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The Boeing Company

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The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace, defense and aviation corporation. Timber magnate William Boeing founded it in Seattle, Washington in 1916 as the Pacific Aero Products Co., and it grew into one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers. Boeing moved its corporate headquarters from Seattle to Chicago in 2001 and from Chicago to Arlington, Virginia in 2022, while retaining major commercial airplane manufacturing operations in the Seattle area.

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Company Type
Aerospace, defense and aviation manufacturer 2
Company Type
American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites 1
Founded Year
1916 2
Headquarters
Arlington, Virginia, U.S. 2
Size Band
100,000 or More 3
Listing
NYSE 4
Status
Active 4
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Public 1
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What was Boeing originally called when it was founded?

The Boeing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1916 by timber magnate William Boeing as the Pacific Aero Products Co. It grew into one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers, and moved its corporate headquarters from Seattle to Chicago in 2001 and from Chicago to Arlington, Virginia in 2022, while retaining major commercial airplane manufacturing operations in the Seattle area.
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Boeing parent from the 2008 acquisition. The article also records a sale to Archer Aviation on 10 August 2026; that edge waits for Archer Aviation (queue row 209402).

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Source Boeing C-17 Globemaster III - WikipediaSource page, maker

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Source Boeing C-32 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing C-32 is the United States Air Force designation for variants of the Boeing 757 in military service.

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Source Boeing C-40 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing C-40 is a military transport aircraft derived from the Boeing 737 Next Generation.

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Source Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter is a long-range heavy military cargo aircraft developed from the B-29 and B-50 bombers.

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Source Boeing Cargo Air Vehicle (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Boeing Cargo Air Vehicle is an unmanned, autonomously flying, fully electric cargo air vehicle (CAV).

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Source Boeing CC-137 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing CC-137 is a retired transport and tanker aircraft

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Source Wikipedia: Boeing CH-47 ChinookSource page, makertier 2

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Source Boeing Condor (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Condor is a high-tech test-bed piston-engined aerial reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle

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Source Boeing CQM-121 Pave Tiger (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing CQM-121 Pave Tiger is an unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Boeing

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Source Boeing Dreamlifter (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Dreamlifter, officially the 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), is an American wide-body cargo aircraft modified extensively from the Boeing 747-400 airliner.

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Source Boeing E-3 Sentry (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing E-3 Sentry is an American airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft developed by Boeing.

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Source Boeing E-4 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post (AACP), the current "Nightwatch" aircraft, is a series of strategic command and control military aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Source Boeing E-6 Mercury (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing E-6 Mercury (formerly E-6 Hermes) is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707-300.

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Source Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail, also marketed as the Boeing 737 AEW&C, is a twin-engine airborne early warning and control aircraft originally designed for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

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Source Boeing E-767 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing E-767 is an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft

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Source Boeing EA-18G Growler (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing EA-18G Growler is an American carrier-based electronic-warfare aircraft, a specialized version of the two-seat Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet.

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Source Boeing EC-135 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing EC-135 is a retired family of command and control aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter

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Source Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are a series of American supersonic twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft derived from the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.

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Source Boeing F/A-XX (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing F/A-XX is an American supersonic carrier-capable, multirole sixth-generation fighter aircraft

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Source Boeing F-15EX Eagle II (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing F-15EX Eagle II is an American multirole fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle.

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Source Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle was a modified F-15 Eagle with stealth characteristics

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Source Boeing F2B (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing F2B was an American biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Navy

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Source Boeing F3B (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing F3B was a biplane fighter and fighter bomber that served with the United States Navy

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Source Boeing F-47 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing F-47 is a planned American air superiority fighter aircraft under development by Boeing for the United States Air Force (USAF) under the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program.

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Source Boeing GA-1 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing GA-1 (company designation Model 10) was an armored triplane.

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Source HH-47 CSAR-X prototype (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The HH-47 CSAR-X was a proposed helicopter by Boeing as a medium/heavy lift alternative to the HH-60 Pave Hawk.

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Source Boeing KB-29 Superfortress (Wikipedia)Lead, body style
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The Boeing KB-29 was a modified Boeing B-29 Superfortress for air refueling needs by the USAF.

