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Boeing

BO-ing
Also Known As The Boeing Company
Legacy Aerospace and Defense Conglomerates

An American aerospace and defense corporation founded in 1916. Beyond commercial and military aircraft, it designs and manufactures rockets, satellites and spacecraft, including the S-IC first stage of the Saturn V, the core stage of NASA's Space Launch System, and the CST-100 Starliner crew capsule.

Facts
Agency Type
Private aerospace company 1
Founded Year
1916 1
Headquarters
Arlington, Virginia, United States (Crystal City neighborhood) 1
Head
Kelly Ortberg (President and Chief Executive Officer) 2
Annual Budget
$89.5 billion in total company revenue for 2025 (a public company; figure is revenue, not a government budget) 2
Boeing
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Millennium Space Systems

Boeing
Connections

Long-Form Articles

How a commercial aircraft maker built a space business, Articles

Operates

CST-100 Starliner, Spacecraft
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia: Boeing StarlinerBoeing Starliner article, operator section
Delta III, Launch Vehicles
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
In the Other Atlases

Same As

The Boeing Company

Also in Business Atlas: the same subject.

Located In

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is located.

Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Boeing, lead section
    The Boeing Company designs and manufactures airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide
  • Boeing, infobox
    Founded: July 15, 1916, in Seattle | Headquarters: Crystal City, Virginia, U.S. | Type: Public company
  • Boeing, lead section (IPA respelling)
    The Boeing Company (BO-ing)
  • Includes: Millennium Space Systems, Wikipedia: Millennium Space Systems, lead section
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2. Boeing: Corporate Leadership and Investor Relations
The Boeing Company
  • Kelly Ortberg biography page, Boeing corporate site
    President and Chief Executive Officer
  • Boeing Reports Fourth Quarter Results press release, revenue headline
    Revenue of $89.5 billion and 600 commercial deliveries reflect the highest annual totals since 2018
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Boeing: 3 California companies that helped shape Boeing
Hughes Aircraft Co. section
Quote, Hughes Aircraft Co. section
The new company set up operations in El Segundo, California, and was acquired by Boeing in 2000.
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Encyclopedia Astronautica
Operates: Delta III
Wikipedia: Boeing Starliner
Operates: CST-100 Starliner, Boeing Starliner article, operator sectionView the Source
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