S Korea To Buy 4 Surveillance Planes From Boeing

Posted at: Wed Nov 8th, 2006

SEOUL (AP)--South Korea announced Thursday it decided to buy four AWACS surveillance planes from Boeing Co. (BA) for about KRW1.6 trillion. Seoul selected Bo...

Boeing Receives $450 million in Orders for Hornet Spare Parts

Posted at: Wed Nov 8th, 2006

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 08, 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has received more than $450 million in U.S. Department of Defense contracts for spare parts for the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy fleets of F/A-18C/D Hornet fighter jets.

First Boeing C-17 for Royal Australian Air Force Takes Maiden Flight

Posted at: Wed Nov 8th, 2006

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 08, 2006 -- The first Boeing [NYSE: BA] C-17 Globemaster III for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) completed its maiden flight Nov. 7, logging a major milestone in preparation for the delivery to the RAAF later this month.