More than two years ago, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall announced plans for the Air Force to build a fleet of autonomous drones to fly into combat alongside crewed platforms. Called the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), five companies were initially selected for the contract competition: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Atomics and…

Machinists are still marching Tuesday, Sept. 24, after rejecting Boeing’s latest “best and final” offer to end the strike. But is the offer itself the problem or how the company went about it? Here’s what Boeing put on the table: Boeing said the offer is contingent on a vote by the end of the week, which…

NASA is just weeks away from its first mission designed to explore Jupiter’s massive moon Europa. Ahead of the historic launch, the agency started releasing videos on Monday, Sept. 23, offering a behind-the-scenes look at what’s going into the Europa Clipper Mission. NASA is highlighting the efforts of five engineers each week leading up to…

A so-called “suicide capsule” was just used for the first time in Switzerland, which prompted police to take several people into custody and open a criminal investigation. Prosecutors said they were told of an assisted suicide involving an American woman from the Midwest on Monday, Sept. 23. Prosecutors are looking into charges of suspicion of…

Pilots are warning about a growing international problem that could have tragic consequences, GPS spoofing, a warfare tactic to throw off the position of the enemy. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, Sept. 23, that commercial flights are now being increasingly impacted by GPS spoofing, with incidents rising by 400% in the past six…

Boeing’s bright spot this year was the hiring of its new CEO, an engineer and aerospace chief named Kelly Ortberg, after years of finance men at the helm. But Ortberg’s arrival is clouded by the controversies hanging over Boeing, from hours-long hearings on safety issues to a fraud charge to the first worker strike in…

More than 30,000 Boeing factory workers walked off the job Friday, Sept. 13, after overwhelmingly rejecting a tentative agreement between Boeing and the union. A high 96% of Pacific Northwest workers from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace workers voted in favor of the strike. “I’m ready. I’ve been preparing for this for a…

Two planes nearly collided at the Nashville International Airport on Thursday, Sept. 12. While the planes did not touch, one ended up getting a flat tire during the incident and could not take off. An Alaska Airlines jet was about to take off when a Southwest Airlines plane entered the runway. The Alaska pilot hit…

Thousands of Boeing union workers walk off the job in the first strike for the company in 16 years. And former President Donald Trump decides if he’ll participate in another debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. Boeing workers go on strike for first time in…

Boeing’s Starliner spaceship departed for Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) last weekend. Its two astronauts, left behind at the ISS after NASA tests deemed the Boeing vessel unsafe, will be picked up by a SpaceX vessel in 2025. The Starliner news follows a long string of other recent Boeing catastrophes, disasters and public…