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The contract award includes digital analysis and flight testing of a prototype hypersonic interceptor. Results will inform future hypersonic interceptor capabilities vital for national defense.
Boeing and NASA will collaborate with U.S. airlines to advise the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project and development of the X-66A research aircraft.
Expanding its network, the West African carrier will relaunch routes in Africa and to Europe, North America and South America. 737-8 capabilities will enable the airline to grow tourism across the archipelago of Cape Verde.
This collaboration is expected to accelerate progress on key pillars within Boeing's vision for the future of aerospace, with a focus on technologies that are producible, digital, autonomous and sustainable.
Boeing's largest order in South Asia includes 190 737 MAXs, 20 787 Dreamliners and 10 777X jets; options for additional 50 737 MAX jets and 20 787 Dreamliners.