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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Airstream unveiled Astrovan II, an eight-seat transport vehicle that Boeing will use to transport commercial crew astronauts to the CST-100 Starliner launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Use of WGS-11 as a platform for hosted payloads is a sticking point in negotiations between the Air Force and Boeing.
The U.S. Air Force and Boeing are negotiating the terms of a $605,000,000 deal awarded in April for production of the 11th Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS-11) satellite.
Boeing's WGS-11 bid incorporates the same technologies the company offers to its commercial communications satellite customers, providing enhanced flexibility, superior coverage, and improved resiliency.
The undefinitized WGS-11 contract includes an option for a Boeing-managed delivery-in-orbit launch option that is not included in the $605,000,000 baseline contract.
Boeing is proposing to build WGS-11 with its latest digital payload and bus technology.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center is reviewing Boeing’s WGS-11 proposal along with potential hosted-payload options.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center is actively negotiating contract terms with Boeing for WGS-11 production.
Viasat is building the payloads for its three ViaSat-3 satellites in its clean room in Tempe, Arizona and is relying on Boeing for the spacecraft platforms.
Viasat co-building the ViaSat-3 satellites with Boeing provided experience the company can leverage to multiply capacity achievable with a next-generation ViaSat-4 system.
NASA is working with Boeing to finalize a contract within the next year for as many as 10 SLS core stages with the Exploration Upper Stage introduced for Artemis 4.
Boeing had about one week of schedule margin leading up to the 2019-11-04 Starliner pad abort test.
Boeing expects to conduct an uncrewed Orbital Flight Test (OFT) of the Starliner on 2019-12-17 using a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral.
Boeing HorizonX Ventures will invest $20,000,000 in Virgin Galactic once Virgin Galactic’s merger with special-purpose acquisition company Social Capital Hedosophia closes, which is expected later this quarter.
The merger between Virgin Galactic and Social Capital Hedosophia values the combined company at $1,500,000,000 and gives Boeing a stake of a little more than 1% in Virgin Galactic.
George Whitesides, chief executive of Virgin Galactic, supports partnering with Boeing to develop systems intended to change how people move around the planet and connect with one another.
Boeing took ownership of Millennium Space Systems on 2018-09-25.
Lockheed Martin later formed the United Launch Alliance joint venture with Boeing using upgraded Atlas and Delta rockets.
Boeing participated in the Sea Launch venture to launch Zenit rockets from a modified mobile offshore platform and later ended its involvement to focus on ULA.
In 2014 HySpecIQ planned to deploy hyperspectral sensors on two Boeing 502 Phoenix small satellites.