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Selected Programs, Products and Services
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Boeing Defense, Space & Security Dennis A. Muilenburg, President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
737 Airborne Early Warning and
Control (AEW&C)
The 737 AEW&C encompasses the Boeing
737-700 platform and an advanced air battle
management and radar system. Boeing delivered
four Wedgetail aircraft to the Royal Australian Air
Force in 2010. All six aircraft in the fleet will be
upgraded in the final AEW&C configuration in-
cluding Electronic Support Measures in 2011.
Four 737 aircraft for the Republic of Turkey’s
Peace Eagle program have been modified into an
AEW&C platform. The program completed the
Developmental Test and Evaluation phase and is
ready to begin verification testing in the laboratory
and on the first aircraft in Seattle. The Ground
Support Center at the Military Operating Base is
progressing through its development, test and
evaluation in Konya, Turkey. Mission system flight
testing is under way on the first aircraft for the
Republic of Korea’s Peace Eye program. Three
other AEW&C aircraft are being modified in
Sacheon, Korea. Delivery of the first Peace Eye
aircraft is scheduled for 2011.
2010 deliveries: 4
A-10 Thunderbolt Wing Replacement
Program & Life-Cycle Program Support
Boeing has worked since 2007 to design and
manufacture replacement wings for up to 242
A-10 aircraft. Wing deliveries will begin in the first
quarter of 2011. In 2009, Boeing was awarded a
four-year U.S. Air Force contract to sustain the
A-10 and integrate current and future upgrades
into the aircraft’s avionics, mechanical and
structural systems. Boeing is one of three con-
tractors that will fulfill A-10 Thunderbolt Life-Cycle
Program Support. Boeing was awarded a con-
tract in 2010 to conduct development and design
repairs for A-10 fuselage and to train the U.S. Air
Force maintainers to make these repairs.
AH-64D Apache Longbow The AH-64D Apache Longbow is the most
capable, survivable, deployable and maintainable
multimission combat helicopter in the world.
Boeing completed U.S. government multi-year
contracts for 501 Apache Longbows. The U.S.
Army contracted with Boeing for 66 new and
more than 200 additional remanufactured Apaches.
Boeing will begin deliveries of the AH-64D
Apache Block III to the Army in late 2011. This
newest version of the Apache features enhanced
aircraft performance, joint digital interoperability,
survivability and cognitive decision aiding,
while reducing operations and support costs.
The Block III program this year successfully
completed the U.S. Department of Defense
Acquisition Milestone C, allowing the program to
enter into Low-Rate Initial Production. In addition
to the U.S. Army, Apache customers include
Egypt, Greece, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Singapore,
the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, Taiwan,
Turkey and the United Kingdom. Boeing also
provides performance-based logistics sustain-
ment services for the U.S. Army’s Apache fleet,
as well as a full suite of Apache training devices
for domestic and international customers.
2010 deliveries: 13 new, 44 remanufactured
Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) Boeing is the prime contractor for ALTB, an air-
borne, mega-watt class directed-energy weapon
system designed to detect, track and destroy
ballistic missiles in the boost phase, when they
are most vulnerable. The ALTB aircraft is a
modified Boeing 747-400F. In February 2010,
the ALTB team made history by destroying a
threat-representative ballistic missile in its boost
phase of flight with an airborne directed-energy
weapon. Additional testing will advance the
application of directed-energy technologies to
future platforms.
B-1/B-52 Bombers
B-1 Bomber B-52 Bomber
The B-1B Lancer is a long-range bomber in
service with the U.S. Air Force since 1984.
The B-1B is capable of rapidly delivering large
quantities of precision munitions through any
weather, anyplace in the world, anytime. The
B-52H Stratofortress is in its fourth decade of
operational service. Its primary mission is to
provide the United States with immediate nuclear
and conventional global capability. Due to its high
mission-capable rate, long range, persistence
and ability to employ accurate standoff weapons
and Joint Direct Attack Munitions, the B-52H
continues to be a major contributor to U.S. and
allied forces.
Boeing Launch Services
Commercial Delta II Commercial Delta IV
Medium Medium Plus Heavy
Boeing continues to offer the Delta family of
launch vehicles to commercial customers through
launch services contracted with the United Launch
Alliance. Commercial Delta launches are conduct-
ed from ULA’s launch facilities at Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station, Florida, and at Vandenberg
Air Force Base, California. Delta rockets provide
Boeing’s commercial launch customers with a
wide range of payload capabilities and vehicle
configuration options to deliver missions reliably
to virtually any destination in space.
2010 launches: 1 successful Delta II commercial
mission, 1 successful Delta IV commercial mission
Brigade Combat Team Modernization (BCTM)
BCTM is developing a secure broadband mobile
network for the Army that will modernize how the
Army conducts effective operations across the
spectrum of conflict. The BCTM program will pro-
vide Army Brigade Combat Teams with increased
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
capabilities. As the prime contractor, Boeing
manages a best-of-industry team that expects
to complete delivery of the first brigade set of
equipment to the Army in 2011.
Argon ST A wholly owned subsidiary acquired by Boeing
in August 2010, Argon ST is focused on
developing command, control, communications,
computers, intelligence, surveillance, and recon-
naissance (C4ISR) and combat systems that
deliver information to warfighters and decision
makers to impact their critical decisions. Argon’s
capabilities are focused on sensors, systems,
networks and services. Argon currently includes
Boeing’s Integrated Shipboard Systems efforts.
