Boeing

The Boeing Company {{nyse|BA}} is the leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with its largest production facilities in Everett, Washington, near Seattle, Washington. It is also the second-largest defense contractor in the world http://www.defensenews.com/content/features/2005chart1.html, the second-largest civil aircraft manufacturer, after Airbus, and the largest exporter in the United States. Boeing's stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

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American - Aircraft - Aerospace - Chicago - Illinois - Everett - Washington - Seattle - Defense contractor - Airbus - Dow Jones Industrial Average

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Boeing's two principal divisions are Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), responsible for military and space products, and Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), responsible for civil airliners. (A full list of subsidiaries is included below.)

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Boeing Integrated Defense Systems - Boeing Commercial Airplanes - Subsidiaries

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