Boeing and Millennium scale space production to meet growing demand

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 16, 2026 — Boeing and its subsidiary Millennium Space Systems are ramping up satellite production and broadening their portfolio to speed delivery timelines and offer more flexible options to government and commercial customers.

The companies outlined a dual-track strategy that pairs Boeing’s payload and mission expertise with Millennium’s rapid production model and common product line to increase throughput and provide a wider range of mission-ready choices. “We’re aligning our space business to meet a market that is moving faster and asking for more flexibility. That means increasing production throughput, broadening the portfolio and giving customers more options for how they field and scale capability over time,” said Kay Sears, vice president and general manager of Boeing Space, Intelligence & Weapons Systems.

Boeing is aiming for 26 satellite deliveries in 2026, supported by investments in common products, repeatable manufacturing approaches and closer integration across Boeing and Millennium offerings.

Central to the expansion is Resolute, a new mid-class satellite platform positioned for missions that outgrow traditional smallsats but still require more speed and adaptability than typical large programs. Built on Millennium’s common products and flight-proven avionics with on-orbit heritage, the platform is intended to support communications, sensing and other applications across multiple orbital regimes.

“This is about more than one product,” said Tony Gingiss, CEO of Millennium Space Systems. “We are building the production depth, common architecture and capacity to scale with demand. That includes expanding into mission areas where customers want more capability, while staying focused on execution and delivery across the backlog already in front of us.”

Millennium is expanding manufacturing capacity to address a growing backlog and a broader mix of customer requirements, aiming to sustain higher-rate production while retaining the ability to tailor spacecraft to specific missions.

Boeing, citing more than six decades of satellite heritage, is continuing to invest in space technologies, production capability and mission architectures to help customers deploy, operate and evolve systems as needs change.