The Boeing Company (/ˈboʊɪŋ/) is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites,
telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services. Boeing is among the largest global
aerospace manufacturers; it is the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2017 revenue,and is the largest exporter in the United States
by dollar value. Boeing stock is included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Boeing is incorporated in Delaware.
Boeing was founded by William Boeing on July 15, 1916, in Seattle, Washington.The present corporation is the result of the merger of Boeing with McDonnell
Douglas on August 1, 1997. Former Boeing chair and CEO Philip M. Condit continued as the chair and CEO of the new Boeing, while Harry Stonecipher, former CEO
of McDonnell Douglas, became the president and chief operating officer of the newly merged company.
The Boeing Company has its corporate headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. The company is led by President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg. Boeing is organized
into five primary divisions: Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA); Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS); Engineering, Operations & Technology; Boeing Capital; and
Boeing Shared Services Group. In 2017, Boeing recorded US$93.3 billion in sales, ranked 24th on the Fortune magazine "Fortune 500" list (2018), ranked 64th on
the "Fortune Global 500" list (2018), and ranked 19th on the "World's Most Admired Companies" list (2018).
Airbus SE (/ˈɛərbʌs/; French: [ɛʁbys] ( listen); German: [ˈɛːɐ̯bʊs] ( listen); Spanish: [ˈeiɾβus]) is a European multinational aerospace corporation that stood
as the world's second biggest aerospace and defence company in 2018, behind only their primary competitor, Boeing. Registered in the Netherlands and trading
shares in France, Germany and Spain, Airbus designs, manufactures and sells civil and military aerospace products worldwide and manufactures in the European Union
and various other countries. The company has three divisions: Commercial Aircraft, Defence and Space, and Helicopters, the third being the largest in its
industry in terms of revenues and turbine helicopter deliveries.
The company's main civil aeroplane business is based in Blagnac, France, a suburb of Toulouse, with production and manufacturing facilities mostly in the
European Union (France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom) but also in China and the United States. Final assembly production is based in Toulouse, France; Hamburg,
Germany; Seville, Spain; Tianjin, China, and Mobile, Alabama, United States. The company produces and markets the first commercially viable digital fly-by-wire airliner, the Airbus A320,[10][11] and the world's largest passenger airliner, the A380. The 12,000th aircraft, an A220, was delivered to Delta Air Lines on 20 May 2019.[12] By October 2016, the global Airbus fleet have performed more than 110 million flights, totaling over 215 billion kilometres and carrying 12 billion passengers.[13]
Airbus's corporate headquarters is located in Leiden, Netherlands, and the main office is located in Toulouse, France in Europe. The company is led by CEO
Guillaume Faury and is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.
an American global aerospace, defense, security and advanced technologies company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation
with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington, D.C., area. Lockheed Martin employs approximately
100,000 people worldwide as of December 2017.
Lockheed Martin is one of the largest companies in the aerospace, defense, security, and technologies industry. It is the world's largest defense contractor
based on revenue for fiscal year 2014.[3] In 2013, 78% of Lockheed Martin's revenues came from military sales;[4] it topped the list of US federal government
contractors and received nearly 10% of the funds paid out by the Pentagon.[5] In 2009 US government contracts accounted for $38.4 billion (85%), foreign
government contracts $5.8 billion (13%), and commercial and other contracts for $900 million (2%).
Lockheed Martin operates in four business segments: Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems, and Space Systems. The company
has received the Collier Trophy six times, including in 2001 for being part of developing the X-35/F-35B LiftFan Propulsion System, and most recently
in 2006 for leading the team that developed the F-22 Raptor fighter jet. Lockheed Martin is currently developing the F-35 Lightning II and leads the international
supply chain, leads the team for the development and implementation of technology solutions for the new USAF Space Fence (AFSSS replacement), and is
the primary contractor for the development of the Orion command module. The company also invests in healthcare systems, renewable energy systems,
intelligent energy distribution and compact nuclear fusion.