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Swot Analysis Of Boeing

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Summary Company Name: Boeing
Boeing Company, America aerospace company the world’s largest that is the foremost manufacturer of commercial jet transports. It’s is also a leading producer id military aircraft, helicopters, space vehicles and missile a standing significantly enhanced with the company acquisition of the aerospace and defense units of Rockwell International corporation in 1996 and it’s merge with McDonnell Douglas corporation in1997.Formerly Boeing Airplane Company. The firm assumed its current name in 1961 to reflect its expansion into fields beyond aircraft manufacture. Headquarters were in Seattle until 2001/ when Boeing relocated to Chicago.
Boeing History/Background
Boeing Company’s constituent business units are organized around three main groups of products and services commercial airplanes, military aircraft and missiles and space and communications. Boeing manufactures seven distinct families of commercials aircraft. Which are assembled in two facilities Renton and Everett in Washington State and one facility in California. The Renton plant builds the narrow-body Boeing 737 and formerly built the 757 aircraft (discontinued in 2004) while the wide-body Boeing 767 and 777 aircraft and a limited number of the largely discontinued 747s are assembled at the Everett plant. The 787 aircraft are assembled at the Everett plant and at a facility in North Charleston. South Carolina. Boeing Business jets, a joint venture of Boeing and General Electric Co., makes and markets business jets based on the 737-700 airliner as well as VIP version of the 747 777 and 787 airliners. The company’s military-related activities are centred on the design, manufacture and support of fighter aircraft bombers. Transport helicopters and missiles its products include among others. The F-15 Eagle. F/A-18 Hornet and super Hornet and Av-8 Harriet fighters’ .The C-17 Globe master III airlifter. The AH-64 Apache series of attack helicopters The Company also builds the Harpoon ant ship missile. The air-launched standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM). And the air lunched cruise missile (ALCM).
Boeing Key Executive
Mr. David L. Calhoun also known as Dave, serves as senior managing Director and Head of private Equity Portfolio

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