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Headquarters 100 North Riverside
Chicago , IL 60606
United States

Legally known as Boeing Company, Boeing is an aircraft and spacecraft development company in the Aerospace industry. The company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and supports: commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight and space launch systems.

Company Heritage

Boeing was founded by William E. Boeing. Boeing was incorporated on July 15, 1916, as the "Pacific Aero Products Co.", in Seattle, Washington. The company changed its name to "Boeing Airplane Company" on May 9, 1917. [1]

Company Operating Segments

Commercial Airplanes (CA)

Precision Engagement and Mobility Systems (PE&MS)

Network and Space Systems (N&SS)

Support Systems (SS)

Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC)

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Joint Ventures and Partnerships

Boeing has a partnership with Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Future Plans

Passenger capacity chart with current and future models

Yellowstone Project

  • Y1-Intended to replace the 100-200 passenger aircraft (B717, B737, B757)
  • Y2-To Replace the 200-300 passenger aircraft (B757, B767). Was originally developed as the Sonic Cruiser, became the 7e7 which became the B787.
  • Y3-Intended to replace 300+ passenger aircraft (B777, B747)

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