Boeing
History
| Year | Detail |
|---|---|
| 1916 | Boeing was founded as Pacific Aero Products Co. by William E. Boeing. In 1934, the company was renamed Boeing Airplane Co. |
| 1918 | Boeing Airplane Co. secured a $116,000 contract with the U.S. Navy to construct 50 HS-2L flying boats. |
| 1925 | Boeing Airplane Co. delivers the first of 10 FB-1 fighters to the U.S. Navy. This one-seat land biplane is the Navy version of the Army PW-9 fighter. |
| 1926 | Boeing Airplane Co. receives an order from the U.S. Army for 25 PW-9C fighters, a version of the PW-9 with a heavier fuselage and a different arrangement of flying and landing wires. |
| 1927 | Boeing Airplane Co. signs a contract with the U.S. Postal Department to fly airmail on the 1,918-mile route between Chicago and San Francisco using the Model 40A mail plane with an air-cooled engine. |
| 1933 | Boeing begins production of 111 P-26A monoplane fighters for the U.S. Army Air Corps at a contract price of $9,000 each. The order will be increased to 136, and the last two models will have fuel-injected engines. |
| 1936 | Boeing Airplane Co. and the International Association of Machinists (IAM) Local 751 signed their first working agreement, marking a significant milestone in labor relations. This agreement established a formal framework for collective bargaining between Boeing and its machinists' union. |
| 1936 | Boeing Airplane Co. signed a contract with Pan American Airways (Pan Am) to build six Model 314 Clippers, large flying boats designed for passenger comfort on long transoceanic flights. |
| 1953 | The Boeing B-47E jet bomber makes its first flight in Wichita, Kansas. The B-47E replaces the 18-unit jet-assisted takeoff system from earlier models with 33 1,000-pound thrust units. |
| 1960 | Boeing buys Vertol Aircraft Corp., formerly Piasecki Helicopter, of Philadelphia and its subsidiaries and forms the Vertol Division of Boeing. |
| 1964 | The U.S. government selected Boeing and Lockheed to design competing prototypes for a supersonic transport (SST) aircraft. This selection was part of a broader effort to develop a commercial supersonic airliner following the announcement of the Anglo-French Concorde project. |
| 1971 | Boeing Vertol wins the U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) contract to develop rapid transit railcars to replace aging cars nationwide. |
| 1994 | NASA has selected Boeing and McDonnell Douglas to lead the U.S. industry and academic team in developing advanced supersonic transport aircraft technologies, such as the High-Speed Civil Transport (HSCT). |
| 1996 | Boeing wins the Joint Strike Fighter concept demonstration contract to build and flight-test two variants of the multiservice aircraft, the X-32A and X-32B. |
| 2000 | Boeing acquired Jeppesen Sanderson Inc., a leading provider of flight information services, for $1.5 billion in cash. This acquisition was part of Boeing's strategy to expand its services business and become a global aerospace solutions provider. |
| 2001 | Boeing received a $235 million contract to produce 11,054 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance kits for the U.S. Air Force. The contract included an option for an additional 1,150 kits worth $25 million. |
| 2005 | Boeing and Onex Corp. announced an agreement under which Onex would acquire the Wichita/Tulsa Division of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. |
| 2008 | Boeing signs a commercial contract with the government of Germany for the production of LJDAM guidance kits and integration support on Panavia Tornado aircraft, marking the first international sale of the LJDAM weapon system. |
| 2012 | Boeing introduced its Intelligent Sensor camera system with video-processing capability, which is designed for real-time imaging for security systems, perimeter defense, and surveillance from small uncrewed aerial vehicles. |
| 2017 | Boeing secured a $2.2 billion contract to supply the U.S. Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the U.K. Royal Air Force with at least 17 P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The contract covers maritime patrol and intelligence capabilities, with the U.S. Navy receiving 11 aircraft, Australia adding four to its existing fleet, and the U.K. receiving its first two. Deliveries are scheduled for 2019. |
| 2018 | Boeing and its subsidiaries Jeppesen and Aviall will join with Robotic Skies, a leading commercial uncrewed aircraft system support services provider, to develop and deliver industry-leading supply chain management and optimization, analytics, maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for commercial and civil markets. |
| 2025 | Boeing and the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Angola signed a Memorandum of Strategic Cooperation today to explore initiatives to advance the Angolan aviation sector in partnership with TAAG Angola Airlines. |
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