Boeing

The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA; TYO: 7661) is the world's largest manufacturer of civil and military airplanes, a leader in aerospace and aviation, and a major provider to NASA, founded on July 15, 1916, and renamed Boeing on May 9, 1917, with headquarters in Chicago. The Boeing Company was founded on July 15, 1916 and renamed "Boeing" on May 9, 1917, with its headquarters in Chicago. Boeing's main business units are the Boeing Civil Airplanes Group, Boeing Defense, Space and Security Group, and the Boeing Company, which was ranked 95th among the Fortune 500 companies in 2013.