SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Families of victims of a Jeju Air Co. plane crash that occurred late last year have filed a lawsuit against U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. in an American court, holding the company responsible for alleged manufacturing defects, according to the families Wednesday. According to the families and their legal [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) - Boeing Co. said Monday it has appointed Will Shafer, former head of the American aerospace company’s Japanese unit, as president of its South Korean operations. While leading Boeing Korea, Shaffer will also serve as the company’s vice president for globalization and market development, where he will oversee Boeing’s strategy [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Monday it plans to conduct a safety inspection of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by domestic airlines following a Jeju Air Co. plane crash that claimed 179 lives the previous day. In Sunday’s Jeju Air crash in the southwestern county of Muan, it is believed that all three [...]
As a key element in pursuit of the aviation industry’s net-zero emission initiative by 2050, this breakthrough concept has potential to substantially reduce commercial flight emissions FORT COLLINS, Colo., July 22, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWD), a global leader in energy control solutions for aerospace and industrial applications, announced it has been selected [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s industry ministry said Tuesday it has discussed ways to broaden cooperation in the aviation, space and defense sectors with U.S. aviation giant Boeing Co. Industrial Policy Director General Lee Seung-ryeol met Patty Chang-Chien, the vice president and general manager of Boeing Research & Technology, in Seoul to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s arms procurement agency said Friday it will push for a joint research project on high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles with U.S. defense giant Boeing. Officials from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and Boeing agreed to collaborate on the project at the company’s headquarters in Washington on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Major global defense companies gathered at an international biennial defense trade show in South Korea set to close Sunday to display advanced military hardware and reaffirm their commitment to the local market. The Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s arms procurement agency and U.S. defense giant Boeing signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Thursday for joint research and development of cutting-edge weapons systems, officials said. Eom Dong-hwan, minister of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), and Boeing Defense, Space & Security CEO Theodore Colbert signed the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, said Friday it has partnered with Boeing to jointly develop an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in preparation for future mobility demand. Korean Air signed a memorandum of understanding with Boeing’s subsidiary Insitu for technical cooperation to develop a lightweight and modularized [...]
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — PRESAGIS, a technology innovator and a leading provider of graphical user interface development tools and software, is pleased to announce that its products have been chosen to provide Human-Machine Interface (HMI) development capabilities to Boeing. Initiated in 2019, the multi-year agreement provides Boeing with PRESAGIS’ line-up of innovative [...]