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The Boeing Company (/ˈboʊɪŋ/) is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide.[5] The company also provides leasing and product support services. Boeing is among the largest global aerospace manufacturers; it is the fourth-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2022 revenue[6] and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value.[7] Boeing was founded by William Boeing in Seattle, Washington, on July 15, 1916.[8] The present corporation is the result of the merger of Boeing with McDonnell Douglas on August 1, 1997.

Formerly

  • Pacific Aero Products Co. (1916‍–‍1917)
  • Boeing Airplane Company (1917‍–‍1961)[1][2]

Public

Aerospace

July 15, 1916 (1916-07-15) in Seattle

William E. Boeing

Arlington, Virginia
,
U.S.

Worldwide

  • Increase 528 commercial aircraft,
  • Decrease 157 military aircraft,
  • Steady 5 satellites (2023)

Increase US$77.79 billion (2023)

Negative increase US$−773 million (2023)

Negative increase US$−2.24 billion (2023)

Decrease US$137.01 billion (2023)

Decrease US$−17.23 billion (2023)

Increase 170,688 (2023)

www.boeing.com

As of 2023, the Boeing Company's corporate headquarters is located in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia.[9] The company is organized into three primary divisions: Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) and Boeing Global Services (BGS). In 2021, Boeing recorded $62.3 billion in sales.[10] Boeing is ranked 54th on the Fortune 500 list (2020),[11] and ranked 121st on the Fortune Global 500 list (2020).[12]

(BCA) builds commercial aircraft including the 737, 767, 777, and 787 along with freighter and business jet variants of most. The division employs nearly 35,000 people, many working at the company's manufacturing facilities in Everett and Renton, Washington (outside of Seattle), and South Carolina.

Boeing Commercial Airplanes

(BDS) builds military airplanes, rotorcraft, and missiles, as well as space systems for both commercial and military customers, including satellites, spacecraft, and rockets.

Boeing Defense, Space & Security

(BGS) provides aftermarket support, such as maintenance and upgrades, to customers who purchase equipment from BCA, BDS, or other manufacturers.

Boeing Global Services

The company's three divisions are: Commercial Airplanes; Defense, Space & Security; and Global Services.[34]

– main production facility for commercial widebody aircraft

Boeing Everett Factory

Competition between Airbus and Boeing

– Netflix film on the long history of safety shortcuts, corporate mismanagement and coverups of the 737 Max

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

– Corporate public museum

Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour

United Aircraft Corporation

United States Air Force Plant 42

Cloud, Dana L. We Are the Union: Democratic Unionism and Dissent at Boeing. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2011.  816419078

OCLC

Greider, William. One World, Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism. London: Penguin Press, 1998.  470412225

OCLC

Reed, Polly. Capitalist Family Values: Gender, Work, and Corporate Culture at Boeing. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2015.  931949091

OCLC

Sell, Terry M. Wings of Power: Boeing and the Politics of Growth in the Northwest (U of Washington Press, 2015)  9780295996257

ISBN

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. University of Washington. 1948–1984.

"Annual Reports Collection"