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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Boeing is the primary contractor for the Wideband Global Satcom program and has produced 11 WGS satellites to date.
Boeing developed PTES under a $383,000,000 U.S. Air Force contract awarded in 2018.
Boeing completed a demonstration of a U.S. military ground system designed to protect satellite communications from jamming attacks on 2023-03-07.
Boeing offered a version of its CST-100 Starliner vehicle in the original CRS-2 competition but NASA did not include it in the final phase of proposal evaluations.
Boeing implemented a 60-day fuel-to-launch window and mitigation measures, including a purge system and sealing of connectors, to reduce the risk of fuel reacting with ambient moisture and corroding valves in Starliner’s propulsion system.
Additional tests related to the OFT-2 OMAC thruster issue took place earlier in the month and Boeing and NASA were reviewing the results with an expectation of completing that review by early March.
NASA and Boeing teams had completed about 80% of the work needed for the CFT mission as of 2023-02-17.
Preparations for the first crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner vehicle to the International Space Station remained on schedule for a launch in mid to late April as of 2023-02-17.
Lockheed Martin won the 2008 competition to build the GPS 3 satellites, beating Boeing.
Boeing opened a production facility at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to build the Exploration Upper Stage (EUS).
After completing welding tests, Boeing will produce an EUS structural test article that will be tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
Each I-6 satellite is almost as large as a London double-decker bus and has solar arrays that open to a full 47-meter width giving a wingspan similar to a Boeing 767.
Boeing has helped Millennium implement model-based engineering, additive manufacturing, and a factory to produce small satellites.
Boeing and Millennium Space Systems merged in 2018.
Boeing helped Millennium qualify a printed metal satellite bus that offers cost, time, and mass savings.
The 2018 merger enabled Boeing and Millennium to win programs that each company would not have been able to win separately.
The U.S. Space Force will use $442,000,000 that Congress added to the 2023 defense budget to buy a wideband communications satellite made by Boeing.
Boeing is building WGS-11 at its factory in El Segundo, California under a $605,000,000 contract awarded in October 2019.
Boeing plans to deliver WGS-11 in 2024.
NASA is counting on the introduction of new vehicles, including Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle, Japan’s HTV-X cargo vehicle, and Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle.