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Boeing is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services. Boeing is among the largest global aerospace manufacturers; it is the U.S.’s largest exporter by dollar value, and one of the largest employers in the United States.
Key Facts
- Type: Publicly traded company
- Industry: Aerospace, Defense
- Founded: July 15, 1916; 107 years ago in Seattle, Washington, USA
- Founders: William E. Boeing, George Conrad Westervelt
- Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, USA (since 2001)
- Key People: Dave Calhoun (President and CEO), Brendan Nelson AO (Senior Vice President)
- Products: Commercial airplanes, military aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, missiles, telecommunications equipment
- Services: Aircraft leasing, maintenance, training, data analytics
Revenue: US$77.79 billion (2023) - Number of employees: 170,688 (2023)
- Website: https://www.boeing.com
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The cargo airline K-Mile Asia will begin operating Thailand’s first 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter after welcoming the new…
Boeing aims to avoid strikes with contract to build next new jet in Washington
Union members at Boeing will vote on a new tentative agreement negotiated between the International Association of Machinists…
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The beleaguered Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has safely returned to Earth three months after blasting off from Cape…
Boeing offers CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter to Poland
Boeing is formally offering the CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter to Poland to support the country’s heavy transport needs. …
NASA confirms Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner spacecraft to depart ISS on Friday
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 6, 2024, and return…
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A NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) reported hearing a “strange noise” coming from the Boeing…
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Boeing said it expects China to more than double its commercial airplane fleet by 2043 to meet growing…
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Oman Air has taken delivery of the first Boeing B787-9 aircraft out of the three that it is…
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NASA announced that Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth without the two astronauts currently aboard, in order…
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A decision over the fate of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and its crew, Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams,…
Atlas Air secures three Boeing 747-8 Freighters in response to e-commerce boom
US cargo airline Atlas Air has secured the services of three Boeing 747-8 Freighters through a long-term finance…
FAA to inspect Boeing 787 Dreamliners after mid-air drop injures 50 passengers
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said it will require the inspection of Boeing 787 Dreamliners after a…
Boeing pauses 777X flight testing due to damage to one of the jets structures
Boeing has temporarily stopped flight tests of its 777X aircraft after discovering damage in one of the jets’…
LanzaTech, LanzaJet and Boeing to invest in SAF project in Australia
Two US green energy firms, LanzaTech, and its sustainable aviation fuel spin-off, LanzaJet (which is currently an independent…