
Boeing [BA] on Wednesday posted strong third quarter top and bottom line results with its commercial aircraft business driving the sales gains and its defense segment boosting earnings.Sales increased 9 percent to $25.8 billion from $23.8 billion a year ago due primarily to higher deliveries of commercial airplanes but also to contract negotiations on the F-15 aircraft and higher volume on NASA’s Commercial Crew Program to provide access to and from the International Space Station and low-Earth orbit.Net income climbed…