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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Frank Slazer has held engineering and business development roles at Northrop Grumman, United Launch Alliance, and Boeing.
Chris Johnson spent more than 20 years at Boeing and was most recently president of Boeing Satellite Systems International.
Boeing took over Space Launch Complex-6 in 2000.
Sierra Nevada Corporation protested NASA’s 2014 selection of Boeing and SpaceX for commercial crew development awards and the GAO rejected that protest in January 2015.
Boeing’s and Northrop Grumman’s payloads will be launched to space in 2024 on a military or commercial satellite for on-orbit demonstration.
The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Boeing a $191,000,000 contract, Lockheed Martin a $240,000,000 contract, and Northrop Grumman a $253,000,000 contract in February and March 2020 to design prototype payloads for the PTS program.
The Space and Missile Systems Center on 2021-04-22 identified Boeing and Northrop Grumman as the only contractors advancing to the next phase of the PTS program.
The program office selected Boeing and Northrop Grumman to complete design, build, test, and ultimately launch two payloads for on-orbit demonstrations and residual operations.
KLM’s Viasat-equipped Boeing 737-800 and Embraer E195 fleets will operate on European flight routes only.
Morf3D’s software combined with its engineering expertise reduced mass and increased the performance and functionality of manufactured parts, according to Boeing in 2018.
Boeing invested in Morf3D twice via its investment arm Boeing HorizonX Ventures in April 2018 and August 2019.
Advanced Navigation has collaborated with major companies including Airbus, Boeing, Tesla, Google, Apple, and General Motors.
Myriota attracted over $38,600,000 in venture capital from investors including Boeing HorizonX Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and Singtel Innov8.
David Whelan previously worked at Boeing and DARPA before serving as chief scientist of Cubic Corporation.
Kencoa Aerospace clinched a $1,300,000 supply deal with Boeing in January to produce intertank, engine section, and slosh baffles for the Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket.
A power surge required the replacement of avionics on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and pushed back its Orbital Flight Test (OFT) 2 uncrewed test flight to no earlier than 2021-04-02.
Boeing agreed to fly OFT-2 after the original OFT mission in December 2019 failed to dock the Starliner spacecraft with the International Space Station.
NASA and Boeing plan to launch the CST-100 Starliner on a second uncrewed test flight no earlier than 2021-04-02.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2 launch is planned for no earlier than 2021-04-02.
Dan Hart previously spent 34 years at Boeing before joining Virgin Orbit.