The Boeing Company develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems. News for BA commonly centers on airline orders and deliveries for the 737 MAX and 787 Dreamliner families, commercial delivery volumes, backlog trends, and customer fleet modernization programs.
Company updates also cover Boeing defense and space work, including military aircraft programs such as the MQ-25A Stingray, as well as services and training products such as the Virtual Airplane pilot training platform. Earnings releases typically discuss segment performance across Commercial Airplanes, Defense, Space & Security, and Global Services.
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has won a multi-billion-dollar U.S. Navy contract to design, build and deliver the F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter.
The aircraft is intended to replace the Navy's F/A-18 Super Hornets. This is Boeing's second sixth-generation fighter selection, following the Air Force's F-47 award in 2025. Boeing plans parallel delivery of the two fighters, while construction continues on its secure St. Louis manufacturing facility.
Boeing (BA) received an order from Biman Bangladesh Airlines for 11 jets on September 23, 2026. The purchase includes five 787-10 and six 737-8 airplanes. It follows Biman's order for 14 787 Dreamliner and 737 MAX jets earlier this year, bringing its order book for the two aircraft families to 25 jets.
Boeing (BA) and Turkish Airlines finalized an order for up to 150 737 MAX jets, concluding talks that began in 2025.
The deal includes 100 firm 737-8 aircraft and options for 50 additional 737 MAX jets, the airline's largest Boeing single-aisle order. Turkish Airlines also receives substitution rights for the larger 737-10 variant to match capacity with demand. The 737 MAX family is described as using 20% less fuel and emitting 20% less than the airplanes it replaces, supporting the carrier's short- and medium-haul growth from Istanbul. This order builds on Turkish Airlines' 2025 commitment for up to 75 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and is paired with industrial participation supporting Türkiye's aviation ecosystem.
Boeing (BA) and American Airlines completed the first landing gear exchange for a 737 MAX on September 14, 2026, marking the extension of Boeing’s long-running Landing Gear Exchange Program to the MAX family.
The swap used overhauled, Boeing-certified main and nose landing gear assemblies with installation kits, validating the end-to-end overhaul, certification and delivery process for consistent application across the MAX fleet. Boeing is expanding global overhaul capacity, working with certified MRO partners, enlarging 737 MAX-capable exchange inventory and adding forward-exchange slots to help airlines reduce aircraft-on-ground time, lower spare-parts inventories and improve maintenance predictability while Boeing assumes overhaul, certification and obsolescence risk.
Albany Engineered Composites (AIN) has reached an agreement with Boeing (BA) to continue manufacturing composite fuselage frames for the 787 Dreamliner.
The agreement covers about 300 unique composite frames, including forward sections 41 and 43 and aft section 47, produced at Albany’s Salt Lake City, Utah facility. Albany has supplied frames for sections 41 and 43 since the original Boeing award in 2014 and, in the company’s words, remains focused on supporting the 787 production ramp with consistent quality and manufacturing efficiency.
Boeing (BA) announced that President and CEO Kelly Ortberg will speak at the Morgan Stanley Laguna Conference on September 16 at 11:30 a.m. PT.
The presentation will be available via live webcast, with a subsequent transcript, on the Events and Presentations section of Boeing's investor relations website.
CollPlant (Nasdaq: CLGN) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Israeli deep-tech company LightSolver, which is developing a pure photonic computing architecture centered on its Laser Processing Unit™ (LPU™). The LPU is designed as an all-optical computing layer alongside CPUs and GPUs, targeting high-intensity workloads in simulation, optimization and Physical AI, with commercial availability targeted for 2028.
According to CollPlant, consideration includes 3,734,476 new ordinary shares (19.7% of pre-deal share capital), pre-funded warrants for 6,134,363 shares, and milestone-based warrants for 224,078,345 shares, plus rollover options for 2,261,966 shares, largely exercisable upon LightSolver achieving specified technological and commercial milestones and subject to shareholder approval above an equity blocker.
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) and Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) announced definitive agreements for Archer to acquire Boeing’s Wisk Aero, SkyGrid and Insitu subsidiaries. The transaction is intended to create an end-to-end physical AI platform for aerospace and defense by combining autonomy, eVTOL and UAS capabilities with Archer’s ZEE AI foundation model.
According to Archer, Insitu adds a profitable defense business generating over $200 million in annual revenue with operations across 35 countries, while Wisk, SkyGrid and Insitu contribute nearly two million combined flight hours of autonomous operations. Boeing will take a stake in Archer, become a strategic partner, and enter a collaboration and technology-sharing arrangement that lets Boeing retain access to Wisk’s core autonomous flight technology. The deal is subject to conditions, including Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust review, and is expected to close by the end of 2026.
Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has granted an amended type certificate for the new 737-7, clearing this 737 MAX variant for commercial service and updating Boeing Production Certificate No. 700 to include the model.
The 737-7 is the smallest and longest-range member of the 737 MAX family, typically seating 135–160 passengers in a two-class layout and offering a range of up to 3,800 nautical miles (7,040 km). Boeing reports it delivers about 20% lower fuel use and CO2 emissions and a 50% smaller noise footprint compared to the airplanes it generally replaces.
The multi-year certification program, begun in 2018, included more than 1,000 hours of flight and ground testing, extensive system safety and human factors reviews, and an updated engine anti-ice system. Boeing and launch customer Southwest Airlines are now preparing the first 737-7 deliveries. The 737 MAX family order book stands at over 7,200 airplanes, with more than 2,300 delivered through the end of June 2026.
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has delivered Somon Air's first 737 MAX, a 737-8 leased from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), marking the first 737 MAX operating in Tajikistan. The jet is the first of two 737-8s and will support Somon Air's fleet renewal and network expansion.
The 737-8 can carry up to 210 passengers with a range of up to 3,500 nautical miles (6,480 km) and is expected to cut fuel use and carbon emissions by 20% versus the aircraft it replaces. Boeing previously announced Somon Air's commitment to purchase up to 14 787 Dreamliner and 737 MAX airplanes.