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Source Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling tanker aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside the Boeing 707 airliner.

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Source Boeing KC-46 Pegasus (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is an American military aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft developed by Boeing from its 767 jet airliner.

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Source Boeing KC-767 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing KC-767 is a military aerial refueling tanker and transport aircraft developed from the Boeing 767-200ER.

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Source Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter is a four-engined, piston-powered United States strategic tanker aircraft based on the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter.

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Source Boeing L-15 Scout (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing L-15 Scout or YL-15 is a small, piston engine liaison aircraft built by Boeing

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Source Boeing Lunar Lander (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Human Landing System (HLS) was the name of a proposed lunar lander concept by Boeing that was submitted by Boeing to NASA on 5 November 2019 as part of the Artemis program and the NextSTEP H.

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Source Boeing MH-139 Grey Wolf (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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Built under licence by Boeing, the Grey Wolf is a variant of the Leonardo AW139

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Source Boeing Model 1 (Wikipedia)Lead
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is a United States single-engine biplane seaplane aircraft

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Source Boeing Model 15 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Model 15 is a United States single-seat open-cockpit biplane fighter aircraft of the 1920s, manufactured by the Boeing company.

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Source Boeing Model 2 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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its derivatives were United States two-place training seaplanes

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Source Boeing Model 203 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Model 203 was a three-seat biplane trainer built by Boeing in the late 1920s

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Source Boeing Model 204 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Model 204 was an American biplane, pusher configuration flying-boat aircraft built by Boeing in 1929.

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Source Boeing Model 306 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Model 306 was the designation for a series of aircraft drafted in 1935

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Source Boeing Model 320 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Model 320 was a late 1930s project by Boeing for a giant maritime patrol flying boat

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Source Boeing Model 360 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Model 360 is an American experimental medium-lift tandem rotor cargo helicopter developed privately by Boeing

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Source Boeing Model 40 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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It became the first aircraft built by the Boeing company to carry passengers.

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Source Boeing Model 42 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Model 42 (also Boeing XCO-7 for Experimental Corps Observation Model 7)

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Source Boeing Model 493 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Model 493 was a proposed, large, turboprop-driven transport aircraft

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Source Boeing Model 64 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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was an American single engine biplane training aircraft built by Boeing

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Source Boeing Model 6D (Wikipedia)Lead, maker (company)
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was an American pusher biplane flying-boat built by Boeing between 1928 and 1929

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Source Boeing Model 7 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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was an American biplane flying boat aircraft built by Boeing

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Source Boeing Model 8 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Model 8, a.k.a. BB-L6, was an American biplane aircraft designed by Boeing specifically for their test pilot, Herb Munter.

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Source Boeing 80 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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A three-engined biplane, the Model 80 was built by the Boeing Airplane Company for Boeing's own airline, Boeing Air Transport, successfully carrying both airmail and passengers on scheduled services.

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1. Wikidata: Boeing
  • Wikidata Q66, weapon-system manufacturer (w-bbfill-military3-0926)
  • Wikidata Q66, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Operates In: Weapons Industry, Wikidata P452 industry claim
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2. Wikipedia, Boeing
Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    The Boeing Company ( BO-ing) is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide.
  • Lead section, third sentence
    Boeing is among the largest global aerospace manufacturers; it is the fourth-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2022 revenue and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value.
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3. StockAnalysis.com: StockAnalysis company profile for The Boeing Company
StockAnalysis.comCompany profile: Employees
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Employees 182,000
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4. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR): SEC EDGAR submissions for BOEING CO
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)
  • exchanges
    "exchanges": [ "NYSE", "NYSE" ]
  • tickers
    "tickers": [ "BA", "BA-PA" ]
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Wikipedia, Boeing 737 MAX Groundings
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  • Associated With: Boeing 737 MAX Crisis
  • Related Corporate Events: Boeing 737 MAX Crisis
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Insitu (Wikipedia)
Parent Company Of: Insitu, History, 2008 acquisition
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Insitu was acquired by long-time partner Boeing in 2008.
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Wikipedia, United Space Alliance
Parent Company Of: United Space Alliance, Lead: parent
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made Boeing the co-owner along with Lockheed for the rest of the company's corporate existence
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