Boeing UK headquarters location London
2000s to 2010
In 2001, the Royal Air Force received its first Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. It was delivered to Boeing's Long Beach facility before being flown to RAF Brize Norton by a crew from No. 99 Squadron, with the remaining C-17s being delivered shortly after. The C-17 was well received by the RAF and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) announced in 2004 that they had intended to buy the four C-17s at the end of the lease. Boeing received further orders from the MOD in 2006, 2007 and 2009.
Boeing founded Boeing United Kingdom Limited as a legal entity in January 2002 and in April 2003 Boeing named Sir Michael Jenkins as the first president of Boeing UK.In 2004, Boeing began to expand its presence in the UK by announcing its £7 million investment to build a new training centre at Crawley, West Sussex, close to London Gatwick. The move was to allow more convenient travel for those who required training in Europe, instead of travelling to Seattle, U.S. In September 2005, Sir Roger Bone succeeded Michael Jenkins as president of Boeing UK. Boeing opened its European Sales and Marketing Headquarters at Heathrow House, moving further operations from the U.S. to the UK. In 2007, Boeing opened its Defence Systems Engineering and Integration facility in Bristol and in 2009 integrated all UK defence programs under one entity by establishing Boeing Defence UK (BDUK). This enabled defence operations in the UK to be localised and more efficient.
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