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P-8A The P-8A Multi-mission Maritime
Aircraft is a modified Boeing 737-800
designed to replace the U.S. Navy’s
fleet of P-3s. The P-8A will dramati-
cally improve the U.S. Navy’s anti-
submarine warfare and anti-surface
warfare capabilities, as well as armed
intelligence, surveillance and recon-
naissance. Boeing was awarded a
$3.9 billion System Development and
Demonstration contract for the MMA
in June 2004. During 2005, the pro-
gram completed an immensely suc-
cessful Preliminary Design Review, an
in-depth technical assessment to
ensure that P-8A development can
proceed into detailed design and
meet performance requirements
within cost, schedule and other
system constraints. Critical Design
Review is scheduled for early 2007.
KC-767 Advanced Tanker Transport The KC-767 Advanced Tanker
Transport is the reliable, low-risk
solution for military air-refueling and
transport needs. Flight testing of the
Italian Air Force’s first KC-767A is
now under way, following the pro-
gram’s first flight in May 2005 and
public debut at the Paris Air Show.
The first 767 airplane for the Japan
Air Self-Defense Force is in Wichita,
Kan., and the number two Italy 767
is in Naples, Italy, for conversion to
KC-767 tankers. Italy’s first
KC-767A is scheduled for delivery
after completion of the flight test pro-
gram later this year. It carries more
fuel, more passengers and cargo,
has greater operational flexibility, and
has more refueling systems and
capability than the 707 tankers it
replaces.
Satellite Systems
Boeing 376 Boeing GEM
Boeing 601
Boeing 702
Boeing is the world’s leading manu-
facturer of geostationary satellites.
As a large systems integrator,
Boeing’s core competencies include
digital payloads, flexible satellite tech-
nology and other network-centric
operations enabling technology. Core
products include the Boeing 702, the
world’s highest-power satellite. In
2005, a Boeing-led team won a
study contract to define the next-
generation GOES-R weather satel-
lites for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. When
ready for launch in 2012, GOES-R
will improve the timeliness and accu-
racy of weather forecasts and will
also improve support for the detec-
tion and observation of meteorologi-
cal phenomena.
The Boeing Satellite Development
Center, Boeing subsidiary
Spectrolab, Inc., and two major
program areas completed AS9001
re-certification, which incorporates
the ISO 9001 quality management
standards.
Every satellite is designed, manufac-
tured and shipped from the Satellite
Development Center, in El Segundo,
Calif. This state-of-the-art facility is
the largest integrated satellite factory
in the world and covers an area of
nearly a million square feet.
2005 deliveries: 3 (XM-3, Spaceway
F1 and F2)
Sea Launch Company, LLC
Odyssey Launch Platform
Sea Launch is an international com-
pany in which Boeing is a 40-percent
partner with companies in Russia,
Ukraine and Norway. Sea Launch
offers heavy-lift commercial launch
services in the 4,000- to 6,000-kilo-
gram (8,818 to 13,228 pounds) pay-
load class from an ocean-based
platform positioned on the Equator.
Sea Launch has completed 17 suc-
cessful missions since its inaugural
launch in March 1999, including four
in 2005. Sea Launch also offers land-
based commercial launch services
for medium-weight satellites up to
3,500 kilograms (7,716 pounds) from
the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan, in collaboration with
International Space Services, of
Moscow. Sea Launch World
Headquarters and Home Port are
located in Long Beach, Calif. Sea
Launch has seven missions on
contract for 2006.
Selected Programs, Products and Services
SLAM-ER The Standoff Land Attack Missile
Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) is
the only air-to-surface weapon that
can engage fixed or moving targets
on the land and at sea, providing the
customer with a distinct advantage.
SLAM-ER is a day/night, adverse
weather, over-the-horizon, precision
strike missile for the U.S. Navy.
SLAM-ER addresses the U.S. Navy’s
requirements for a precision-guided
Standoff Outside of Theater Defense
weapon. SLAM-ER extends the
weapon system’s combat effective-
ness, providing an effective, long-
range, precision-strike option for both
preplanned and target-of-opportunity
attack missions against land and ship
targets. A moving target capability for
SLAM-ER will be fielded in fiscal year
2006. In addition to the U.S. Navy, the
Republic of Korea is also a customer.
2005 deliveries: 69 retrofits,
18 new missiles
2006 expected
deliveries: 29 new missiles
Small Diameter Bomb The Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
system consists of a 250-pound
class near-precision, all-weather,
day/night, 60-plus nautical mile
standoff guided munition, a four-
place smart pneumatic carriage sys-
tem, accuracy support infrastructure,
a mission planning system, and a
logistics system. SDB completed a
highly successful development flight
test program in August. SDB entered
low-rate initial production in April and
in October received a $38.3 million
contract for Lot 2 production. Its
miniaturized size allows each aircraft
to carry more weapons per sortie,
and its precision accuracy and
very effective warhead provide war
planners with greater target effective-
ness. SDB production deliveries for
deployment on the F-15E will begin
in 2006, with future integration ex-
pected on most other U.S. Air Force
delivery platforms, including the inter-
nal carriage on F-22A Raptor and
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems continued
Space Payloads Boeing has prepared payloads for
space flight since the dawn of the
Space Age. Under the Checkout,
Assembly and Payload Processing
Services contract with NASA, Boeing
and its teammates receive and
process payloads, prepare mission
cargo, test for launch vehicle com-
patibility, extract payloads at mission
end, and operate and maintain asso-
ciated facilities and ground systems.
Boeing has processed every Space
Shuttle payload since the first flight in
1981 and prepares every component
of the International Space Station
before it leaves Earth.