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BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2016
SpaceX breaks Boeing-Lockheed monopoly on military space launches
The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday awarded billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX an $83 million contract to launch a GPS satellite, breaking the monopoly Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. have held on military space launches for more than a decade.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2015
Musk's made-in-USA SpaceX vies in crowded, Russia-powered field for $3.5 billion NASA contract
Less than a decade after its first rocket launch, Elon Musk's SpaceX finds itself in an unfamiliar position.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 30, 2015
Engine explodes into flames on aging, taxiing jetliner in Florida after fuel leak spotted; 15 hurt
An engine on a passenger jet bound for Caracas burst into flames while taxiing for takeoff at a Florida airport on Thursday, forcing frightened passengers to exit the plane using inflatable emergency slides.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2015
Trump slams Boeing plan for new China facility, saying it will hurt American workers
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump bashed Boeing Co. on Wednesday over its plans to open a new facility in China that the company's largest union says could hurt American workers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2015
Boeing lands $38 billion in China orders, commitments, irks ranks with 737 plant plan
Boeing Co said on Wednesday it had won orders and commitments from China for 250 narrowbody 737 aircraft and 50 widebody aircraft, valued at about $38 billion at list prices.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2015
Xi arrives in Seattle to meet tech titans, looks to downplay China slump, cyberspying allegations
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Seattle on Tuesday to kick off a week-long U.S. visit that will include meetings with U.S. business leaders, a black-tie state dinner at the White House hosted by President Barack Obama and an address at the United Nations.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2015
Boeing rivals seek to compete for Britain's next sub-chasing aircraft
Global defense companies are clamoring for the chance to compete with Boeing for a multi-billion-dollar contract to provide Britain with submarine-hunting aircraft, as the U.K. government ponders a gap left by recent defense cuts.
WORLD
Aug 27, 2015
FAA starts probe after Allegiant jet aborts out-of-control takeoff
U.S. air-safety investigators are looking into a mechanical failure that caused the nose of an Allegiant Airlines jet to rise off the ground prematurely before takeoff, defying the crew's attempts to push it down.
WORLD
Aug 20, 2015
Probe finds ELT fire aboard 787 at Heathrow would have been hard to fight aloft
A fire on an empty Boeing Co. Dreamliner at London's Heathrow Airport would have posed a serious risk to the Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise jet had it occurred during a flight, the official probe into the incident said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2015
Relatives offer prayers on eve of 30th anniversary of JAL jet crash
Relatives float paper lanterns on a river near the site of a 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash and pray for loved ones and transport safety on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 11, 2015
U.S. leaked crucial Boeing repair flaw that led to 1985 JAL jet crash: ex-officials
The U.S. government divulged to an influential American newspaper crucial information on improper repair work on a plane carried out by Boeing Co., suggesting it was the presumable cause of the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jet, after sensing reluctance by Japanese authorities to release the data, former...
WORLD
Jul 31, 2015
Experts: Wing part found on Reunion from Boeing 777; baggage find raises more suspicions
Plane debris washed up on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean is almost certainly part of a Boeing 777, a Malaysian official and aviation experts said, potentially providing some answers for families of those aboard last year's vanished flight MH370.
WORLD
Jul 30, 2015
Smoke in cabin prompts H.K.-LA Cathay flight to make emergency landing at Aleutian base
A Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles with nearly 300 people on board diverted to a remote U.S. military airport in Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Wednesday due to smoke in the aircraft, airline officials said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2015
Looming U.S. Ex-Im halt has exporters, from Boeing to GE to Caterpillar, groping to save deals
U.S. exporters large and small scrambled on Tuesday to urge foreign customers not to abandon deals supported by the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which will be forced to halt new business at midnight as its charter expires.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2015
Boeing bests Airbus, bags $18 billion in jet orders, commitments at start of Paris Air Show
Boeing Co. grabbed an early lead in orders and commitments at the Paris Air Show over Airbus Group SE, piling up a haul valued at almost $18 billion with help from a surprise surge in wide-body demand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 15, 2015
Looming jet production boom finds GE struggling with suppliers amid engine order backlog topping 15,000 units
General Electric Co., sitting atop a record backlog of more than 15,000 engines, is prodding suppliers to be sure they can handle production that's poised to surge to the fastest ever.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2015
ANA, JAL say their Dreamliners safe from mid-flight shutdown glitch
All Nippon Airways Co. and Japan Airlines Co. said Friday that their Boeing 787 Dreamliners won't be affected by a recently discovered software error that could result in a total loss of power even during flight.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2015
Landing gear problem prompts JAL 787 to return to Moscow
A Japan Airlines passenger aircraft, a Boeing 787 service bound for Tokyo, returned to a Moscow airport and made an emergency landing Monday just after taking off because of a landing gear problem, RIA Novosti news agency said.
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2014
JAL Dreamliner battery fire triggered by Boeing design, NTSB probe finds
Inadequate design and testing caused last year's battery fire that led to the grounding of Boeing Dreamliner jets for more than three months, investigators concluded.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2014
Toray wins ¥1 trillion carbon fiber order from Boeing, sources say
Toray Industries Inc. is set to seal a ¥1 trillion deal to supply carbon fiber for Boeing Co. jets and will spend around ¥100 billion to build a new U.S. plant to produce the material, sources said Monday.

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