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Global Presence
People working together
as a global enterprise for
aerospace leadership.
Boeing is a global enterprise
with customers in 145 coun-
tries, suppliers in 100 coun-
tries and employees in 67
countries around the world.
Seventy percent of our com-
mercial airplane sales are to
customers outside the United
States; approximately seven
percent of our defense rev-
enues come from international
sales, a share that is expected
to grow in coming years.
We are located everywhere
our products are in service.
Our worldwide customer sup-
port infrastructure keeps our
customers’ commercial and
military aircraft in service and
on schedule by providing
quick access to technical
information, training and parts.
In the area of product devel-
opment, our partnerships with
international suppliers are key
to our commitment to provid-
ing our customers with best-
in-industry solutions, no matter
where those solutions may be
found. For example, we are
working with suppliers in
Russia, Japan, China, the
Republic of Korea, Australia,
the United Kingdom, France,
Italy, Germany, Sweden and
Canada to develop, design
and produce the 787
Dreamliner; and we have part-
nered with Alenia, Aeronavali,
and the Italian Ministry of
Defense to develop, produce
and support the KC-767A
Tanker Transport aircraft for
the Italian Air Force.
We have extended our tech-
nological knowledge base
through our technology devel-
opment partnerships with
university, industry and gov-
ernment research and devel-
opment organizations around
the globe. Most recently, we
established a strategic univer-
sity relationship with the Indian
Institute of Science, focused
on structural and materials
technologies. Boeing has a
significant presence in Moscow
through the Boeing Design
Center and Phantom Works-
aligned Boeing Technical
Research Center (BTRC). The
Boeing Research and
Technology–Europe center in
Madrid, Spain, is staffed by
more than 40 engineers and
scientists from throughout
Europe.
Australia are expected to lead
to further competitions and
orders for aircraft and defense
systems in the near term. India
is also an emerging market for
military aircraft, and we expect
to enter the competition to
provide them with 126 techno-
logically advanced F/A-18
fighter aircraft.
Our competitive advantage
comes from not just participat-
ing but also partnering with our
customers and suppliers. As
we focus on the future, we are
developing leaders who will fur-
ther leverage that advantage
by gaining understanding of the
markets where we live and
work, benefiting jointly from
ideas for improving products
and reducing costs, and shar-
ing in the risks and benefits of
this cyclical industry.
growing globally
By becoming part of the
fabric of communities
around the world, we
enrich the diversity of the
company, increase our
customer knowledge and
gain access to best-in-
industry technologies.
The outlook for international
sales and services growth is
extremely promising. Growth in
air travel worldwide propelled
increased orders for commer-
cial airplanes during 2005, and
is expected to continue as
demand for air travel expands
based on continued strong
economic growth worldwide.
There is continuing demand
for Boeing military aircraft and
defense systems in the Asia-
Pacific region, the Middle East
and Western Europe. Current
contracts with Singapore, the
Republic of Korea, Japan and
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