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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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was an American training aircraft built by Boeing in 1928

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Source Boeing Model 853-21 Quiet Bird (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Model 853-21 Quiet Bird was a US Army reconnaissance plane study developed by Boeing

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Source Boeing Model 908-909 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Model 908-909 was a prototype single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft

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Source Boeing Model 95 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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was a single engine biplane mailplane built by Boeing in the United States in the late 1920s

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Source Boeing Monomail (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Model 200 Monomail was an American mail plane of the early 1930s.

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Source Boeing MQ-25 Stingray (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing MQ-25 Stingray is an aerial refueling drone that resulted from the Carrier-Based Aerial-Refueling System (CBARS) program, which grew out of the earlier Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) program.

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Source Wikipedia: Boeing MQ-28 Ghost BatSource page, maker

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Source Boeing NB (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing NB (or Model 21) was a primary training aircraft

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Source Boeing NC-135 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing NC-135 and NKC-135 are special versions of the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter

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Source Boeing New Large Airplane (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing NLA, or New Large Airplane, was a 1990s concept for an all-new quadjet airliner

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Source Boeing New Midsize Airplane (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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is a concept airliner proposed by Boeing to fill the middle of the market segment

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Source Boeing OC-135B Open Skies (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The OC-135B Open Skies is a United States Air Force observation aircraft

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Source Boeing P-12 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing P-12 or Boeing F4B is an American fighter aircraft that was operated by the United States Army Air Corps, United States Marine Corps, and United States Navy.

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Source Boeing P-26 Peashooter (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" is the first American production all-metal fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane to enter squadron service with the United States Army Air Corps.

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Source Boeing P-29 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing P-29 and XF7B-1 were an attempt to produce a more advanced version of the P-26 Peashooter

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Source Boeing P-8 Poseidon (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing P-8 Poseidon is an American maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft developed and produced by Boeing Defense, Space & Security.

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Source Boeing Passenger Air Vehicle (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Passenger Air Vehicle (PAV) is an American electrical powered autonomous personal air vehicle prototype developed by the Boeing NeXt division of Boeing with the assistance of Aurora Flight Sciences.

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Source Boeing Pelican (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Pelican ULTRA (Ultra Large Transport Aircraft) was a proposed ground effect fixed-wing aircraft under study by Boeing Phantom Works in the early 2000s.

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Source Boeing Persistent Munition Technology Demonstrator (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed and produced by the Advanced Weapons and Missile Systems division of Boeing

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Source Boeing Phantom Badger (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Boeing Phantom Badger, or simply the Badger, is a combat support vehicle built by Boeing, in collaboration with MSI Defense Solutions.

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Source Boeing Phantom Eye (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The aircraft was Boeing's proposal to meet the demand from the US military for unmanned drones designed to provide advanced intelligence and reconnaissance work, driven by the combat conditions in Afghanistan in particular.

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Source Boeing Phantom Ray (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Phantom Ray is an American demonstration stealth unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) developed by Boeing.

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Source Boeing RC-1 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing RC-1, short for "Resource Carrier 1", was a design for an enormous cargo aircraft

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Source Boeing RC-135 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing RC-135 is a family of large reconnaissance aircraft built by Boeing

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Source Boeing Skyfox (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Skyfox is an American twin-engined jet trainer aircraft

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Source Boeing Small Launch Vehicle (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Small Launch Vehicle, or SLV, is an air-launched three-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle concept aimed to launch small payloads of 100 pounds (45 kg) into low Earth orbit.

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Source Boeing SolarEagle (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing SolarEagle (Vulture II) was a proposed High-Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle

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Source Boeing Sonic Cruiser (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Sonic Cruiser was a concept jet airliner

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Source Boeing Starliner (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing CST-100 Starliner is a spacecraft designed to transport crew to and from the International Space Station (ISS) and other low-Earth-orbit destinations.

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Source Boeing Starliner Calypso (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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Boeing Starliner Calypso (Spacecraft 3) is a space capsule manufactured by Boeing and used in NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

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Source Boeing Starliner Spacecraft 2 (Wikipedia)Lead
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Boeing Starliner Spacecraft 2 is the first of two active Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft developed and built under NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

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Source Boeing T-43 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing T-43 is a retired modified Boeing 737-200 that was used by the United States Air Force for training navigators, later called USAF combat systems officers, from 1973 to 2010.

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Source Boeing TB (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing TB (or Model 63) was an American torpedo bomber biplane designed by the US Navy and built by Boeing in 1927.

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Source Boeing VC-25 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing VC-25 is a military version of the Boeing 747 airliner, modified for presidential transport and commonly operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) as Air Force One, the call sign of any US Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States.

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Source Boeing Vertol BV-347 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Vertol BV-347 (also known as the Model 347) is an experimental helicopter built by Boeing Vertol

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Source Boeing Vertol XCH-62 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Vertol XCH-62 (Model 301) was a triple-turbine, heavy-lift helicopter project designed for the United States Army by Boeing Vertol.

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Source Boeing Vertol YUH-61 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing Vertol YUH-61 (company designation Model 179) is a twin turbine-engined, medium-lift, military assault/utility helicopter.

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Source Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a special-purpose aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter

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Source Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar, WikipediaDevelopment
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Boeing, the principal contractor

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Source Boeing X-32 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing X-32 is a concept demonstrator aircraft that was designed for the Joint Strike Fighter competition.

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Source Boeing X-37 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is a reusable robotic spacecraft.

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Source Boeing X-45 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing X-45 unmanned combat air vehicle is a concept demonstrator for a "next generation" of completely autonomous military aircraft, developed by Boeing's Phantom Works.

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Source Boeing X-46 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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Two contracts for technology demonstrators were awarded in June 2000, to Boeing for the X-46A

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Source Boeing X-48 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing X-48 is an American experimental unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) built to investigate the characteristics of blended wing body (BWB) aircraft.

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Source Boeing X-50 Dragonfly (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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that was developed by Boeing and DARPA

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Source Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) was an American research project that was undertaken jointly by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Boeing Phantom Works and NASA

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Source Boeing X-66 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Boeing X-66 was an experimental airliner that was under development by Boeing.

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Source Boeing XAT-15 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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designed and built by Boeing's Wichita Division

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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
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  • 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)
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Insitu was acquired by long-time partner Boeing in 2008.
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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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