Boeing is the world’s leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Additionally, Boeing designs and manufactures rotorcraft, electronic and defence systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems. As a major service provider to NASA, Boeing operates the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. The company also provides numerous military and commercial airline support services. Boeing has customers in more than 90 countries around the world and is one of the largest U.S. exporters in terms of sales. With its Headquarters in Chicago, Boeing employs more than 158,000 people across the United States and in 70 countries. This represents one of the most assorted, endowed and inventive workforces on the Globe. More than 90,000 of our people hold college degrees including nearly 29,000 advanced degrees in virtually every business and technical field from approximately 2,700 colleges and universities worldwide. Our enterprise also leverages the talents of hundreds of thousands more skilled people working for Boeing suppliers worldwide. Boeing is organized into two business units: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defence, Space & Security. Supporting these two units is Boeing Capital Corporation, a global provider of financing solutions; the Shared Services Group, which provides a broad range of services to Boeing worldwide; and Boeing Engineering, Operations & Technology, which helps develop, acquire, apply and protect innovative technologies and processes. Boeing Commercial Airplanes – this has been the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners for more than 40 years. With the merger of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas (MD) in 1997, Boeing’s leadership in commercial jets, joined with the lineage of Douglas airplanes, gives the combined company a 70-year heritage of leadership in commercial aviation. Today, the main commercial products are the 737, 747, 767 and 777 families of airplanes and the Boeing Business Jet. And now, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has arrived. It is a hot feature on the European Aircraft Exhibition currently on. The company has nearly 12,000 commercial jetliners in service worldwide, which is about 75 percent of the world fleet. Through Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, the company provides unparalleled, around-the-clock technical support to help operators maintain their airplanes in peak operating condition. Commercial Aviation Services offers a full range of world-class engineering, modification, logistics and information services to its global customer base, which includes the world’s passenger and cargo airlines, as well as maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities. Boeing also trains maintenance and flight crews in the 100-seat-and-above airliner market through Boeing Training & Flight Services, the world’s largest and most comprehensive provider of airline training. Boeing Defence, Space & Security (BDS) provides end-to-end services for large-scale systems that enhance air-, land-, sea- and space-based platforms for global military, government and commercial customers. In addition to designing, producing, modifying and supporting fighters, bombers, transports, rotorcraft, aerial re-fullers, missiles, munitions and spacecraft for military, civil and commercial use, BDS is developing enhanced capabilities through network-centric operations, communications and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies. BDS also supports the U.S. government as a system integrator on several programs of national significance like NASA’s space shuttle and International Space Station programs, the Missile Defence Agency’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defence program, the Army’s Brigade Combat Team Modernization program and SBInet, a critical component of the Secure Border Initiative managed by the Department of Homeland Security. (to be continued) eddie@afrowebs.com
