ALTHOUGH THE BOEING CO.'s 787 Dreamliner has been beset by a series of embarrassing delays that have now stretched more than a year and a half, engineers accomplished a significant structural ...

The Boeing Co. completed its “ultimate wing load” test on its 787 jet Sunday and will spend weeks analyzing the results. Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner has been in flight testing for more than three ...

Other than first flight, it is arguably the most dramatic moment during the testing of an all-new commercial jetliner before it can carry passengers. With the plane on the ground, the wings are ...

Boeing has released video images of the 787 wing box destruction test, designed to validate the airframer's analytical models of the structure. Built by Boeing's Japanese partners the structure is ...

Boeing completed the ultimate-load wing up-bending test on the 787 static test aircraft over the weekend. "During the testing, loads were applied to the airframe to replicate 150% of the most extreme ...

Boeing completed the ultimate load test on the static test 787 airframe, ZY997, at Everett on March 28. The test — officially dubbed Condition 18b — evaluated the ability of the wing-body structure to ...

Boeing has completed destructive testing on the 787's all-composite wing box, a process which is part of the aircraft's certification programme. Manufactured by Boeing's Japanese partners, the wing ...