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Boeing United Kingdom Limited (/ ˈ b oʊ. ɪ ŋ /; or simply Boeing UK) [4] is a subsidiary of Boeing that operates in the United Kingdom and Ireland.. The managing director of Boeing UK & Ireland is Sir Martin Donnelly, a former British civil servant, who is also president of Boeing Europe.
Boeing is among the largest global aerospace manufacturers; it is the fourth-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2022 revenue [6] and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value. [7] Boeing was founded by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington, on July 15, 1916. [8]
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The Boeing Chinook is a large, tandem rotor helicopter operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF). A series of variants based on the United States Army 's Boeing CH-47 Chinook , the RAF Chinook fleet is the largest outside the United States. [ 1 ]
The UK-headquartered Rolls-Royce Group is the world's second-largest maker of aircraft engines (behind General Electric). [102] [103] It has over 50,000 employees, of whom about 23,000 are based in the United Kingdom. [66] In 2014, Rolls-Royce purchased the 50% Daimler had in the R-R engine business, paying 2'430 million € for it.
It was the largest civil aircraft of its time, with a capacity of 90 passengers on day flights, and of 40 passengers on night flights. One year later, the first regular passenger service from the U.S. to the UK was inaugurated. Subsequently, other routes were opened, so that soon Pan Am flew with the Boeing 314 to destinations all over the world.
The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail, also marketed as the Boeing 737 AEW&C, is a twin-engine airborne early warning and control aircraft based on the Boeing 737 Next Generation design. It has a fixed, active electronically scanned array radar antenna instead of a rotating one as with the 707-based Boeing E-3 Sentry .
Emirates is the largest operator of the Boeing 777 with 133 aircraft as of November 2023 [1] The following is a list of airlines that operate the Boeing 777. The Boeing 777 is a long-range wide-body twin-engine jet airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the commercial business unit of Boeing.