The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Boeing: 2 models, 2 deployments across 2 regions. 5 sources back the record.
CategoryDrones
Overview
Boeing (NYSE: BA) is a US aerospace company producing commercial aircraft (737, 777, 787), defense systems, and space launch vehicles. Developing autonomous flight systems, MQ-25 Stingray autonomous tanker, and Starliner crew capsule. Major DoD and Nasa contractor.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Robot
Autonomous systems
Products
Data & sources
Patent documents
4
Web sources
1
5 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
MQ-25 Stingray
Boeing MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based aerial refueling drone for US Navy. First operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft.
Current platform
CST-100 Starliner
Crew capsule designed for autonomous rendezvous and docking with the ISS; flown but not yet certified/operational.
Partnerships
Every company Boeing has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Archer Aviation1× joint3 total
- 2Embraer1× joint2 total
- 3GE Aerospace1× joint
- 4Insitu1× joint
- 5Mitsubishi Heavy Industries1× joint
- 6Saab AB1× joint2 total
Most recent
- with Archer Aviationjust announced
- Sierra Space x Boeing2021-10-25with Sierra Spacejust announced
Boeing on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified May 2025. Explore where Boeing's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Boeing deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Dr. Todd Citron Chief Technology Officer, VP & GM of Boeing Research & Technologysecondary-verified
- Kelly Ortberg President & CEO (since Aug 2024)secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- William Boeingno longer at company
Former / Previously (4)
- William Boeing Founder (1916), Foundersecondary-verified
- Joe Landon Earlier career at Boeingsecondary-verified
- Belinda Marchand Aerospace Engineer (McDonnell Douglas, acquired by Boeing)secondary-verified
- Damen Cheung Software Team Leadsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Boeing.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Boeing2 deployments
Recent coverage
Boeing in third-party press
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every Boeing competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
space(56)
36 companies in this segment · low_concentration (HHI 1188.742650389188) · leader K2 Space at 2172%
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astroscaledirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China Manned Space Agencydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China National Space Administrationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- ClearSpacedirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (40)
Registry pages whose text names Boeing.
Companies (10)
Insitu, Archer Aviation, Liquid Robotics, Donecle, Walden Robotics, Sagar Defence Engineering, Sierra Space, United Launch Alliance (ULA), Panthalassa, Wisk Aero
Robots and products (8)
ScanEagle, Wave Glider, Boeing 737, Panthalassa Platform, MQ-25 Stingray, RQ-21 Blackjack, Sagar USV, Iris
Deployments (2)
People (20)
Willy Pell, Sebastien Vigneron, Andy von Flotow, Laura Peterson, Diane Rose, Damen Cheung, Belinda Marchand, William E Boeing, William E Boeing, Walt Odisho, Warren Weissbluth, Joe Landon, William Boeing, Dr. Todd Citron, Tom Bell, John Langford, Mark Peller, John Elbon, Nathan Mintz, Shane Arnott
Partnerships
6 total · 4 operating · 2 just announced
Every company Boeing has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Archer Aviationjust announced
- Sierra Space x Boeing2021-10-25with Sierra Spacejust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1Archer Aviation1× joint3 total
- 2Embraer1× joint2 total
- 3GE Aerospace1× joint
- 4Insitu1× joint
- 5Mitsubishi Heavy Industries1× joint
- 6Saab AB1× joint2 total
All 6 partnerships
open in the atlas →- manufacturing—operating
- saab x boeingwithSaab AB2technology—operating
- joint venture—operating
- manufacturing—operating
- technology2021-10-25just announced
- other2026-08-16announcedjust announced
Patent estate (4)
- US9870500B2usptograntedgranted 2018-01-16assignee
- US20200084587A1usptopendingassignee
- US10544157B2usptograntedgranted 2020-01-28assignee
- US11306536B2usptograntedgranted 2022-04-19assignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in Boeing’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Wisk Aero
2026-08-23Supply: Backer and technology partner for autonomous eVTOL to Wisk Aero
