| The Boeing Company (Boeing) is involved in the design, development, manufacture, sale and support of commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services. The Company operates in five principal segments: Commercial Airplanes, Precision Engagement and Mobility Systems (PE&MS), Network and Space Systems (N&SS), Support Systems and Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC). PE&MS, N&SS and Support Systems comprise the Company's Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business. The Other segment classification principally includes the activities of Engineering, Operations and Technology, an advanced research and development organization focused on technologies, processes and the creation of new products. In September 2008, the Company launched a division within its Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business. In November 2008, The Boeing Company announced that it has completed its acquisition of Tapestry Solutions. |
