aerospace industry

Aviation Experts Sound National Security Alarm as FAA Considers Air Traffic Control Vendors with Strong China Ties

Aviation experts are raising serious national security concerns about ensuring the U.S. government properly vets risks from companies that provide air traffic control (ATC) technologies to China, pointing out that the U.S. could be vulnerable to cyberattacks if such companies are permitted to design or operate American ATC systems like the new common automation platform.

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Boeing Nears Wide-Body Jet Sale to Qatar Airways: Sources

Boeing Co (BA.N) is close to clinching a large sale of widebody jetliners to Qatar Airways, a deal that moved closer with the recent U.S. approval of Boeing fighter jet sales to the Gulf nation, according to two people familiar with the situation.

People standing outside the Boeing booth at the Singapore Airshow on February 17, 2016.

Iran, Boeing Sign Historic $25 Billion Sales Agreement

Boeing Co. said Tuesday it signed an agreement with Iran Air “expressing the airline’s intent” to buy its aircraft, setting up the biggest business deal between the Islamic Republic and America since the 1979 US Embassy takeover in Tehran — if it goes through.

Various scale models of Boeing commercial aircraft are seen on display during the Singapor