Updated: 4:48 PM A Japanese investigator says the burned insides of a battery from a Boeing 787 indicate it operated at a voltage above its design limit.

Updated: 9:41 AM Federal officials say they are temporarily grounding Boeing's 787 Dreamliners until the risk of possible battery fires is addressed.

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Updated: 8:16 AM Cessna Aircraft has begun assembly of a new, light business jet at its plant in Independence.

Updated: 5:38 PM Japan Airlines officials say jet was undergoing tests Sunday at airport near Tokyo

Updated: 9:02 AM Federal regulators say they are ordering a comprehensive review of the critical systems of Boeing's 787s, the aircraft maker's newest and most technologically advanced plane, after a fire and a fuel leak earlier this week.

Updated: 10:59 AM Will impact 240 employees.

Updated: 4:06 PM U.S. Senators Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts made the announcement Wednesday afternoon, saying that both McConnell and Forbes Field in Topeka were finalists for the KC-46A tanker program.

Posted: 8:40 AM Boeing officials say they will begin actively marketing the company's Wichita defense facilities by the end of January.

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Updated: 10:21 AM Aviation Capital Group, an aviation leasing company, ordered 60 737 Max planes - an order worth $6 billion at current list prices.

Posted: 10:20 AM An undisclosed customer ordered 6 of the Learjet model 75 business jets, which are manufactured in Wichita.

Posted: 2:35 PM The so-called F4 experience will be available Wednesday through Sunday at the Wichita museum.

Posted: 7:12 AM Wichita State University says aircraft manufacturer Airbus has donated airplane structural parts and kits worth more than $800,000 to the school's National Institute for Aviation Research.

Updated: 7:12 PM It’s a good sign for area workers, with the company saying it’s been hiring and will continue adding more jobs.

Updated: 10:25 AM Only 19 members voted to turn the contract down.

Posted: 3:06 PM A federal judge has ruled a trial is necessary to decide claims brought in a lawsuit by two unions arising from Boeing's 2005 sale of its commercial aircraft operations in Kansas and Oklahoma.

Posted: 3:59 PM B/E Aerospace will host a job fair Thursday, December 13, at its new engineering center in Wichita. The event will run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Posted: 2:25 PM A federal judge plans a hearing Wednesday after a 10th Circuit Court decision that former employees of The Boeing Co. did not show a pattern of age discrimination following the 2005 sale of Boeing's commercial aircraft business.

Posted: 9:42 AM Passenger boardings at the Garden City Regional Airport have soared since it began offering new routes to Dallas-Fort Worth this year.

Posted: 6:43 PM A ruling Wednesday means the plane maker can start soliciting approval of reorganization plan from creditors

Posted: 3:30 PM Germany will join France and Spain as state shareholders in the parent company of Airbus

Posted: 4:15 PM The Boeing Co. on Monday announced that its 737 family of aircraft set new single-year records for both deliveries and orders.

Posted: 8:30 AM The Kansas City Chamber of Commerce is backing a controversial proposal to consolidate the city's airport into one terminal.

Posted: 11:12 AM Government accident investigators want the Federal Aviation Administration to require fire suppression systems in all cargo planes.