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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NASA and Boeing are planning to follow OFT-2 with a Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission in the summer of 2021.
Boeing completed more than 90% of the recommended actions from an independent review of the original OFT mission.
GDC Technics planned a full range of Supplemental Type Certificates in early 2021 for the Airbus A320 family, additional Boeing B737 models, and Boeing B787 and B777 aircraft.
Boeing received a $298,000,000 contract for an ESS prototype on 2020-10-01.
Intelsat and SES ordered 13 geostationary satellites this summer from Boeing, Maxar Technologies, Northrop Grumman and Thales Alenia Space.
Firefly Aerospace will leverage AFP technology that is used to manufacture composite airframes for the Boeing 787, Airbus A350, and F-35.
Firefly will leverage AFP technology that is used to manufacture composite airframes for the Boeing 787, Airbus A350, and the F-35.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is planned to begin routine astronaut transport missions by the end of 2021 if test flights succeed.
Boeing received approval on 2020-10-07 to continue development of a new satellite for the U.S. military’s Wideband Global Satcom constellation.
A NASA safety panel expressed doubts that Boeing could complete work in time to allow another Starliner test flight 2020.
NASA and Boeing set the OFT-2 mission to launch no earlier than December (announcement dated 2020-08-28).
Each of Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed Martin is building an Evolved Strategic SATCOM prototype to be completed by 2025.
Boeing received a $298,000,000 contract to build a satellite payload prototype and develop a secure communications architecture for the U.S. Space Force’s Evolved Strategic SATCOM program.
SkyGrid, a Boeing and SparkCognition company, launched a new application for drone operators and enterprises to automate every phase of flight in one unified solution.
The U.S. Space Force awarded $685,000,000 in contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Boeing in March to develop payloads for Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS).
Boeing and Thales Alenia Space each received orders to build two C-band replacement satellites.
SES ordered two C-band replacement satellites apiece from Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Thales Alenia Space.
GOES-13 was launched in 2006 aboard a Boeing Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Boeing has implemented nearly 75% of the 80 recommendations from the joint NASA–Boeing review.
The contract covers a satellite designated Thuraya-4 NGS and includes an option for a Thuraya-5 NGS that, if exercised, would complete the replacement of Thuraya’s two-satellite Boeing-built fleet.