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Scientists monitoring Alaska's volcanoes have shut down stations that track eruptions in real time and put off repairing seismic equipment because of federal budget cuts -- moves that could delay getting vital information to pilots and emergency planners.

Boeing Business Jets displayed a BBJ 3 for the first time at the 2013 European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland.

On May 15/13, the US DSCA announced a pair of official export requests to provide and install Northrop Grumman's AN/AAQ-24 Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures , for use on Oman and Qatar's royal flight VVIP jets.

Moscow's Vnukovo Airport was temporarily closed after a Boeing 747 plane carrying about 140 people caught fire upon landing, This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets enabled.

In early June, the University of Maine will launch a small-scale offshore demonstrator of a floating wind turbine, fabricated in its lab with a lightweight concrete foundation and composite tower.

The new revolt of the masses. 'Can capitalism survive?' is one of the trendiest conference topics among red-blooded capitalists and left-leaning professors alike.

This Wednesday, May 9, 2012, file photo, shows a drilling rig near Kennedy, Texas.

The U.S. Air Force ordered its first three Boeing jets for the president and other high-ranking officials 55 years ago, on May 15, 1958.

May 15, 2013 - Cormac Siegfried, son of EAA Director Emeritus Rand Siegfried, successfully completed his first solo flight in a powered aircraft on May 5 in his grandfather Robert "Old Bob" Siegfried's Boeing Stearman PT 17, the iconic World War II trainer.

Military uses of lasers include applications such as target designation and ranging, defensive countermeasures, communications and directed energy weapons.

A large piece of presidential memorabilia goes on the auction block Wednesday when the General Services Administration opens bidding on a DC-9 that served chief executives and their staffs.

Thursday in Everett, Gov. Jay Inslee unveiled his statewide aerospace strategy. It was a cogent blueprint predicated on workforce training, diversifying the aerospace cluster, and enhancing the industry's support chain.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory can no longer seismically monitor five volcanoes with real-time equipment to detect imminent eruptions.

It’s a beach bummer. Shorelines worldwide are clogged with trash, so much so that during their annual cleanup last year, volunteers with the Ocean Conservancy picked up refuse that weighed as much as 10 Boeing 747 jumbo jets.

Puget Sound area Boeing information technology workers heard Monday, through a two-hour webcast, that 1,500 of their jobs will be cut or moved elsewhere in the country.

The world's single largest building is located in Everett, Wash., a northern suburb of Seattle.

Solar Impulse, a Swiss-made, solar-powered aircraft, soars above San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge in April.

Call it a historic technological achievement. Call it a victory lap across America.

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, reinforced its position as an industry leader by claiming a top prize at the annual Supply Chain and Transport Awards .

Question: I was recently on a flight into Phoenix when the plane tipped sharply to one side.