Boeing is a major American aerospace company that operates in the space industry through its Defense, Space & Security division. It designs, manufactures, and sells space systems, including satellites, spacecraft, and rockets, for both commercial and military applications. Boeing is a key partner with NASA, contributing to programs like the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and the development of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for crewed missions to low Earth orbit.
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United Launch Alliance is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
As of January 9, 2026, Boeing's 702MP+ satellite design was identified as the bus for ViaSat-3, consistent with ViaSat-3 F3 being manifested for Falcon Heavy.
Qatar Airways launched Starlink service across its Boeing 777 fleet in October 2024.
Emirates will deploy Starlink across its entire 232-aircraft in-service fleet by mid-2027, starting with Boeing 777s in late 2025 and moving to Airbus A380s in 2026.
In November 2025, Neo Space Group secured a contract to equip all 34 of Thai Airways’ Boeing 787 aircraft with its multi-orbit in-flight connectivity solution.
Major aerospace contractors, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, will release their Q4 2025 financial results this week.
SpaceX delivered crew transport capability approximately three years before Boeing's Starliner.
Boeing discovered counterfeit titanium in production in June 2024.
NASA entrusted the return of Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore to SpaceX after Boeing's Starliner developed propulsion problems.
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore flew on Boeing’s Starliner crewed flight test in June 2024 and returned to Earth in March 2025 after an extended stay on the International Space Station due to unresolved Starliner thruster issues.
Boeing's Starliner developed propulsion issues while Williams and Wilmore were traveling to the International Space Station and was deemed unfit to fly back.
Boeing implemented a 60-to-90-week delay in production timelines to verify affected materials.
Boeing’s discovery of counterfeit titanium rippled across its aerospace supply chain.
Suni Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore launched an eight-day mission in June 2024 to test fly Boeing's new Starliner capsule on its first crewed mission.
SLS production and associated contracts support employment across Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Aerojet Rocketdyne, and supplier facilities in over 40 states.
Josh Kutryk’s Boeing Starliner-1 mission was changed to uncrewed to address spacecraft issues discovered in the previous Starliner crew test, and Kutryk has not yet been reassigned to a new flight.
Under the SDA-2 missions, SpaceX is to launch 18 of SDA’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer satellites by L3Harris Technologies and eight Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter satellites by Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems.
Boeing and Embry-Riddle are developing a 65,000-square-foot engineering center at Embry-Riddle Research Park, creating 400 jobs.
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman need to adapt to fixed-price contracts to remain competitive.
Boeing's Michoud Assembly Facility employs thousands of people dedicated to the Space Launch System.