Health Check Revamps Ailing Boeing Defense Strategy

rendering of Boeing’s future factory

This year-old rendering depicts a next-generation fighter assembly line at the factory Boeing is building in St. Louis.

Credit: Boeing Concept
Boeing’s defense and space business is shrinking. After adjusting for inflation, annual revenue is down almost one-fifth since 2015. But that is OK with Ted Colbert, the CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS). In fact, the unit’s annual sales totals may not be low enough yet. “There is a...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

Health Check Revamps Ailing Boeing Defense Strategy is available to both Aviation Week & Space Technology and AWIN subscribers.

Subscribe now to read this content, plus receive critical analysis into emerging trends, technological advancements, operational best practices and continuous updates to policy, requirements and budgets.

Already a subscriber to AW&ST or AWIN? Log in with your existing email and password.