The Pentagon awarded Boeing a contract worth up to $20.7 billion to build the U.S. Navy's next-generation stealth fighter aircraft, the F/A-XX. The decision marks Boeing's second consecutive major fighter jet win and caps months of competition with Northrop Grumman.
Turkish authorities seized an Iranian Caspian Airlines Boeing 737 at Istanbul Airport over an alleged unpaid debt of €3 million ($3.4 million), with bailiffs boarding the aircraft as passengers sat ready for departure. The seizure occurred days after new US secondary sanctions on Iran's aviation sector took effect.
The Federal Aviation Administration granted certification to Boeing's 737 Max 7 jetliner on August 3, 2026, clearing the smallest variant of the Max family for commercial service after nearly a decade of delays stemming from safety reviews and new requirements imposed following two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019.
United Nations experts have verified that Boeing 727 aircraft previously identified by Reuters as connected to a U.S. military contractor's network were used to transport mercenaries, weapons and drones for Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, according to a draft U.N. report scheduled for September publication.
IBM has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HRL Laboratories, a private research lab jointly owned by Boeing and General Motors, adding silicon-spin qubit expertise as a second hardware track alongside its existing superconducting quantum computing technology.
Pakistani authorities located the wreckage of K2 Airways Flight 1732, a Boeing 737 freighter that disappeared over the Arabian Sea after reporting navigation system problems. All five crew members aboard the aircraft, which was traveling from Sharjah, UAE to Karachi, remain missing as rescue operations continue.
