a boeing company type subsidiary industry information management aerospace logistics optimization founded 1934 founder elrey borge jeppesen headquarters inverness cdp colorado 1 united states products navigational information operations planning tools flight planning products software number of employees 3 200 parent boeing website http www.jeppesen.com jeppesen also known as jeppesen sanderson is an american company that specializes in navigational information planes operations management and optimization solutions crew and fleet management solutions and flight training products and services . jeppesen serves four market segments commercial aviation business aviation military and general aviation . airlines and private pilots airline operations centers military teams ship operators and boaters as well as railway companies use jeppesen charts data and operations management tools . the company is a subsidiary of boeing . jeppesen also publishes related software some of which is used on its electronic flight bag and in others offered by avionics manufacturers and other third parties . jeppesen is headquartered in inverness colorado 2 1 a census designated place in arapahoe county . the postal designation of englewood is used in the company s mailing address . 3 jeppesen has offices in locations around the world including neu isenburg germany massa italy crawley united kingdom gothenburg sweden canberra australia and gda sk poland . the company employs approximately 3 200 people . 4 in the navigation space which is where jeppesen started jeppesen s charts are often called jepp charts or simply jepps by pilots due to the charts de facto popularity . this popularity extends to electronic charts which are increasingly favored over paper charts by pilots and mariners as mobile computing devices electronic flight bags integrated electronic bridge systems and other display devices become more common and readily available . contents 1 history 2 alleged involvement with cia extraordinary rendition flights 3 other flight support providers 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was founded in 1934 by elrey borge jeppesen a pilot working for varney air lines who was the first to make aeronautical charts for pilots to navigate in flight . the information that he collected and the charts that he drew were at first only for personal use but fellow pilots quickly saw the benefits of using these charts and jeppesen started selling copies of his chart book for 10 . other pilots started to collect data on their own routes and handing this to jeppesen for him to include in his navigation book . 5 united airlines the airline for which jeppesen worked in the late 1930s after varney air lines had merged with several other companies to form united airlines was one of the first airlines to start using jeppesen s charts . after a while the chart business started taking up so much of jeppesen s time that he quit his job as a captain and focused his energy on making charts . 6 the terminal at then under construction denver international airport was named in honor of jeppesen founder elrey borge jeppesen in february 1991 . 1940s in 1941 jeppesen moved the company from salt lake city utah to denver colorado . 7 in 1947 jeppesen and the caa collaborated to introduce standard instrument approach procedures and to establish the national flight data center . 8 1957 jeppesen expanded to europe by opening an office in frankfurt germany to provide services to customers in europe and beyond . 1961 the company was purchased by the times mirror company parent company of the los angeles times . 9 1970s in 1973 jeppesen navdata was first used commercially in flight management computer guidance systems fmcgs . in 1974 jeppesen entered the flight training business when times mirror merged it with sanderson films . 7 1980s jeppesen began a series of acquisitions that added to its product and service offerings bottlang airfield manual added visual flight rules vfr approach and airport information for europe ; 8 icarus which became opsdata added runway and performance analysis used to plan and optimize aircraft takeoff and landing performance . 8 in 1989 jeppesen purchased lockheed dataplan a flight planning and weather services company . jeppesen s current chief executive officer mark van tine formerly worked for this company . 10 1990s between 1990 and 1995 jeppesen expanded globally by opening offices in australia and china to serve customers in the asia pacific region and continued to expand through acquisition by purchasing tannguide which became the jeppguide airport directory ; apu which became part of opsdata ; and international aviation publishers which created aviation maintenance training manuals ; 8 in 1996 jeppesen introduced jeppview which provided a complete worldwide library of terminal aeronautical charts on cd rom ; in 1996 jeppesen acquired mentorplus a maker of pc based aviation and marine moving map and flight planning applications ; 8 in 1998 jeppesen introduced internet based delivery of navdata updates . 