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E-4B The E-4B Advanced Airborne Command Post is
used by the National Command Authority as a
survivable command post for control of U.S.
forces. Secondary missions include VIP travel and
Federal Emergency Management Agency sup-
port, providing communications to relief efforts
following natural disasters. The Boeing-led industry
team is modernizing the E-4B fleet with communi-
cation upgrades, flight deck upgrades, and
avionics upgrades; providing contractor logistics
support at Offutt Air Force Base; and performing
programmed depot maintenance on the fleet.
EA-18G Growler The EA-18G Growler is the only air combat
platform that delivers full-spectrum airborne
electronic attack (AEA) capability along with the
targeting and self-defense capabilities derived
from the U.S. Navy’s frontline fighter, the
F/A-18E/F Block II Super Hornet. The EA-18G’s
highly flexible design enables warfighters to
operate either from the deck of an aircraft carrier
or from land-based airfields. It is replacing the
Navy’s current AEA platform, the EA-6B Prowler.
After achieving Initial Operational Capability, the
EA-18G completed its first combat deployment
in 2011, conducting operations in Iraq and Libya,
and is combat deployed today.
2012 deliveries: 25
Enhanced Medium Altitude
Reconnaissance and Surveillance System
(EMARSS)
EMARSS consists of a Federal Aviation
Administration-certified Hawker Beechcraft King
Air 350ER equipped with a system to detect,
locate, identify and track surface targets, day
or night, in almost all weather conditions. It
will provide soldiers with tactical intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance, communica-
tions and targeting equipment, regardless of
location. Boeing’s contract for EMARSS includes
engineering and manufacturing development for
four aircraft, as well as interim logistics support.
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is the U.S. Navy’s
newest, premier strike fighter, deployed in
both air-dominance and precision-strike roles.
Combining exceptional aerodynamic and
systems performance, long-term growth capa-
bility, and advanced sensors like the APG-79
Active Electronically Scanned Array radar, the
Super Hornet carries within its design every
role a tactical aircraft can perform. The Super
Hornet’s advanced sensor and information suite
collects and fuses data from offboard sources
and onboard sensors, enabling it to seamlessly
detect and eliminate air, ground or sea-based
threats. Built by Boeing, General Electric Aviation,
Raytheon and Northrop Grumman, the Super
Hornet operates from aircraft carriers and land
bases. Its advanced composites and modern
alloys enable major signature reduction that
achieves optimum stealth.
2012 deliveries: 23
F-15E Strike Eagle The F-15 Strike Eagle delivered to customers
today provides superior performance in terms
of service ceiling, speed, range, endurance and
payload capacity while retaining growth potential
to ensure that customers can perform missions
effectively now and in the future. It includes twin
engines for performance and survivability, dual
missionized cockpits, AESA radar, advanced
electronic warfare equipment, digital fly-by-
wire flight controls and two additional weapon
hardpoints (wing stations 1 and 9) for maximum
payload capability. The Silent Eagle offers greater
mission flexibility with optional internal or external
weapons carriage, enhanced survivability through
signature reduction, and an advanced cockpit.
The F-15 is flown by the U.S. Air Force and five
other nations. Boeing also provides performance-
based logistics sustainment services to F-15
operators. Boeing provides varied levels of sup-
port tailored to each customer’s needs for the
entire F-15 fleet. Boeing is under contract with
the U.S. Air Force for the sale of 84 F-15SA to
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2012 deliveries: 8
F-22 Raptor The F-22 Raptor provides the U.S. Air Force
with air-dominance capabilities through its
revolutionary combination of stealth, super-cruise,
advanced integrated avionics and unmatched
maneuverability. Boeing, in partnership with
Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney, produced
195 Raptors and continues to support the F-22
fleet through modernization, sustainment and
training programs.
Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight
Terminals (FAB-T)
Boeing is under contract with the U.S. Air Force to
develop a family of multi-mission-capable satellite
communications terminals to enable information
exchange and command and control decisions
among ground, air and space platforms. In 2012,
the program’s contract was converted to a fixed-
price structure to complete development. Boeing
finished a number of important milestones includ-
ing all development integration testing and the
successful demonstration of end-to-end commu-
nication using a terminal from the FAB-T system
and the Advanced Extremely High Frequency
satellite. The program is delivering engineering
development models and has entered functional
qualification testing. The customer is expected
to make a FAB-T production decision by the
end of 2013.
Global Positioning System (GPS) Since 1978, Boeing has delivered 41 GPS satel-
lites to the U.S. Air Force, including the GPS
IIF that is sustaining and modernizing the GPS
constellation. Boeing is under contract to build
12 GPS Block IIF satellites and launched the third
satellite in October 2012. The GPS IIF satellites
incorporate several key technology enhance-
ments, including greater navigational accuracy
through improvements in atomic-clock technol-
ogy, a more secure and jam-resistant military
signal, a protected signal to assist in commercial
aviation and search-and-rescue operations,
an onboard reprogrammable processor, and a
12-year design life providing long-term service
and reduced operating costs.