PartnershipArcher Aviation acquires Wisk Aero, SkyGrid, and Insitu from Boeing
2026-08-16Boeing agreed to sell Wisk Aero, SkyGrid (airspace management software), and Insitu (drone maker) to Archer Aviation in exchange for a 16.5% ownership stake in Archer. The deal consolidates two rival eVTOL developers and ends a complex history that began with Wisk's 2021 IP theft lawsuit against Archer, which was settled in 2023 with a collaboration agreement.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Boeing Starliner autonomous ISS docking
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMay 21, 2025
MQ-25 Stingray at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMay 21, 2022
CST-100 Starliner at International Space Station
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Boeing.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Impulse Space6 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Boeing from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
U.S. Navy sub hunter plane circles off Bulgaria after drone strikes
A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft flew off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast near the ports of Varna and Burgas, a week after Russian drone attacks sank a cargo ship and…
U.S. Navy gives Boeing up to $80M to improve MQ-25 drone
The U.S. Navy has given Boeing a contract worth up to $80 million to keep developing and improving the MQ-25A Stingray, the uncrewed tanker designed to refuel fighter jets from…
Germany changes course on plans to buy MQ-28 drone wingman: Boeing official
Germany has set a target of 2029 to field a CCA, which would make it the first European country to reach such a milestone, but that timeline now looks to be in doubt.
Boeing tests software that connects Super Hornet fighters with MQ-25A drone tankers
Boeing has demonstrated software designed to let pilots in crewed aircraft coordinate with unmanned aircraft...
Pentagon picks 4 vendors for counter-drone directed energy pilot program
AeroVironment, Epirus, Kord and Boeing were selected for JIATF-401’s pilot program.
Archer’s Boeing Subsidiary Deal Moves Closer to Closing, Expanding Physical AI Push in Aerospace
Insider Brief Archer Aviation’s planned acquisition of Boeing’s Wisk Aero, SkyGrid and Insitu subsidiaries has cleared a key U.S. antitrust step, moving forward a deal that will…
Lockheed's Stock Hasn't Priced In Its Own Backlog—Boeing's Might Already Have
Boeing won a $562 million Navy drone contract and Lockheed Martin secured over $1.3 billion in awards, yet both stocks saw little market reaction due to differing valuation…
Gogo and Insitu collaborate on Group 3 UAS connectivity
Broomfield, CO./ 22 September 2026 – Gogo Special Missions, the military/government division of Gogo (NASDAQ: GOGO), and Insitu, a Boeing … mehr... The post Gogo and Insitu…
Boeing wins first production deal for Navy’s carrier drone tanker
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a $562 million contract to begin low-rate production of the MQ-25A Stingray, the service’s first carrier-based unmanned refueling drone. The Fixed…
Boeing to lead eVTOL jamming and spoofing research in Spain
A Boeing-led consortium in Spain will develop ways to detect satellite-navigation jamming and spoofing for autonomous air taxis Continue reading Boeing to lead eVTOL jamming and…
Japan weighs Ghost Bat drone for its coastal defense plan
Boeing plans to offer Japan’s Ministry of Defense a drone it developed jointly with the Royal Australian Air Force, as Tokyo works out a new coastal defense concept built around…
U.S. Navy awards Boeing $12.7 million for MQ-25 drone upgrades
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a $12.7 million contract modification to upgrade electronic components on the MQ-25 Stingray, the Navy’s first operational carrier-based drone,…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/boeing.md
- RSS feed: /companies/boeing/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/a25949e5-8c6d-4a7b-84f0-021d8af04b36
- Revision history: /companies/boeing/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Impulse Space6 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
Video
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Heat Index
Serious62/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Boeing draws attention at the 87th percentile but verifies reality at the 22nd percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +64.8, 7th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 23, 2026