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Boeing Defense

The Boeing Company is a major aerospace and defense contractor that supplies aircraft, satellites, and other systems to the federal government.

Federal spending

Total federal obligations

$29.8B

Obligations recorded from September 23, 2025 through September 22, 2026. Obligations are promises by the federal government to spend money, not necessarily cash already paid.

As of

September 22, 2026

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About This Organization

The Boeing Company is a major aerospace and defense contractor that supplies aircraft, satellites, and other systems to the federal government.

Editorial context

Why It Is Included

Included because this organization appears in federal spending records and is part of The Paper Trail Project's public-interest research directory.

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Why you may have heard of it

Boeing is widely known for military aircraft programs and for its role in NASA and defense procurement.

Direct public money received

Public Money Profile

Federal obligations are shown by award type and kept separate from tax incentives or workforce public-benefit research. These categories should not be added into a generic “subsidy” figure.

Federal contracts

$29.8B

Federal grants

$19.5M

Direct payments

$0

Federal loans

$0

Other assistance

$2.7M
Workforce public-benefit research

No published source-backed estimate linked unless shown elsewhere on this profile.

Tax incentives and subsidies

Not included without attributable official records.

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Federal data

Spending Over Time

Federal fiscal years

Prime-award transaction obligations attributed to this USAspending recipient. Negative totals can reflect deobligations or corrections.

$24B
FY2017
$29.6B
FY2018
$28.2B
FY2019
$23.2B
FY2020
$24B
FY2021
$16.5B
FY2022
$23.8B
FY2023
$20.8B
FY2024
$22.6B
FY2025
$27.7B
FY2026To date

The current fiscal year is partial and will change as USAspending publishes additional transactions.

Federal data

Who funds Boeing Defense?

Federal data

What Federal Agencies Bought or Funded From Boeing Defense

USAspending classifies federal obligations using product and service codes for contracts and assistance-listing categories for grants and other assistance. These records describe federal awards to the organization—not the organization’s own operating expenses.

Products and services

AIRCRAFT, FIXED WING

PSC 1510

$11,797,790,57139.6% of total
AIRCRAFT, ROTARY WING

PSC 1520

$2,760,541,5249.3% of total
AIRFRAME STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS

PSC 1560

$2,619,578,9058.8% of total
HARDWARE, WEAPON SYSTEM

PSC 5342

$2,383,233,0878.0% of total
SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER

PSC R499

$1,629,417,5305.5% of total
BOMBS

PSC 1325

$1,298,782,3584.4% of total
MISCELLANEOUS AIRCRAFT ACCESSORIES AND COMPONENTS

PSC 1680

$951,702,3243.2% of total
MAINT/REPAIR/REBUILD OF EQUIPMENT- AIRCRAFT AND AIRFRAME STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS

PSC J015

$890,187,3443.0% of total
SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH

PSC AR11

$876,832,5592.9% of total
SPACE VEHICLES

PSC 1555

$639,703,4772.1% of total
MODIFICATION OF EQUIPMENT- AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES

PSC K016

$487,877,6481.6% of total
SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: ENGINEERING/TECHNICAL

PSC R425

$449,662,4161.5% of total
R&D- SPACE: STATION (APPLIED RESEARCH/EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT)

PSC AR62

$377,100,5231.3% of total
NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT

PSC AC13

$339,343,5431.1% of total
TRAINING AIDS

PSC 6910

$282,282,9790.9% of total

Federal assistance programs

Aeronautics

Assistance listing 43.002

$14,990,5380.1% of total
Basic Scientific Research

Assistance listing 12.431

$4,499,9180.0% of total
Research and Technology Development

Assistance listing 12.910

$2,677,9850.0% of total
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy

Assistance listing 81.135

$00.0% of total
Defense Production Act Title III (DPA Title III)

Assistance listing 12.777

$00.0% of total
Science

Assistance listing 43.001

$00.0% of total

Prime-award transaction obligations from 2025-09-23 through 2026-09-22. Categories can be broad and reflect federal coding, not Paper Trail editorial conclusions. View USAspending source ↗

Corporate structure

What does Boeing Defense control?

Business segments, subsidiaries, joint ventures, and acquired companies connected to the parent organization.

Legal-subsidiary lists are drawn from reviewed SEC Exhibit 21 filings. Companies may omit subsidiaries that are not considered significant under SEC reporting rules, so these lists are not necessarily exhaustive.

Legal subsidiaries18
Astro Limited

Bermuda

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Astro-II, Inc

Vermont

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Aviall, Inc

Delaware

SEC filing source ↗
Boeing Aerospace Operations, Inc

Delaware

SEC filing source ↗
Boeing Aircraft Holding Company

Delaware

SEC filing source ↗
Boeing Australia Holdings Proprietary Limited

Australia

SEC filing source ↗
Boeing Defence Australia Ltd

Australia

SEC filing source ↗
Boeing Defence UK Limited

United Kingdom

SEC filing source ↗
Boeing Deutschland GmbH

Germany

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Boeing Distribution Services, Inc

Delaware

SEC filing source ↗
Boeing Distribution, Inc

Delaware

SEC filing source ↗
Boeing Europe B.V

Netherlands

SEC filing source ↗
Boeing Global Holdings Corporation

Delaware

SEC filing source ↗
Boeing International Logistics Spares, Inc

Delaware

SEC filing source ↗
Boeing Netherlands B.V

Netherlands

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Insitu, Inc

Washington

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Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc

Delaware

SEC filing source ↗
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc

Delaware

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Important Documents

Selected filings, reports, contracts, court records, and other documents useful for understanding this organization.

SEC Exhibit 21Company filing

Boeing Defense Exhibit 21 — Subsidiaries

Boeing Defense · Jan 30, 2026

Company-filed list of significant subsidiaries. The filing may omit subsidiaries that are not considered significant under SEC rules.

Documentation

Sources

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The Paper Trail Project. “Boeing Defense.” Accessed September 23, 2026. https://www.papertrailproject.org/profiles/boeing-defense

Methodology

Record last updated 2026-09-22. Sources: USAspending.gov. Verify consequential claims against the linked original records.