Boeing Aerospace
 |
|
Harry W. Peterson
VP - Boeing Canada
Tel: (613) 745-8111
Fax: (613) 745-9779
harry.w.peterson@boeing.com
|
|
Eddy Morin
VP - Canada Business Development
Tel: (613) 745-8111
|
|
|
|
Headquartered in Chicago, Boeing is the world’s leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Additionally, Boeing designs and manufactures rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems. As a major service provider to NASA, Boeing operates the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. The company also provides numerous military and commercial airline support services. Boeing has customers in more than 90 countries around the world and is one of the largest U.S. exporters in terms of sales. Boeing employs more than 150,000 people in more than 70 countries.
In Canada, Boeing employs more than 1,500 highly-skilled employees in Winnipeg, Richmond (B.C.), Montreal and Ottawa who work in support of the company’s major business units - Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) and Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS). Boeing facilities in Canada produce parts, components, assemblies, and software applications for all of the company’s commercial aircraft.
Canada is also home to one of Boeing’s largest supplier base, with more than 200 suppliers spanning every region of the country. Canadian partners provide commercial and defence aerospace parts for all Boeing commercial aircraft models, V-22 and Chinook rotorcraft, T-45 training aircraft, F-15 and FA-18 fighters, and the C-17 Globemaster III strategic airlift aircraft. Combined with the Boeing facilities, this supply network makes a significant contribution to the Canadian economy by generating approximately $1 billion in business annually.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security programs in Canada include CF-18 Modernization, C-17 Strategic Airlift, CH-47 Heavy Lift Helicopter, Support System solutions, Weapons and Satellites. A Boeing subsidiary, INSITU, operates the Scan Eagle Unmanned Air Vehicle and is currently deployed to Afghanistan under contract to the Canadian Forces. Boeing Commercial Airplanes has active programs with Canadian airlines with products such as the Next Generation 737, the 777 and the new 787 Dreamliner.
