ||
| Sep. 02, 1997 | Norway Demonstrates Hellfire Shore Defense System | ||
| Aug. 29, 1997 | U.S. Air Force Receives 33rd C-17 | ||
| Aug. 28, 1997 | MD-17 Receives FAA Certification | ||
| Aug. 28, 1997 | Successful Hover-Test For KE-ASAT Kill Vehicle | ||
| Aug. 26, 1997 | Boeing Links Companies From the Netherlands, United States to Help Protect the Environment | ||
| Aug. 26, 1997 | ARGOSystems Smart Antenna System In Trials At Bell Atlantic Mobile Cell Site | ||
| Aug. 25, 1997 | Second Successful Boeing Delta II Launch in One Week Delivers NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) | ||
| Aug. 21, 1997 | Boeing-Built-Delta II to Launch NASA'S Advanced Composition Explorer | ||
| Aug. 21, 1997 | X-33 Aerospike Component Testing Successful; Gas Generator Passes Test At Marshall Space Flight Center | ||
| Aug. 21, 1997 | Osprey Pilots Receive First FAA Powered Lift Ratings | ||
| Aug. 20, 1997 | Delta II Launch Completes First Third of IRIDIUM® System | ||
| Aug. 19, 1997 | Boeing Delta II Launch Delayed 24 Hours | ||
| Aug. 19, 1997 | Canadian CF-18 Hornets Ready To Serve In Bosnia | ||
| Aug. 17, 1997 | Ground System Issue Delays Delta II Launch | ||
| Aug. 14, 1997 | Submarine Commanders Receive Trophy | ||
| Aug. 13, 1997 | Advanced Stitching Machine for Aircraft Components Demonstrated | ||
| Aug. 13, 1997 | Boeing Delta II To Place Next Five IRIDIUM Satellites Into Orbit | ||
| Aug. 13, 1997 | Advanced Stitching Machine For Aircraft Components Demonstrated | ||
| Aug. 12, 1997 | Boeing Launches First Delta II | ||
| Aug. 12, 1997 | U.S. Immigration And Naturalization Service Orders 45 Boeing MD 600N Helicopters | ||
| Aug. 11, 1997 | Boeing JSF Team Surpasses Propulsion Test Milestones | ||
| Aug. 06, 1997 | Student, Parent Open House To Conclude Boeing Summer Science Camp | ||
| Aug. 05, 1997 | DigitalXpress Provides Services For Historic Broadcast | ||
| Jul. 31, 1997 | Boeing Completes Successful ABL Tests | ||
| Jul. 30, 1997 | Upgraded F-15 Radar Achieves Successful First Flight Test | ||
| Jul. 29, 1997 | Blended-Wing-Body Sub-Scale Aircraft Demonstrates Flight Characteristics of New Design | ||
| Jul. 29, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Gets to Launch Thor III Satellite on a Delta II Rocket | ||
| Jul. 29, 1997 | Boeing To Provide Avionics Systems For New Czech Aircraft | ||
| Jul. 28, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Announces Spirit Of Excellence Winners | ||
| Jul. 28, 1997 | Boeing Sponsors Space Academy For Teachers | ||
| Jul. 24, 1997 | Long Beach Aquarium of The Pacific, Museum get McDonnell Douglas Grants | ||
| Jul. 22, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas-Built Delta II Rocket Launches U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System Satellite | ||
| Jul. 17, 1997 | Boeing To Host Sixth Annual Discover Engineering Summer Science Camp | ||
| Jul. 10, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Developing New Air-To-Air Missile Technology | ||
| Jul. 09, 1997 | Successful Delta II Launch adds 5 Satellites to Iridium Constellation | ||
| Jul. 07, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Delta II to Place Next 5 IRIDIUM System Satellites into Orbit | ||
| Jul. 07, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Delta Rocket to Launch Within Five Seconds to Achieve Proper Low-Earth Orbit | ||
| Jul. 07, 1997 | Boeing Names Roewer as Marketing Director | ||
| Jul. 02, 1997 | Air Force Contract Awarded To Boeing For B-1B Bomber Defensive Upgrades | ||
| Jul. 01, 1997 | Air Force Receives Newest C-17 | ||
| Jun. 30, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Completes Assembly of Key International Space Station Part -- Ceremony Marks Milestone | ||
| Jun. 30, 1997 | AGM-130 Demonstrates Attack Capability Against Buried Targets | ||
| Jun. 30, 1997 | Boeing Selects DigitalXpress For Satellite Broadcast Services | ||
| Jun. 27, 1997 | Key International Space Station Part to be Available for Viewing | ||
| Jun. 23, 1997 | U.S. Army Awards Boeing Contract For 25 More Bradley Kits | ||
| Jun. 19, 1997 | Van Dorn Named to Lead NASA, Commercial Delta Programs | ||
| Jun. 16, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas to Provide FLASHJET® to Singapore Firm | ||
| Jun. 15, 1997 | Bell Boeing Announces Customers for New Civil Tiltrotor: 21 Buyers for 29 Bell Boeing 609s So Far | ||
| Jun. 15, 1997 | Osprey Now In Production: V-22 Team Brings International Message to Le Bourget 1997 | ||
| Jun. 13, 1997 | Bill Casey Retires: Chief Pilot for YC-15 and C-17 | ||
| Jun. 12, 1997 | Boeing Team To Bid On Global Broadcast Service Contract | ||
| Jun. 12, 1997 | Boeing To Study Liquid Fly Back Shuttle Boosters For NASA | ||
| Jun. 09, 1997 | MD Explorer Returns to Flight Status | ||
| Jun. 06, 1997 | First MD 600N Takes Flight; to Begin Commercial Service | ||
| Jun. 04, 1997 | Cockpit Weather Information System Gets Airline Evaluation | ||
| Jun. 02, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Dedicates New Apache Longbow Pilot, Maintenance Training Facility in Mesa, Arizona | ||
| May 29, 1997 | Four F/A-18 Hornets Delivered to Malaysia | ||
| May 29, 1997 | MD Explorer Grounded by McDonnell Douglas | ||
