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Boeing’s hiring spree points to progress toward Next Boeing Airplane
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team May 30, 2022, © Leeham News: Boeing is hiring again. Boeing’s hiring spree is aimed at replacing engineers, technicians, retirees and jobs lost in Russia and Ukraine. But an analysis also… Read More
Is the Redhawk Development process the future at Boeing?
Subscription Required By the Leeham News Team Boeing wants to converge advanced design and production processes from across the 7-Series platforms and the Defense unit into one commercial airplane–its Next Boeing Airplane, or NBA. Photo: Boeing. July 12,… Read More
United orders 200 Boeing 737 MAXes, 70 Airbus A321neos
By the Leeham News Team June 29, 2021, © Leeham News: United Airlines today announced its order for 200 Boeing 737 MAXes and 70 Airbus A321neos. The size and split of the order were first reported by Airfinance… Read More
The Ultrafan Project
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction June 21, 2021, © Leeham News: Rolls-Royce launched the Ultrafan in 2014, a project to develop next-generation geared turbofan engines. The engine OEM has been working on that project ever since. The… Read More
NBA Single or Dual Aisle Airline preferences
Subscription Required By Vincent Valery Introduction Credit: Leeham News May 10, 2021, © Leeham News: Boeing has been studying the launch of a clean-sheet design aircraft for at least a decade. Studies included a single-aisle design but favored… Read More