2000s in 2000 jeppesen purchased nobeltec inc. a portland oregon based company that provides marine navigation software and charts ; 8 in 2000 jeppesen was acquired by the boeing company . boeing bought jeppesen from the tribune company which had acquired times mirror and was selling off its non core assets ; 8 11 in 2002 jeppesen s first commercial electronic flight bag and internet based chart delivery were introduced ; 8 in 2003 jeppesen became the first commercial organization to be certified by the federal aviation administration as a qualified internet communications provider qicp ; 8 in 2004 jeppesen acquired sbs international a new york city based provider of crew scheduling services . jeppesen acquired sbs through an arrangement with boeing which had purchased sbs in 2001 ; 8 in 2006 jeppesen purchased carmen systems a provider of crew scheduling and disruption management software . the company was headquartered in gothenburg sweden and had some 300 employees . 12 jeppesen quickly consolidated carmen and sbs product offerings and locations ; in 2007 jeppesen purchased c map a provider of digital maritime cartography data services and other navigational information . c map became part of jeppesen s marine division . it has operations in italy the united kingdom norway greece poland russia india japan south korea singapore malaysia australia and the united states ; 13 in 2008 jeppesen purchased ocean systems inc. an alameda california based provider of vessel and voyage optimization solutions for commercial marine operations ; 8 in 2008 jeppesen received faa approval for its airport moving map application for class 2 electronic flight bags ; 8 in 2009 jeppesen received faa approval to design and validate required navigation performance rnp procedures in the united states ; 8 in 2009 jeppesen sold its nobeltec product line to signet usa . 8 2010s in 2010 jeppesen received approval from the civil aviation safety authority of australia to design validate and maintain both required navigation performance and conventional instrument approach procedures ; 8 in 2010 jeppesen was named the 2010 informs prize winner for its organization wide use of operations research . 8 in 2012 jeppesen designed arrival procedures are rolled out for denver international airport . 8 in 2013 jeppesen introduces mobile flightdeck vfr for general aviation pilots . 8 in 2013 jeppesen concludes sale of journey planning business to silverrail technologies . 8 in 2014 jeppesen rolls out flightdeck pro for windows 8 . 8 in 2016 jeppesen sold its marine division to digital marine solutions . this includes the c map brand name and all products and services . this effectively ends jeppesen s investment in the marine industry . 14 alleged involvement with cia extraordinary rendition flights edit see also mohamed et al. v. jeppesen dataplan inc. on october 23 2006 the new yorker reported that jeppesen handled the logistical planning for the cia s extraordinary rendition flights . the allegation is based on information from an ex employee who quoted bob overby managing director of the company as saying we do all of the extraordinary rendition flights you know the torture flights . let s face it some of these flights end up that way . it certainly pays well . the article went on to suggest that this may make jeppesen a potential defendant in a lawsuit by khalid el masri . 15 jeppesen was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the american civil liberties union aclu on may 30 2007 on behalf of several others who were allegedly subject to extraordinary rendition . the suit was dismissed in february 2008 on a motion from the united states government on the basis that proceeding with the case would reveal state secrets and endanger relations with other nations that had cooperated . 16 on may 16 2011 the supreme court declined to review the decision of the ninth circuit to dismiss the case . 17 other flight support providers edit air routing international lufthansa systems universal weather and aviation uas international trip support see also edit mohamed et al. v. jeppesen dataplan inc. references edit a b 2010 census census block map inverness cdp co u.s. census bureau . retrieved on april 7 2015 . jeppesen sanderson signs lease in inverness . globest.com . retrieved 2015 02 23 . jeppesen about us . jeppesen . retrieved 2010 02 04 . we are headquartered in englewood colorado and have offices located around the world . jeppesen about us today . retrieved 2007 11 28 . robert goyer the chart is dead flying september 2011 p. 8 flying a b jeppesen about us background . retrieved 2007 11 28 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t jeppesen about us timeline . retrieved 2007 11 28 mcdougal dennis 2001 . privileged son otis chandler and the rise and fall of the l.a. times dynasty . da capo press . p. 231 . jeppesen about us management biographies . retrieved 2007 11 28 . . the folks who run the company which is owned in a supportive and smartly hands off way by boeing call themselves a data company . flying boeing to acquire carmen systems . boeing news release . march 3 2006 boeing concludes purchase of c map to grow jeppesen marine business . boeing news release . january 30 2007 digital marine solutions to acquire the marine division of jeppesen press release 16 march 16 the c.i.a. s travel agent jane mayer the new yorker 2006 10 23 . aclu lawsuit against jeppesen dismissed . rocky mountain news . february 14 2008 . retrieved 2010 02 04 . order list 563 u.s. pdf may 16 2011 retrieved may 18 2011 external links edit www.jeppesen.com jeppesen sanderson inc. cms.nobeltec.com nobeltec inc. v t e boeing companies boeing aircraft holding company boeing australia boeing canada boeing capital boeing commercial airplanes boeing defense space & security boeing phantom works boeing rotorcraft systems boeing uk 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