Selected Programs, Products and Services
135
Boeing Defense, Space & Security Dennis A. Muilenburg, President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
737 Airborne Early Warning and
Control (AEW&C)
The 737 AEW&C encompasses the Boeing
737-700 platform and an advanced air battle
management and radar system. Boeing delivered
four Wedgetail aircraft to the Royal Australian Air
Force in 2010. All six aircraft in the fleet will be
upgraded in the final AEW&C configuration in-
cluding Electronic Support Measures in 2011.
Four 737 aircraft for the Republic of Turkey’s
Peace Eagle program have been modified into an
AEW&C platform. The program completed the
Developmental Test and Evaluation phase and is
ready to begin verification testing in the laboratory
and on the first aircraft in Seattle. The Ground
Support Center at the Military Operating Base is
progressing through its development, test and
evaluation in Konya, Turkey. Mission system flight
testing is under way on the first aircraft for the
Republic of Korea’s Peace Eye program. Three
other AEW&C aircraft are being modified in
Sacheon, Korea. Delivery of the first Peace Eye
aircraft is scheduled for 2011.
2010 deliveries: 4
A-10 Thunderbolt Wing Replacement
Program & Life-Cycle Program Support
Boeing has worked since 2007 to design and
manufacture replacement wings for up to 242
A-10 aircraft. Wing deliveries will begin in the first
quarter of 2011. In 2009, Boeing was awarded a
four-year U.S. Air Force contract to sustain the
A-10 and integrate current and future upgrades
into the aircraft’s avionics, mechanical and
structural systems. Boeing is one of three con-
tractors that will fulfill A-10 Thunderbolt Life-Cycle
Program Support. Boeing was awarded a con-
tract in 2010 to conduct development and design
repairs for A-10 fuselage and to train the U.S. Air
Force maintainers to make these repairs.
AH-64D Apache Longbow The AH-64D Apache Longbow is the most
capable, survivable, deployable and maintainable
multimission combat helicopter in the world.
Boeing completed U.S. government multi-year
contracts for 501 Apache Longbows. The U.S.
Army contracted with Boeing for 66 new and
more than 200 additional remanufactured Apaches.
Boeing will begin deliveries of the AH-64D
Apache Block III to the Army in late 2011. This
newest version of the Apache features enhanced
aircraft performance, joint digital interoperability,
survivability and cognitive decision aiding,
while reducing operations and support costs.
The Block III program this year successfully
completed the U.S. Department of Defense
Acquisition Milestone C, allowing the program to
enter into Low-Rate Initial Production. In addition
to the U.S. Army, Apache customers include
Egypt, Greece, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Singapore,
the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, Taiwan,
Turkey and the United Kingdom. Boeing also
provides performance-based logistics sustain-
ment services for the U.S. Army’s Apache fleet,
as well as a full suite of Apache training devices
for domestic and international customers.
2010 deliveries: 13 new, 44 remanufactured
Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) Boeing is the prime contractor for ALTB, an air-
borne, mega-watt class directed-energy weapon
system designed to detect, track and destroy
ballistic missiles in the boost phase, when they
are most vulnerable. The ALTB aircraft is a
modified Boeing 747-400F. In February 2010,
the ALTB team made history by destroying a
threat-representative ballistic missile in its boost
phase of flight with an airborne directed-energy
weapon. Additional testing will advance the
application of directed-energy technologies to
future platforms.
B-1/B-52 Bombers
B-1 Bomber B-52 Bomber
The B-1B Lancer is a long-range bomber in
service with the U.S. Air Force since 1984.
The B-1B is capable of rapidly delivering large
quantities of precision munitions through any
weather, anyplace in the world, anytime. The
B-52H Stratofortress is in its fourth decade of
operational service. Its primary mission is to
provide the United States with immediate nuclear
and conventional global capability. Due to its high
mission-capable rate, long range, persistence
and ability to employ accurate standoff weapons
and Joint Direct Attack Munitions, the B-52H
continues to be a major contributor to U.S. and
allied forces.
Boeing Launch Services
Commercial Delta II Commercial Delta IV
Medium Medium Plus Heavy
Boeing continues to offer the Delta family of
launch vehicles to commercial customers through
launch services contracted with the United Launch
Alliance. Commercial Delta launches are conduct-
ed from ULA’s launch facilities at Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station, Florida, and at Vandenberg
Air Force Base, California. Delta rockets provide
Boeing’s commercial launch customers with a
wide range of payload capabilities and vehicle
configuration options to deliver missions reliably
to virtually any destination in space.
2010 launches: 1 successful Delta II commercial
mission, 1 successful Delta IV commercial mission
Brigade Combat Team Modernization (BCTM)
BCTM is developing a secure broadband mobile
network for the Army that will modernize how the
Army conducts effective operations across the
spectrum of conflict. The BCTM program will pro-
vide Army Brigade Combat Teams with increased
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
capabilities. As the prime contractor, Boeing
manages a best-of-industry team that expects
to complete delivery of the first brigade set of
equipment to the Army in 2011.
Argon ST A wholly owned subsidiary acquired by Boeing in
August 2010, Argon ST is focused on developing
command, control, communications, computers,
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
(C4ISR) and combat systems that deliver
information to warfighters and decision makers
to impact their critical decisions. Argon’s
capabilities are focused on sensors, systems,
networks and services. Argon currently includes
Boeing’s Integrated Shipboard Systems efforts.
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