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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Space Launch Complex-37 was mothballed in 1971 and was retrofitted by Boeing in 1998 to support the Delta IV.
Virgin Galactic seeks a declaratory judgment that it did not misappropriate Boeing’s trade secrets and seeks damages at minimum equal to the difference between the $45,600,000 Virgin Galactic paid Boeing under the contract and the substantially lower actual value of the work performed.
Virgin Galactic’s countersuit states that Boeing provided only 348 of the required 580 artifacts during the preliminary design review.
Boeing’s Virginia suit alleges that Virgin Galactic refused to pay more than $25,000,000 in invoices related to the mothership project and misappropriated trade secrets.
Boeing’s suit states that work on the mothership project ended in 2023 after Aurora Flight Sciences concluded the aircraft could not be built on the timeline or budget desired by Virgin Galactic.
The Boeing-NASA-ISS National Lab Genes in Space investigation aims to expand the Genes in Space toolkit capabilities and complete an end-to-end microbial characterization of the space station’s water recovery system.
Boeing partnered with NASA and the ISS National Laboratory to launch an investigation testing protocols for future Genes in Space student-led investigations.
ALOFT AeroArchitects is developing a Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for the Boeing 737 platform using its internal engineering, certification, and ODA resources.
Under the agreement, ALOFT will equip a private Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) aircraft with Eutelsat OneWeb’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity service.
Boeing is leveraging its integrated payload array that was used for WGS-11, the recently awarded $439,000,000 WGS-12, and the commercial O3b satellites built for SES.
Boeing and Northrop Grumman were selected in 2020 to design ESS satellite prototypes.
The Space Force is evaluating two PTS prototype payload designs, one by Boeing and one by Northrop Grumman, that could launch for in-orbit demonstrations in 2025.
Boeing plans to launch its PTS prototype payload on the WGS-11 satellite it is producing under a $605,000,000 contract awarded in 2019.
Boeing and Aurora allege that Virgin Galactic refused to pay more than $25,000,000 for work on a new mothership aircraft and misappropriated trade secrets.
Boeing’s El Segundo, California satellite factory has been producing satellites since 1955 when Howard Hughes and his Aerospace Group purchased the facility.
Boeing has configured a production line in its current El Segundo footprint to produce about 60 satellites per year and plans to replicate that capability to reach 120 to 180 satellites per year within its factory footprint.
Boeing acquired Millennium Space Systems in 2018 and incorporated it into Boeing’s Satellite Development Center in El Segundo.
Boeing plans to significantly boost output across its two El Segundo facilities with a target of producing 60 satellites per year and increasing thereafter.
Boeing and CSIRO are collaborating to test the ability of a Multi-Resolution Scanner to create 3D maps of the International Space Station.
Boeing’s satellite systems business supports continued use of GEO satellites and their role in multi-orbit solutions when combined with LEO constellations.