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'''Boeing''' is short for ''The Boeing Company,'' which is currently the world's largest manufacturer of aircraft.  It is headquartered in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]; however, in May 2022 the company announced it would relocate its headquarters to [[Arlington, Virginia]] where many other defense contractors are headquartered. Founded in [[Seattle]], [[Washington]] by William Boeing in 1916, the company started manufacturing seaplanes. 

'''The Boeing Company'''<ref>This is the actual name of the company, though legally it is a corporation.</ref>, more commonly known simply as '''Boeing''', is one of the world's largest manufacturers of aircraft, both in the commercial and military worlds, and is one of the world's largest defense contractors.

 

Boeing was founded in [[Seattle]], [[Washington]] by William Boeing in 1916, the company started manufacturing seaplanes.  It is headquartered in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]; however, in May 2022 the company announced it would relocate its headquarters to [[Arlington, Virginia]] where many other defense contractors are headquartered.  

==History==

==History==

Boeing built huge numbers of bombers during [[World War II]] including some 12,000 [[B-17]] Flying Fortresses and 3,900 [[B-29]] Superfortresses.  The technological advancements following World War II allowed Boeing to create the first successful passenger jet, the 707.  Since then, commercial Boeing aircraft have had a 7x7 designation.  In the 1960s, Boeing introduced their best-selling commercial aircraft to date, the 737, a short- or medium-range two-engined airliner.  In January 1970, the 747 was introduced as the largest commercial aircraft at the time.  In 1996, Boeing acquired Rockwell’s aerospace and defense units and in August 1997, Boeing merged with [[McDonnell Douglas]] to form The Boeing Company.

Boeing built huge numbers of bombers during [[World War II]] including some 12,000 [[B-17]] Flying Fortresses and 3,900 [[B-29]] Superfortresses.  The technological advancements following World War II allowed Boeing to create the first successful passenger jet, the 707.  Since then, commercial Boeing aircraft have had a 7x7 designation.  In the 1960s, Boeing introduced their best-selling commercial aircraft to date, the 737, a short- or medium-range two-engined airliner.  In January 1970, the 747 was introduced as the largest commercial aircraft at the time.  In 1996, Boeing acquired Rockwell’s aerospace and defense units and in August 1997, Boeing merged with [[McDonnell Douglas]].

==Space Program==

==Space Program==

*[[Boeing AH-64 Apache|AH-64]]

*[[Boeing AH-64 Apache|AH-64]]

*CH-47

*CH-47

*V-22 Osprey (partnership with Bell Helicopter Textron)

*V-22 Osprey (the world's first "tilt-rotor" aircraft, designed and manufactured in partnership with Bell Helicopter Textron)

*E-3 Sentry

*E-3 Sentry

*F/A-18 (acquired in the McDonnell Douglas purchase)

*F/A-18 (acquired in the McDonnell Douglas purchase)