Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is in Washington for a state visit set to boost the burgeoning economic relationship between two countries, which had relatively marginal commercial dealings a decade ago.

Seventeen current and former executives at Airbus parent company EADS went on trial Monday for allegedly making millions in profits on the back of their company's troubles with the delayed A380 superjumbo project.

Work has officially started on building Boeing's $750 million aircraft assembly plant in South Carolina — the largest industrial investment in state history.

A Kent Fire Department spokesman says Kent police and Boeing officials are investigating the death of a man at the Boeing plant in the south Seattle suburb. Capt. Kyle Ohashi said the unidentified man died Wednesday in what Ohashi said "appears to be an industrial accident."

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday lifted a lower court's injunction against a $1.2 billion Air Force maintenance contract with Boeing Co that was protested by Alabama Aircraft Industries.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and Fitch Ratings said Tuesday they would assign investment-grade ratings to Boeing Co.'s proposed offering of $1.2 billion in senior unsecured notes.

A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that overturned Boeing Co.'s $1.1 billion contract for maintenance of an Air Force refueling tanker jet.

As Congress crafts legislation to impose new oversight on complex instruments blamed for hastening the financial crisis, a major sticking point has emerged over companies that use the derivatives to hedge risk.

The CEO of Airbus said Monday the plane maker has run all four engines on a long-delayed prototype of its first military transport plane and expects the airlifter to fly "before Christmas."

EADS, the parent company of plane maker Airbus, on Monday said it lost euro87 million ($130 million) in the third quarter, due partly to the weak dollar, and warned that troubled aircraft programs could further weigh on earnings in the fourth quarter.

Middle East tension is driving demand for military hardware at the Dubai Air Show which opened on Sunday, but recession means fewer orders for civilian jets.

EADS, the parent company of planemaker Airbus, reports earnings for the third quarter on Monday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

Boeing Co. says the first of the delay-plagued new version of its 747 freighter jet has emerged from the factory to be set up for test flights.

Boeing Co. said Monday it has finished fixing structural problems in two more of its 787 jetliners. The flaws had forced the airplane maker to further delay delivery of the highly anticipated plane earlier this year.

The president of Sea Launch Co. said he expects Boeing Co. to drop all or most of its ownership of the international partnership, which is reorganizing under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.