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Selected Programs, Products and Services
F-15E Strike Eagle The F-15E Strike Eagle delivered to customers
today provides superior performance in terms
of service ceiling, speed, range, endurance and
payload capacity while retaining growth potential
to ensure that customers can perform missions
effectively now and in the future. It includes
twin engines for performance and survivability,
dual-mission cockpits, Active Electronically
Scanned Array radar and electronic warfare
systems. Advanced F-15 models include digital
fly-by-wire flight controls and two additional
weapon hardpoints (wing stations 1 and 9) for
maximum payload capability. The advanced
F-15 offers greater mission flexibility with optional
internal or external weapons carriage, enhanced
survivability through signature reduction, and
an advanced cockpit. The F-15 is flown by the
U.S. Air Force and five other nations. Boeing
also provides Performance-Based Logistics
sustainment services to F-15 operators. Boeing
provides varied levels of support tailored to each
customer’s needs for the entire F-15 fleet.
2014 deliveries: 14*
*Orders and deliveries are as of December 31, 2014
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EA-18G Growler The EA-18G Growler is the only air combat
platform that delivers full-spectrum airborne
electronic attack (AEA) capability along with the
targeting and self-defense capabilities derived
from the U.S. Navy’s frontline fighter, the
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. It is the most advanced
AEA platform in the U.S. inventory, providing
tactical jamming and electronic protection for
U.S., NATO and coalition forces around the world.
The Growler is on contract for integration of the
Next Generation Jammer that will protect and
enable all joint force aircraft operating in high-
threat environments for decades to come. Fifteen
Growlers were added to the fiscal year 2015
omnibus spending bill to help fulfill the Navy’s
need for additional electronic attack capability.
2014 deliveries: 19*
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is the U.S. Navy’s
newest strike fighter, deployed in both air-
dominance and precision-strike roles. Through
an evolutionary approach, including incremental
upgrades to the APG-79 Active Electronically
Scanned Array radar, the Super Hornet contin-
uously improves overall mission capability and
supportability to stay ahead of future threats. The
Super Hornet’s advanced sensor and information
suite collects and fuses data from off-board
sources and onboard sensors to seamlessly
detect and eliminate air, ground or sea-based
threats. Built by an industry team of Boeing,
General Electric Aviation, Raytheon and Northrop
Grumman, the Super Hornet offers an advanced
menu of options, such as conformal fuel tanks,
an enclosed weapons pod and signature
enhancements, allowing the aircraft to outpace
threats for decades to come.
2014 deliveries: 25*
Global Positioning System (GPS) Since 1978, Boeing has delivered 46 GPS
satellites to the U.S. Air Force that have been
launched and joined the constellation, including
the GPS IIF that is sustaining and modernizing
the GPS constellation. Boeing is currently under
contract to build 12 GPS IIF satellites. Boeing
launched four GPS IIFs in 2014, bringing the total
now in service to eight. The GPS IIF satellite, the
most technologically advanced GPS satellite
to date, incorporates several key technology
enhancements, including greater navigational
accuracy through improvements in atomic-clock
technology, a more secure and jam-resistant
military signal, a protected signal to assist in
commercial aviation and search-and-rescue
operations, an onboard reprogrammable proces-
sor, and a 12-year design life providing long-term
service and reduced operating costs. With more
than 525 years of on-orbit GPS service to date,
Boeing continues to develop affordable solutions
for future GPS capabilities.
Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD)
GMD Interceptor
Boeing is the system developer and prime
contractor for the GMD system, the United
States’ only defense against long-range ballistic
missiles. An integral element of the U.S. global
ballistic missile defense system, GMD consists
of networked radars, space- and land-based
sensors, command and control facilities and
ground-based interceptors connected through an
extensive space and terrestrial communications
network. Accomplishments for 2014 include a
successful program flight test that resulted in
the interception of a long-range ballistic missile
target. GMD has achieved nine successful inter-
cept tests to date. Boeing continues to lead GMD
development, integration, testing, operations and
sustainment activities, building on the company’s
extensive program experience.
Harpoon Harpoon, one of the world’s premier anti-ship
missiles, features autonomous, all-weather,
over-the-horizon capability and can execute
both land-strike and anti-ship missions. The
blast warhead delivers lethal firepower against
a wide variety of land-based targets, including
coastal defense sites, surface-to-air missile
sites, exposed aircraft, port or industrial facilities
and ships in port. Currently, more than 30 U.S.-
allied armed forces deploy Block I and Block II
Harpoon missiles. The U.S. Navy and Boeing
initiated a Harpoon integration program in 2012,
which extends the life of the U.S. Navy Harpoon
program past 2025.