Boeing

Aviation accident investigations commonly involve representatives from national transportation safety investigation bodies and aircraft manufacturers, for example the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, Turkey's Transport Safety Investigation Center, and Boeing.

On 2025-10-17 the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration increased the monthly production limit for Boeing 737 Max airplanes from 38 to 42 jets per month.

In 2019 the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration took full control over approvals for the Boeing 737 Max following two crashes that killed 346 people and were later attributed to a new flight-control software system developed by Boeing.

NASA awarded commercial crew contracts to Boeing and SpaceX in 2014 to provide crew transportation to and from the International Space Station.

The Boeing contract for NASA's Commercial Crew Program was worth $4.2 billion and the SpaceX contract was worth $2.6 billion (contract values announced in 2014).

The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 commercial aircraft model was first introduced in 1986, began service flights in December 1990, and the last MD-11 was manufactured in 2000.

In 1998 Boeing announced it would phase out MD-11 jetliner production, with final deliveries scheduled for 2000.

Boeing announced in 1998 that it would phase out production of the MD-11 jetliner, with final deliveries scheduled for 2000.

Boeing completed a merger with McDonnell Douglas in 1997.

Boeing merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997.

NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program used a milestone-based contracting model that funded private companies to reach key technical milestones instead of relying on traditional government procurement, and that approach helped catalyze the emergence of commercial space companies such as SpaceX and Boeing.