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 awarded Boeing $323 million, or 90 percent of the available award and incentive fees, despite SLS program cost overages and schedule delays.
Nearly $64 million of the award fees previously provided to Boeing were questioned in the report due to the SLS program's issues.
Boeing received a contract from NASA in June 2014 valued at nearly $4.2 billion to build the first two Space Launch System core stages.
The report by the Office of Inspector General concluded that Boeing had poorly managed the development of the core stage of the Space Launch System while NASA did insufficient oversight of the contract.
Viasat’s transport category solution Global Aero Terminal 5530 offers enhanced service, capacity, and coverage for privately owned Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
Boeing made a major investment in BridgeSat, a company developing an optical communications network to deliver data from low Earth orbit satellites.
NASA failed to identify problems with SLS development during its regular reviews of the contract and rated Boeing's performance as 'excellent' in three periods and 'very good' in three other periods.
The Horizons-3e satellite has a mass of 6,400 kg and was manufactured by Boeing.
In 2012 Aeromexico announced a purchase of 100 Boeing aircraft including 90 Boeing 737 MAX jet airliners and 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.
Aeromexico will deploy the Viasat in-flight internet system across 18 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft with an option to extend installation to up to 60 aircraft.
NASA's updated schedules in early August planned Boeing's uncrewed Starliner test flight for late 2018 or early 2019 and a crewed flight in mid-2019.
Boeing baselined land landings at one of five selected locations in the western United States to support Starliner capsule reuse.
Boeing received $12,400,000 from IARPA for geostationary imaging work.
SES is investing more than 1,000,000,000 EUR in O3b mPower, a seven-satellite constellation built by Boeing for internet and data connectivity.
O3b mPower is a seven-satellite constellation built by Boeing that is slated to begin launching in 2021.
Boeing HorizonX Ventures led a $10,000,000 investment round in BridgeSat.
Lockheed Martin invested in Terran Orbital, while Boeing acquired Millennium Space Systems to capitalize on the small satellite trend.
Viasat procured two ViaSat-3 satellites from Boeing, the first for the Americas and the second for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
The first ViaSat-3 payload module structure, built by Boeing, arrived at Viasat’s Tempe, Arizona facility on or before 2018-08-30.
Boeing is building a second ViaSat-3 payload module structure to support Viasat’s global satellite broadband ambitions.