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Selected Programs, Products and Services
*Orders and deliveries are as of December 31, 2014
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P-8A Poseidon/P-8I The P-8A Poseidon is a military derivative of the
Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 designed to
replace the U.S. Navy’s P-3C aircraft fleet. The
P-8A improves the Navy’s anti-submarine and
anti-surface warfare capabilities, as well as armed
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
The U.S. Navy’s program of record is for 117 air-
craft. Boeing is under contract for 53 P-8As. The
U.S. Navy’s P-8A squadron completed its first
operational deployment in 2014. In 2009, India
selected Boeing to provide eight India-specific
P-8 variants (named P-8I). Boeing delivered the
sixth P-8I to the Indian navy in 2014. Boeing
sustainment support includes maintenance,
support equipment, spares, training, field service
engineering and technical publications.
2014 deliveries: 11*
Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3)
Missile Seeker
The PAC-3 Missile uses hit-to-kill guidance
capability to intercept and destroy tactical ballistic
missiles, cruise missiles and hostile aircraft
through direct body-to-body impact. Boeing
produces and delivers the PAC-3 Missile Seeker
to system prime contractor Lockheed Martin.
The seeker provides active guidance data to
the missile, enabling the missile to acquire the
target shortly before intercept, select the optimal
aimpoint, and initiate terminal guidance to ensure
target kill. The PAC-3 Missile Seeker is deployed
with U.S. Army and Army National Guard air
defense units and has been purchased by several
international customers. Boeing has delivered
more than 2,300 seekers to date.
2014 deliveries: 292*
Phantom Badger Phantom Badger is a high-performance combat
support vehicle with interchangeable mission
modules specifically designed to fit in the Bell-
Boeing V-22 and other aircraft. Phantom Badger
supports a wide range of special operations
missions not possible with existing vehicles. The
combination of V-22 transportability and proven
all-terrain performance provides mission flexibility
and survivability. Phantom Badger can be quickly
modified to support a wide range of critical
missions, including reconnaissance, casualty
transport, direct action with weapons mount, and
combat search and rescue.
Phantom Eye Phantom Eye is a liquid hydrogen–powered,
high-altitude, long-endurance, unmanned aircraft
system for persistent intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance, and communications. The
Phantom Eye demonstrator is a propeller-driven
lightweight structure with a high-aspect-ratio
wing. Its advanced propulsion system will enable
Phantom Eye to provide persistent monitoring
over large areas for up to four days at a time while
carrying a 450-pound (204.5-kilogram) payload.
Phantom Eye’s first flight was June 1, 2012, at
Edwards Air Force Base, California. The demon-
strator has completed nine successful flight tests
and has flown with an instrumentation payload
contracted by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.
502 Phoenix The 502 Phoenix is a configurable line of small
satellite prototypes for geosynchronous, medium
and low Earth orbit missions. Boeing is develop-
ing these satellites to perform a variety of diverse
missions. These smaller-sized satellites offer
faster, more affordable mission-based configu-
rations to a variety of potential government and
commercial customers. The 502 satellites share
a common architecture, flight software and
simplified payload integration options, allowing
for rapid manufacturing and deployment while
reducing development costs. Boeing received its
first commercial order for the 502 Phoenix small
satellite in September 2014 from HySpecIQ of
Washington, D.C.
QF-16 Boeing is converting retired F-16s into full-scale
aerial targets that will replace the existing QF-4
fleet. The QF-16s will be used to test newly
developed weapons and train pilots for the
rapidly changing nature of warfare in a safe and
controlled environment. The QF-16 contract
includes design, testing, manufacturing readiness
and production.
Ship’s Signal Exploitation Equipment
(SSEE) Increment F
SSEE systems are tactical cryptologic and
information warfare systems that operate across
multiple U.S. Navy surface combatant platforms.
SSEE acquires, identifies, locates and analyzes
signals for external and internal information.
SSEE Increment F is a next-generation system
within the SSEE program.
Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
Laser SDB
The SDB is a 250-pound (113-kilogram) precision-
guided munition that can be delivered from a
distance of 60 nautical miles in any weather, day
or night, with reduced collateral damage around
the target. The SDB system includes a four-place
smart pneumatic carriage system that allows
each aircraft to carry more of the miniaturized
munitions per sortie. The Focused Lethality
Munition variant provides ultra-low collateral
damage, and the Laser SDB variant can pros-
ecute moving targets. The SDB is on most U.S.
Air Force delivery platforms, including the F-15E,
F-22A Raptor and F-16 Falcon, and is expected
for deployment on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.