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’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test 2 of the CST-100 Starliner was scheduled to launch no earlier than 2021-03-25 for an approximately one-week mission.
The AMU-LED consortium includes 17 companies and institutions globally, including EHang, Airbus, and Boeing.
Boeing completed a formal requalification of the software on its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on 2021-01-18.
In December, NASA assessed that Boeing had completed work on more than 90% of the independent review’s recommendations.
Boeing is planning additional work with NASA to test joint operations of Starliner with the International Space Station.
Boeing agreed to perform the OFT-2 uncrewed test flight at its own expense to complete testing of Starliner, including docking with the International Space Station, before flying astronauts on the Crew Flight Test.
The software requalification for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner included reviews of the software and the processes by which Boeing developed and tested the software.
Boeing is planning additional work with United Launch Alliance to test integration of Starliner with the Atlas V launch vehicle.
Boeing completed exhaustive software requalification work as part of preparations to launch the Starliner spacecraft on a second test flight as soon as late March.
The static-fire test profile NASA and Boeing planned included throttling the RS-25 engines from 109% of rated thrust down to 95% and back to 109% and gimbaling the engines to simulate passing through Max Q.
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, and BAE Systems collectively won 32 percent of all Department of Defense contract obligations in 2019.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner second uncrewed test flight is scheduled to launch on 2021-03-29 and could move to 2021-03-25.
The solar array upgrades are being performed under a previous modification to Boeing’s ISS Vehicle Sustaining Engineering contract with NASA valued at $103,000,000.
Leann Shaffer is a Community Investor at Boeing Global Engagement.
The Boeing Company has invested $100,000 in the National Forest Foundation's Green Drone AZ youth program.
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RS-25 team worked with NASA and core stage manufacturer Boeing to support SLS readiness.
The Delta–Viasat agreement covers new deliveries and retrofits of Airbus A321ceo, Boeing 737-900ER, and select Boeing 757-200 aircraft.
Volansi is working alongside companies such as Boeing, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems, and Northrop Grumman on the Skyborg program.
NASA’s fiscal year 2021 budget request proposed deferring final design work on the SLS Block 1B to concentrate on completing the Block 1 SLS core stage due to performance and cost challenges faced by Boeing.
The first operational mission by Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, Starliner-1, will likely be delayed until at least the spring of 2022.