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Boeing Defense, Space & Security
(BDS) formerly known as Boeing Integrated
Defense Systems (IDS) is a unit of The Boeing Company responsible
for defense and
aerospace products and
services. Boeing Integrated Defense Systems was formed in 2002 by
combining the former "Military Aircraft and Missile Systems" and
"Space and Communications" divisions.[4] Boeing
Defense, Space & Security makes Boeing the third largest defense
contractor in the world and is responsible for 51% of the
company's income in 2008.[5]
Boeing IDS is based in Berkeley, Missouri, USA,[6][7] near
the city of St. Louis. Boeing was the largest
employer in St. Louis County in
2000.[8]
Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a consolidated group
which brought together major names in aerospace; Boeing
Military Airplane Company; Hughes Satellite Systems; Hughes
Helicopters minus the commercial helicopter products (which
were divested as MD Helicopters); Piasecki
Helicopter, subsequently known as Boeing Vertol and then Boeing Helicopters; the St.
Louis-based McDonnell division of the former McDonnell
Douglas Company; and the former North American Aviation
division of Rockwell International.
History
Boeing Defense, Space & Security is headquartered near St.
Louis, MO, with major employment locations in California (with a
larger BDS workforce than St. Louis), and Washington state. Boeing
chose to locate the defense systems offices in the St. Louis area
because of the role of the space and aircraft programs of the
former McDonnell Douglas location, and bipartisan support from area
politicians.[9]
Organization
BDS is organized into the following subdivisions as of September
2008:[3]
- Phantom Works is Boeing's advanced research
and development unit.
- Global Services & Support is responsible
for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul, material
management, training systems, international business operations,
and advanced logistic systems.
- Insitu,
former partner of Boeing, was purchased in July 2008 (with the
transaction closing September 8), and will operate as a
wholly-owned subsidiary.[10]
Insitu developed the ScanEagle UAV and is currently developing new
UAV platforms and control systems. Insitu is headquartered in Bingen,
Washington.
Products
Bombers
Rotorcraft
Fighter and attack
aircraft
X-32B Joint Strike Fighter
Tankers
and transports
KC-135 Stratotanker refuels F-22 Raptor
Surveillance and other
military
Unmanned aerial vehicles
The X-45A UAV. a prototype for the significantly larger
X-45C.
Missiles
Space launch and
exploration
Boeing Launch Services Inc. (BLS) is Boeing's commercial launch
service provider. On behalf of its commercial customers, BLS
administers launch service contracts for Delta II and Delta IV
launches conducted by United Launch Alliance.
Satellites
Other
Facilities
On July 21, 2006, Boeing announced that it would be
consolidating its Southern California locations. The
Boeing facility in Anaheim will be moving to Huntington Beach, CA.[1]
The Boeing ramp at Lambert showing F-15Ks and an F/A-18 Super
Hornet
- Huntsville, Alabama (Spacelab, International Space Station,
Delta)
- Mesa, Arizona (AH-64)
- Anaheim, California
- El Segundo, California (satellite
complex: 601, 702)
- Palmdale, California (Space Shuttle)
- Long Beach, California (C-17)
- Seal Beach, California (Saturn V
rocket and Skylab projects)
- Huntington Beach, California (Saturn V,
X-51A, Apollo, Skylab, Space Shuttle, Delta, and ISS)
- Macon, Georgia (C-17 Globemaster
III)
- Kennedy Space Center, Florida
- St.
Louis, Missouri (F-15,
F/A-18)
- St. Charles, Missouri (Weapons)
- Wichita,
Kansas (cockpit and forward
fuselage - Boeing 787)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (H-46, H-47, V-22)
- El Paso,
Texas (B-1B, PAC-3, power and
electronics components for ISS, F-22, and F-15, assembly and test
for Minuteman III missile guidance system)
- Houston, Texas
- San Antonio, Texas - military aircraft maintenance
- Puget Sound, Washington
- Midwest City, Oklahoma (787)
- Tulsa,
Oklahoma (F-15/F-15E, 787)[11]
References
- ^
Boeing Defense, Space &
Security Leadership. Boeing.
- ^
"Hoover's Company Records - In-depth Records: Boeing Defense, Space
& Security", Hoover's Inc. Retrieved on 2007-01-15
- ^ a
b
Integrated Defense Systems:
Overview, Boeing, September 2008. Retrieved January 22,
2009.
- ^
Boeing Realigns Defense,
Intelligence and Space Businesses
- ^ "Defense News Top 100"
(for 2008 using 2008 data). Defense News.
- ^
"Berkeley city, Missouri."
U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on June
8, 2009.
- ^
"Mcdonnell Douglas Corporation
(Boeing Defense, Space & Security)." Manta. Retrieved on June 8, 2009.
- ^
"5. Airport/North Region
Profile." City of St. Louis. Retrieved on
June 13, 2009.
- ^
"St. Louis Lands $23 Billion
Boeing Defense, Space & Security Headquarters." St.
Louis Commerce Magazine. Retrieved on June 13, 2009.
- ^ Boeing Completes Acquisition
of Insitu, Boeing, September 9, 2008. Retrieved September 25,
2008.
- ^
New York Times
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