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Boeing

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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.

commercialFounded 1916
History · 8 eventsDec 8, 2025 · Boeing reacquires Spirit AeroSystems
Arlington, Virginia, United States
www.boeing.com
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Organization history

Identity changes, mergers, acquisitions, splits, and transferred business lines.

8 events

  1. Dec 8, 2025Acquisition

    Boeing reacquires Spirit AeroSystems

    Source
    Acquirer
    Boeing
    Acquired organization
    Spirit AeroSystems
    Event context

    Boeing agreed July 1, 2024 to reacquire Spirit AeroSystems for $37.25/share in Boeing stock. Spirit shareholders approved the merger Jan 31, 2025; the FTC approved (with conditions) Dec 4, 2025; the deal closed Dec 8, 2025 at a total value of ~$8.3B (including ~$4B in assumed debt). Simultaneously, Airbus and Composites Technology Research Malaysia acquired the Spirit assets tied to their own supply chains (e.g. A350/A220/A321 components), effectively dismantling Spirit as an independent company along customer lines.

  2. Dec 1, 2006Spinout

    Boeing and Lockheed Martin form United Launch Alliance joint venture

    Source
    Parent
    Boeing
    Parent
    Lockheed Martin
    Created organization
    United Launch Alliance (ULA)

    Scope: Boeing Delta launch operations

    Launch operations contributed into ULA.

    Scope: Lockheed Martin Atlas launch operations

    Launch operations contributed into ULA.

    ULA formed as a 50/50 joint venture consolidating Boeing and Lockheed Martin launch operations.

  3. Aug 2, 2005Divestiture

    Boeing sells Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power business to Pratt & Whitney (United Technologies)

    Source
    Seller
    Boeing
    Buyer
    Pratt and Whitney
    Buyer
    United Technologies Corporation

    Scope: Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power business (liquid rocket engines)

    Renamed Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne after the sale.

    Event context

    Boeing announced the sale of its Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power business (rocket engines, sites in CA, AL, MS, FL) to United Technologies Corporation's Pratt & Whitney division on Feb 22, 2005 for approximately $700 million cash; the sale closed August 2, 2005 and the unit was renamed Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. Confirmed via Boeing newsroom press releases and contemporaneous trade press (Military Aerospace).

  4. Jun 17, 2005Divestiture

    Boeing divests Wichita/Tulsa/McAlester operations, forms Spirit AeroSystems

    Source
    Predecessor
    Boeing
    Created organization
    Spirit AeroSystems
    Event context

    Boeing sold its commercial-airplane fabrication operations in Wichita, Kansas and Tulsa/McAlester, Oklahoma to an investor group led by private-equity firm Onex Corporation, which formed the newly independent Spirit AeroSystems (closed June 17, 2005). Spirit became a major fuselage/structures supplier to Boeing (and later Airbus).

  5. Oct 1, 2000Acquisition

    Boeing acquires Hughes Space and Communications

    Source
    Acquirer
    Boeing
    Acquired organization
    Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
    Event context

    Boeing acquired Hughes Electronics Corporation's satellite manufacturing business, Hughes Space and Communications Company, in 2000 (~$3.75B including related Hughes space/communications units), forming what became Boeing Satellite Systems -- a separate transaction from Raytheon's 1997 acquisition of Hughes' core defense/aerospace business.

  6. Aug 1, 1997Acquisition

    Boeing merges with McDonnell Douglas

    Source
    Successor
    Boeing
    Acquirer
    Boeing
    Acquired organization
    McDonnell Douglas

    Scope: McDonnell Douglas corporate identity and businesses

    Boeing states that it merged with McDonnell Douglas on 1 August 1997.

  7. Dec 1, 1996Acquisition

    Boeing acquires Rockwell International aerospace and defense segment

    Source
    Successor
    Boeing
    Acquirer
    Boeing
    Seller
    Rockwell International

    Scope: Rockwell International aerospace and defense segment

    Boeing records that it purchased Rockwell International's aerospace and defense segment in December 1996; the official source does not state a more precise completion date.

  8. Sep 26, 1934Dissolution

    United Aircraft and Transport Corporation dissolves under the Air Mail Act of 1934

    Source
    Predecessor
    Sikorsky Aircraft
    Predecessor
    United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
    Created organization
    Boeing
    Created organization
    United Technologies Corporation
    Event context

    Incorporated Feb 1, 1929 by William Boeing and Fred Rentschler (Pratt & Whitney), United Aircraft and Transport Corp vertically integrated airframe/engine manufacturing and airline operations (Pratt & Whitney, Hamilton Standard, Chance Vought, Sikorsky, Stearman, Northrop/Avion, United Air Lines). Following the 1934 Air Mail scandal, the Air Mail Act of 1934 barred manufacturers from owning airlines, forcing dissolution on Sept 26, 1934 into: Boeing Airplane Company (western manufacturing), United Aircraft Corporation (eastern manufacturing: Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky, Vought, Hamilton Standard; renamed United Technologies 1975, RTX 2023), and United Air Lines, Inc. (airline operations, not modeled in this database).

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