| May 29, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Starts Assembly of First C-17 Under Multi-Year Contract | ||
| May 23, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Announces Finalists in Site Selection for Delta IV Manufacturing | ||
| May 22, 1997 | Boeing Completes Safety-Of-Flight Testing of Life-Support System for F-22 Fighter Pilots | ||
| May 20, 1997 | Satellite Coordinates for Delta II Launch of Thor II | ||
| May 20, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Delta II Rocket Successfully Launches Thor II Satellite | ||
| May 19, 1997 | Delta II Launch for May 19 Rescheduled | ||
| May 19, 1997 | Boeing to Study Consolidation of NASA Space Operations | ||
| May 18, 1997 | Delta II Launch of Thor II Rescheduled | ||
| May 15, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Delta II Launch Of Thor II Satellite Will Be Televised | ||
| May 15, 1997 | MD 600N Wins FAA Certification; First Delivery Days Away | ||
| May 14, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas to Launch Thor II Satellite for Hughes Space and Communications International and Telenor | ||
| May 13, 1997 | F/A-18E/F Soars Through 1,000-Flight Hour Milestone | ||
| May 13, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Delta II Launch Of Thor II Rescheduled For May 18 | ||
| May 12, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Delta II Rocket to Launch Thor II Satellite to Expand Television Service in Scandanavia | ||
| May 07, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Delta II Launch Of Thor II Rescheduled | ||
| May 07, 1997 | Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, CSA Team Selected as Strategic Partner for Aero Vodochody | ||
| May 07, 1997 | Boeing Names New Defense & Space Group Vice President Of Information Systems | ||
| May 06, 1997 | JDAM Gets Go-Ahead for Low-Rate Initial Production | ||
| May 05, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Delta II Rocket Launches the First Five Iridium® Satellites | ||
| May 05, 1997 | First Class Of U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow Aviators Completes Training At McDonnell Douglas | ||
| May 05, 1997 | New Boeing GPS Satellites To Use Advanced NRL Atomic Clocks | ||
| May 04, 1997 | Delta II Launch Rescheduled For Monday, May 5 | ||
| May 04, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Delta II Launch Rescheduled | ||
| May 03, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Delta II Launch Rescheduled | ||
| May 02, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Delta II Launch Rescheduled | ||
| May 01, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas To Launch Iridium® System Satellites For Iridium LLC | ||
| Apr. 30, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas To Resume Delta II Launch Operations | ||
| Apr. 30, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Delta II Rocket To Launch Iridium® Satellites | ||
| Apr. 30, 1997 | Boeing Awarded Key Missile Defense Contract | ||
| Apr. 28, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Demonstrates ADA 95 Flight Software | ||
| Apr. 28, 1997 | Bell Boeing Gets Final Word to Start Producing V-22s | ||
| Apr. 22, 1997 | Newest C-17 Christened "The Spirit Of Bob Hope" | ||
| Apr. 22, 1997 | Boeing Team Perfects Paintless Airplane Technology | ||
| Apr. 21, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Names Communications Chief | ||
| Apr. 18, 1997 | Rocketdyne Awarded Top NASA Award For Excellence | ||
| Apr. 16, 1997 | U.S. Air Force to Dedicate McDonnell Douglas C-17 to Bob Hope | ||
| Apr. 16, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems, Alliant Techsystems Sign Teaming Agreement For 35/50mm Armament System | ||
| Apr. 14, 1997 | Computer Experts Head Overseas | ||
| Apr. 14, 1997 | AEW&C Aircraft Altitude Record | ||
| Apr. 11, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas YC-15 To Fly Again As An Advanced Technology Demonstrator | ||
| Apr. 10, 1997 | SLAM ER Approved For Low-Rate Initial Production | ||
| Apr. 09, 1997 | F-22 Raptor Next-Generation Fighter Unveiled | ||
| Apr. 03, 1997 | California Employment Training Panel Awards Job Training Funds To McDonnell Douglas | ||
| Apr. 03, 1997 | First Class Of U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow Aviators Gears Up At McDonnell Douglas | ||
| Apr. 02, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Delivers First AH-64D Apache Longbow Combat Helicopter for U.S. Army | ||
| Apr. 01, 1997 | Space Station Express Rack Flying On STS-83 Mission Puts Science Customers On Fast Track Into Space | ||
| Mar. 28, 1997 | F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Approved For Low-Rate Production | ||
| Mar. 27, 1997 | Pacific Trip Showcases C-17 Reliability | ||
| Mar. 27, 1997 | 30th C-17 Delivered to Air Force | ||
| Mar. 27, 1997 | Boeing Awarded $81 Million Contract For KC/RC-135 Re-Engine Work | ||
| Mar. 26, 1997 | Team ABL Successfully Completes A Major Program Milestone | ||
| Mar. 25, 1997 | McDonnell Douglas Completes Successful Delta III Hardware Test | ||
| Mar. 25, 1997 | Boeing Wins $8 Million Contract To Develop Next-Generation Missile | ||
| Mar. 25, 1997 | DigitalXpress And Franklin Telecom Sign Agreement to Increase Internet Communication Capabilities | ||
| Mar. 21, 1997 | SLAM ER Makes Highly Successful First Flight |
