
Tag : Boeing
Man Pleads Guilty To Leaking US Military Aircraft Blueprints
When it comes to security and privacy, there is little more protected than military details. As a result, the information is often protected by several layers of protection, and even if these are breached the chances…
Boeing’s Echo Voyager Can Last Six Months Underwater
Boeing is known for creating a wide range of devices. A surveillance drone here, a giant rocket there and a sprinkling of the world’s lightest metal all over creates a company that seems to explore everything on this…
Amazon is Now Leasing Airplanes to Help With Deliveries
When it comes to ordering things online, Amazon is one of the places people first look. With distribution all over the world, the company is currently at the forefront of technology to help deliver their products,…
ViaSat Plans Terabit Cabable Internet Satellites
High-speed internet is becoming more and more accessible to the world, from brand new fibre networks to expanding coverage of mobile data network. Some places on the planet are still denied these high-speed connections. Many companies…
Second Commercial Crew Mission for Boeing Ordered by NASA
In a move hopefully stemming from NASA’s revitalized budget for the coming year, NASA has issued Boeing a second flight order as part of the Commercial Crew Program. Boeing is one of two private companies involved…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket to Return to Service this Month
Everything has been looking up for SpaceX recently, being one of the forerunners in the contest for NASA’s contest for their CSR2 contracts to resupply the ISS and NASA ordering the first mission from their new…
Manned Mission to the ISS by SpaceX Ordered by NASA
Since the halt of the Space Shuttle program in 2011, the only way to ferry astronauts to and from the ISS has been Russia’s Soyuz rockets. NASA are determined to change this with their ongoing Commercial…
Boeing Denied ISS Supply Contract by NASA
Today NASA revealed that they will be delaying its awarding of the next round of the multi-billion dollar ISS supply contract until late January. At the same time, NASA also informed Boeing that their bid to…
Elon Musk’s Hyperloop is Really Happening!
Elon Musk’s sci-fi mass transportation system is one step closer to becoming a reality. Hyperloop, which propels carriages at high-speed through pneumatic tubes, now has two leading companies involved in producing the advanced tubing infrastructure required…

Hacking team and Boeing Built a Surveillance Drone
The hack of Hacking team was hilarious but serious at the same time, to contemplate a freelance company hell-bent on hacking any target for a variety of employers seemed, well not surprising, but certainly a disappointing…
Airbus A400M Software Update Caused Crash
Investigators for the Airbus A400M crash have narrowed down the cause of the software configuration error that led to the crash. According to sources speaking to Reuters, the most likely scenario is that critical software data was…
Airbus unveils Reusable Rocket Engine Program Adeline
European airspace firm Airbus has revealed their answer to reusable rockets. Most of the things humanity has shot in space has been expendable. Cost, reliability and complexity have kept us from reusing our space hardware. Airbus’s…
Airbus A400M Disaster Blamed on Faulty Software Configuration
As software continues to grow more complex, the chance for critical errors to emerge increases. Airbus has found out the hard way after a Spanish A400M suffered a fatal crash just last month. Investigators have determined that…
Beoing Develops EMP Weapon
EMP, a term used to describe what was once a weapon only in film and books. Electromagnetic pulse weapons were imagined as a counter to electronic tools of warfare, or even everyday life. They were imagined to…
Boeing 787 Software Bug Causes Catastrophic Failure
Boeing can’t seem to get away from bad 787 issues. Coming after a number of battery issues and fires, Boeing’s latest 787 Dreamliner has been issued a new airworthiness directive by the FAA to all operating…
Welcome to the Future – Boeing Patents Laser Forcefield!
Boeing just patented the technology for a “method and system for shockwave attenuation via electromagnetic arc,” which is a fancy was of saying force field. While we’re still a long was from having the kind of…
BlackBerry Working With Boeing on ‘Black Phone’ That Runs Android
BlackBerry has said that it is supporting Boeing with the development of its Boeing Black Phone – a highly secure smartphone intended to be used by government and security service officials. BlackBerry CEO John Chen said…
Engineers Working For Free to Realise Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Transportation System
Last year, Elon Musk pitched a fantastical idea for a new national transportation system in the US. Called Hyperloop, it involved capsuled traincars propelled at high speed through low pressure underground tubes. Now, a group of…

Uncovered Hacking Plot Points to China Buying Stolen US Military Data
The recent news reveals that the US authorities have charged a Chinese business man with hacking into the Boeing computer systems and other firms with large defense contacts, stealing their data and then selling it to…
Boeing Start Work on 200-foot NASA SLS Rocket
Moving further out in to space is still one of NASAs main goals, but to do so would require new and more up to date rocket technology. Fortunately, Boeing have just been given the green-light and…
Boeing Banking on Biofuels to Go Green, Help Reduce Emissions
Aircraft carrier Boeing wants to cut airplane emissions up to 80 percent, putting its faith in biofuels to reach that goal. The airline company blends regular jet fuel into the biofuel mix, typically about 10-percent levels,…
British Royal Air Force Shows Off Upgraded Chinook Helicopters
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) has invested £1 billion into upgrading its fighting fleet, and that includes purchasing 14 new CH-47 Mark 6 Chinook helicopters. The RAF has received the first three helicopters from Boeing…