Boeing history chronology

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1976 January: Rockwell International delivers, in one month, two million MOS-LSI circuits containing more electronic
circuits than were individually produced by the total semiconductor industry during the first year of 1970.
March 5:
July 27:
Aug. 9:
Sept. 17:
Dec. 10:
A Boeing B-52 makes the first test launch of the Boeing-built air-launched cruise missile (ALCM).
The Defense Department approves the development of an advanced version of the McDonnell Douglas
AV-8A V/STOL aircraft. The objective of the new program is to approximately double the payload and range
of the original Harrier.
The Boeing YC-14 military STOL transport makes its first flight.
The prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise, built by Rockwell International (North American), rolls out.
Its 9-month approach and landing test program lasts from Jan. 31 to Oct. 26, 1977.
The AH-64A Apache is selected as the U.S. Army’s Advanced Attack Helicopter after an extensive
competitive fly-off.
Boeing history chronology
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