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90 The Boeing Company and Subsidiaries
Selected Programs, Products and Services
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems continued
Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Boeing is under U.S. Air Force contract for five
WGS military communications satellites, with
options for a sixth. The 13-kilowatt WGS satel-
lites are based on Boeing’s 702 model and are
designed to provide improved communications
support for America’s warfighters. WGS is a high-
capacity satellite communications system with
newer and far greater capabilities than those pro-
vided by the Defense Satellite Communications
System (DSCS) on-orbit now. Providing a radio
frequency bypass capability designed to support
the additional bandwidth required by airborne
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
platforms, a single WGS satellite will provide
more bandwidth than the entire DSCS constella-
tion and will be compatible with existing control
systems and terminals. The first WGS satellite is
scheduled for launch in 2007.
X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) The U.S. Air Force in 2006 named Boeing as the
prime contractor for the X-37B OTV, which will
demonstrate a reliable and reusable unmanned
space test platform. OTV program objectives
include space experimentation, risk reduction
and concept of operations development for
reusable space vehicle technologies. In 2006, the
Boeing team conducted flight tests of the X-37
Approach and Landing Test Vehicle, an atmos-
pheric technology demonstrator project led by
the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency. The first orbital test flight of the X-37B
OTV is planned for 2008.
Boeing Capital is a global provider of financial
solutions. Drawing on its comprehensive expertise,
Boeing Capital arranges, structures and, where
appropriate, provides innovative financing solu-
tions for commercial and government customers
around the world. Working with Boeing’s busi-
ness units, Boeing Capital is committed to help-
ing customers obtain efficient financing for
Boeing products and services. To ensure
adequate availability of capital funding, Boeing
Capital is leading efforts to improve the interna-
tional financing infrastructure and engaging finan-
ciers in an aggressive investor outreach program.
With more than three decades of experience in
structured financing, leasing, complex restructur-
ing and trading, Boeing Capital’s team brings
opportunity and value to its financial partners.
Boeing Capital manages a greater than $8 billion
portfolio of more than 400 airplanes.
Boeing Capital Corporation Walter E. Skowronski, President, Renton, Washington, U.S.A.
V-22 Osprey Produced jointly by Boeing and Bell Helicopter, a
Textron Company, the V-22 will provide transfor-
mational combat capabilities to the U.S. Armed
Forces. The Osprey combines the speed and
range of fixed-wing aircraft with the vertical flight
performance of a helicopter, capable of at least
2,100 nautical miles in self-deployment and more
than 638 nautical miles in amphibious assault.
There are more than 40 MV-22s now flying with
the U.S. Marine Corps, and at least 10 CV-22s in
service with U.S. Air Force Special Operations
Command. Two U.S. Marine Corps tiltrotor oper-
ational squadrons and one U.S. Air Force Special
Operations squadron are active, and more will
stand up as V-22 deliveries increase to the full
production rate around the end of the decade.
2006 deliveries: 13 aircraft (Boeing delivered
12 fuselages)