- Business
- The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA; FSE: BCO.DE), founded in 1916 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, designs, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products, space systems, rotorcraft, satellites and missiles for customers in more than 150 countries. The company operates through three primary divisions: Boeing Commercial Airplanes, which produces the 737 MAX, 767, 777, 777X, 787 Dreamliner and freighter variants; Boeing Defense, Space & Security, offering military aircraft including the F/A-18 Super Hornet, P-8 Poseidon and KC-46 Pegasus tanker, as well as space launch systems, autonomous systems and human space exploration platforms; and Boeing Global Services, providing maintenance, repair and overhaul, supply chain optimization, flight operations, parts distribution, training solutions and digital analytics regardless of equipment manufacturer. Boeing maintains major manufacturing facilities in Washington, South Carolina, Missouri and other U.S. sites, with a global workforce of approximately 172,000 employees focused on aviation, defense and space sectors serving commercial airlines, governments and international militaries. In June 2024, Boeing re-acquired Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion to enhance supply chain integration and production quality; in November 2025, it broke ground on a $1 billion expansion of its South Carolina site to ramp 787 Dreamliner production to 10 airplanes per month by 2026, creating over 1,000 jobs; the company also forecasts increased 737 and 787 deliveries in 2026 amid ongoing fleet renewal demand, following resolution of a 2024 labor strike and leadership transition to CEO Kelly Ortberg.