Boeing Hands Pentagon WGS Satellite 6, WGS-5 to Launch Wednesday
Boeing has delivered the sixth wideband global satellite communications spacecraft to the Defense Department in preparation for its scheduled launch in 2013. The company shipped the WGS-6 satellite from its facility in El Segundo, Calif. to Titusville, Fla. and the spacecraft will be tested, fueled and integrated before its launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Boeing [...]
Boeing‘s fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite launched Wednesday aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GPS IIF is designed to address navigation and jamming issues as well as prolong the satellite’s design lifespan, according to a statement by Boeing’s defense, space and security business. The [...]
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Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have developed a new airplane powered by supersonic combustion ramjet and intended to fly at speeds of more than five times the speed of sound. The X-51A WaveRider achieved a speed of Mach 5.1 for three and a half minutes during its fourth flight test May 1 and exceed [...]
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The month of April saw companies continue to direct resources to their big data and analytics portfolios and TheNewNewInternet stayed at the forefront of those developments, ranging from new products to investments with the intent to grow this line of business. TheNewNewInternet, also affectionately known as “TNNI” by Executive Mosaic staffers and loyal readers, is [...]
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Boeing’s defense, space and security unit has launched an update to its Twister Data Framework software aimed at helping users manage and access large amounts of data in a cloud environment. Twister 3.7.4 is designed to support workloads through elastic computing and load balancing in cloud and clustered file systems, the company said Wednesday. The [...]
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Boeing and its U.S. government partners have completed an eight-month evaluation phase for a new unmanned demonstration research aircraft the company has designed. The X-38C started flight testing in August 2012 and has flown 30 tests at NASA‘s Dryden Flight Research Center for the Blended Wing Body project, Boeing said Friday. NASA and the U.S. [...]
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Boeing, Navy Confirm Super Hornet Demonstration this Summer; Frank Morley Comments
April 10, 2013 No CommentBoeing and the U.S. Navy will demonstrate the recent enhancements to the Super Hornet “late this summer,” according to a Flight Global article. Naval Air Systems Command Super Hornet program manager Capt. Frank Morley said the demonstration will feature the F/A-18E/F’s new “conformal fuel tanks and the weapons pod,” GE F414 engines and other enhancements. Boeing [...]
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Boeing Developing Phantom Phoenix Satellite Prototypes; Darryl Davis Comments
April 10, 2013 No CommentBoeing Company has started developing small satellite models that it hopes will support various space missions such as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to planetary science. Built on a common architecture, software and payload integration, the Phantom Phoenix prototypes centralize operations with low-risk integration, bespoke avionics and selective redundancy options for all launch vehicles, according to a Boeing [...]
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Boeing Promoting Phantom Eye Drone as Comm Relay Hub; Keith Monteith Comments
April 9, 2013 No CommentBoeing is rebranding a hydrogen-powered drone it unveiled in 2010 as a relay station intended to support remote communications between U.S. Navy ships. The company built Phantom Eye with 150-foot wingspan, 10,000 pounds total takeoff weight, 450-pound payload capacity and two four-cylinder engines producing 150 horsepower each, Wired reported Tuesday. Spencer Ackerman writes the company is [...]
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Boeing Completes Design Review of NASA Crew Capsule Launch Adapter; John Mulholland Comments
April 8, 2013 No CommentThe Boeing Company has completed the preliminary design review of the CST-100‘s launch vehicle adapter, according to a NASA statement. The adapter would connect Boeing’s CST-100 crew capsule to its rocket. The launch vehicle adapter was designed by the United Launch Alliance and connected to the ULA’s Atlas V rocket that will launch the CST-100. John [...]
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