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Sea Launch Company, LLC
Odyssey Launch Platform
Sea Launch is an international company 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-kilogram (8,818 to 13,228
pounds) payload class from an ocean-based
platform positioned on the equator. Sea Launch
has completed 22 successful missions since its
inaugural launch in March 1999, including five
in 2006. Sea Launch also offers land-based
commercial launch services for medium-weight
satellites up to 3,500 kilograms (7,716 pounds)
from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan
and in collaboration with International Space
Services of Moscow. Sea Launch World
Headquarters and Home Port are located in
Long Beach, California.
SLAM-ER The Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded
Response (SLAM-ER) missile provides over-the-
horizon, precision strike capability for the U.S.
Navy day or night and in adverse weather condi-
tions. The only air-to-surface weapon that can
engage fixed or moving targets on the land and
at sea, 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
effectiveness, providing an effective, long-range,
precision-strike option for both preplanned and
target-of-opportunity attack missions against
land and ship targets. A land-moving target
capability for SLAM-ER will be fielded in fiscal
year 2007. In addition to the U.S. Navy, the
Republic of Korea is also a customer.
2007 deliveries: 2 guidance sets
Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) The SDB system is capable of delivering a
113.4 kilogram (250-pound) precision standoff
guided munition from a distance of 60 nautical
miles in all weather, day or night. In addition to
the munitions, the SDB system includes a four-
place smart pneumatic carriage system, accu-
racy support infrastructure, a mission-planning
system and a logistics system. Boeing success-
fully completed development and operational
testing of the SDB on schedule, and the U.S. Air
Force deployed the system in September 2006.
The Air Force approved SDB for full-rate produc-
tion and awarded Boeing an $80 million contract
for the third production lot in December 2006.
The SDB’s miniaturized size allows each aircraft
to carry more weapons per sortie, and its preci-
sion accuracy and effective warhead provide war
planners with greater target effectiveness and
reduced collateral damage around the target.
SDB is deployed in combat on the F-15E, and
integration is expected on most other U.S. Air
Force delivery platforms, including the F-22A
Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
2007 deliveries: 567 weapons, 140 carriages
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
compatibility, extract payloads at mission end
and operate and maintain associated 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.
Space Shuttle The space shuttle is the world’s only operational,
reusable launch vehicle capable of supporting
human space-flight mission requirements.
Boeing is a major subcontractor to NASA’s
space program operations contractor, United
Space Alliance. As the original developer and
manufacturer of the Space Shuttle Orbiter,
Boeing is responsible for orbiter engineering,
major modification design, engineering support
to operations (including launch) and overall
shuttle systems and payload integration serv-
ices. The space shuttle will retire in 2010
when assembly of the International Space
Station is complete.
Support Systems Support Systems provides best-value mission
readiness to the warfighter through total support
solutions for Boeing and non-Boeing military air-
craft across the globe. Support Systems sus-
tains aircraft with a full spectrum of products and
services, including aircraft maintenance, modifi-
cation and upgrades; supply chain management;
engineering and logistics support; and pilot and
maintenance training.
Support Systems’ Maintenance, Modifications
and Upgrades division operates four centers
strategically located throughout the United States,
providing high-quality, rapid cycle time and
affordable aircraft services for military customers
on programs that include the A-10, B-1B, B-52,
KC-135, KC-10 and C-130.
Integrated Logistics serves customer readiness
through integrated applications of system-level
performance-based-logistics, delivering opti-
mized, bundled capability to the warfighter—not
just spares or services—on programs like the
C-17, F-18, AH-64 and CH-47.
Based on over 30 years of expertise gained in
the design and development of more than 150
trainers for 24 different aircraft, Training Systems
and Services encompasses fully integrated train-
ing systems, as well as comprehensive services
that include instructors, courseware developers,
logistics support and mission planning systems.
Training Systems and Services is a full-service
division dedicated to providing customer-
focused solutions that begin with a full analysis
of needs and end in a cost-effective, tailored
package of systems, services and support.
The Boeing Company and Subsidiaries