Boeing has announced that its Arlington, Virginia campus will serve as the company's global headquarters.
However, the company's three business units including Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Seattle, Wash, Boeing Global Services in Plano, Texas, Boeing Defence, Space and Security in Arlington, Va. will continue to be based at their current headquarters
Dave Calhoun, President and CEO, Boeing, noted that the region makes strategic sense for its global headquarters given its proximity to the customers and stakeholders, and its access to world-class engineering and technical talent.
Boeing will continue to maintain a significant presence at its Chicago location and surrounding region, an official statement from the airframer added. The release continued that over the past two years flexible and virtual solutions have been implemented enabled the company to reduce its office space needs.
Boeing plans to develop a research & technology hub in Arlington to harness and attract engineering and technical capabilities. The hub will focus on developing innovations in the areas of cyber security, autonomous operations, quantum sciences and software and systems engineering.
Greg Hyslop, chief engineer and executive vice president of Engineering, Test and Technology, Boeing, stated that the future of Boeing is digital, adding 'focusing our R&D and talent development in areas that support digital innovation will fuel the introduction of cutting-edge capabilities.”
Boeing employs more than 140,000 people and works with more than 12,000 businesses supporting more than one million supplier jobs across the United States. The company has operations in more than 65 countries.