Bob McCarty Writes

Have you ever wanted to propel an 1,800-pound penetrator warhead at more than 2,300 feet per second through high-strength reinforced concrete?  The folks at Boeing have.  Today, they announced their efforts have succeeded. In a news release today, Boeing reported it has successfully tested a fuze well (the area where the fuze is installed) and [...]

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“You might be a redneck soldier if you mount a high-energy laser weapon system on the back of your government-issued pickup truck.” I wouldn’t be surprised to hear comedian Jeff Foxworthy say this one day in the near future.  Until then, we’ll count on the folks at Boeing to put together the mobile laser weapon [...]

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Watch out, evil dictators of the world! Uncle Sam is on the verge of being able to squash your hopes of using missiles to deliver destructive payloads to the United States. According to a news release this morning, the Boeing Company has successfully completed the first ground test of the entire weapon system integrated aboard [...]

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Photo Caption: U.S. Army aviators CW5 Rucie Moore and Vice Chief of Staff Dick Cody pilot the AH-64D Apache Block III helicopter over the Arizona desert at Boeing’s facility in Mesa, Ariz., just prior to the start of the July 9 ceremony to celebrate the aircraft’s first flight. To learn more about the first flight [...]

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ST. LOUIS, July 08, 2008 — The Boeing Company and SkyHook International, Inc., today announced a teaming agreement to develop the JHL-40 (Jess Heavy Lifter), a new commercial heavy-lift rotorcraft designed to address the limitations and expense of transporting equipment and materials in remote regions. Boeing has received the first increment of a multiyear contract [...]

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One day after Northrop Grumman attempted to set the record straight regarding its victory in the battle over the coveted Air Force KC-45A tanker contract, The Boeing Company countered. In a news release this afternoon, the aerospace giant reported it had filed a formal protest with the Government Accountability Office and asked the agency to [...]

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Northrop Grumman issued a news release this morning in an attempt to “set the record straight” concerning what the company calls “the U.S. Air Force KC-45A misinformation.” What the defense contractor conveniently overlooked in its effort to “spin” the news is the point I raised in a March 1 post, Medal of Honor Recipient Right [...]

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