CAREERS
IN AEROSPACE
The
Boeing Company
“Aviation
is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.”—Eddie
Rickenbacker
The Boeing Company
is the largest aerospace company in the world, with its heritage mirroring
the history of aviation. It is the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial
jetliners and military aircraft, and the nation’s largest NASA contractor.
In terms of sales, Boeing is the largest U.S. exporter. Total company
revenues for 1999 were $58 billion.
Boeing is a company
that is continually expanding its products and taking advantage of new
technologies - from creating new versions of its family of commercial
airplanes, to developing new aircraft for the U.S. military, to building
launch vehicles capable of lifting more than 14 tons into orbit, to
improving communications for people around the world with an advanced
network of satellites.
The global reach
of the company includes customers in 145 countries, employees in more
than 60 countries and operations in 26 states. Worldwide, Boeing and
its subsidiaries employ more than 189,000 people - with major operations
in the Seattle-Puget Sound area of Washington state; Southern California;
Wichita, Kansas.; and St. Louis. Boeing is organized into four major
units: Commercial Airplanes, Space and Communications, Military Aircraft
and Missiles, and Shared Services.
Boeing has been
the world leader in commercial flight for more than 40 years. The main
commercial products consist of the 717, 737, 747, 757, 767, and 777
families of jetliners and the Boeing Business Jet. The company has more
than 11,000 commercial jetliners in service worldwide. Boeing provides
unsurpassed, round-the-clock technical support to help operators maintain
their airplanes in peak operating conditions through its Boeing Customer
Support unit. In addition, Boeing Airplane Services offers a full range
of world-class engineering, modification and logistics 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 provides training for maintenance and flight crews in the 100-seat
and above airliner market through Flight Safety Boeing Training International,
the world’s largest and most comprehensive airline-training provider.
The company is
a world leader in development and production of military-aircraft and
defense-system products and programs. The Boeing fighter/attack aircraft
products and programs include the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, F/A-18 Hornet,
F-15 Eagle, F-22 Raptor, the AV-8B Harrier, and the Joint Strike Fighter.
The Joint Strike Fighter clearly represents the core tactical aircraft
program for the next quarter century and winning production is the number
one corporate priority. Other military airplanes include the C-17 Globemaster
III, T-45 Goshawk, 767 AWACS, and the Airborne Laser. Military rotorcraft
products consist of the RAH-Comanche, CH-47 Chinook, AH-64D Apache Longbow,
and the V-22 Osprey. Defense systems include the Harpoon anti-ship missile,
the Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) ER and the Joint Direct Attack
Munition (JDAM).
As NASA’s leading
contractor, the company’s future is linked to space flight and exploration,
and to increasing commercial applications in space. Boeing leads the
U.S. industry team for the International Space Station. With 16 nations
working cooperatively toward its success, the Space Station is the largest
international science and technology venture in history. Boeing also
built the Space Shuttle orbiters and their main engines, prepares the
Shuttle’s payloads, and performs integration for the overall Shuttle
system.
In the area of
commercial space industry, Boeing revolutionized precision navigation
by building the first 40 Global Positioning System satellites and has
a contract to build much of the next-generation GPS system. Boeing is
teamed with partners from Russia, Ukraine and Norway on the Sea Launch
joint venture, which launches satellites from a mobile platform in the
Pacific Ocean near the equator. Boeing makes the Delta II and III expendable
launch vehicles and is developing the Delta IV family of launch vehicles.
Boeing also plays
a significant role in many commercial and defense-related information
and communications efforts, including the National Missile Defense initiative,
the Future Imagery Architecture for the U.S. intelligence community,
and Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) programs, among others.
The company is becoming a major participant in the burgeoning space-based
communications and services marketplace with new mobile broadband and
remote sensing initiatives.
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