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Global Services & Support (GS&S) Global Services & Support provides customers
with best-value mission readiness through total
support solutions. The global business sustains
aircraft and systems with a full spectrum of prod-
ucts and services including aircraft maintenance,
modification and upgrades; supply chain man-
agement; engineering and logistics support; pilot
and maintenance training; and other defense and
government services. GS&S international opera-
tions include Boeing Defence U.K. Ltd., Boeing
Defence Australia, and Alsalam Aircraft Company,
a joint venture headquartered in Saudi Arabia.
GS&S also provides support services for Italy and
Japan’s KC-767 International Tanker programs.
GS&S is considered the partner of choice for
many international government agencies.
Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD)
GMD Interceptor
Boeing is prime contractor for all elements of GMD,
the United States’ only defense against long-range
ballistic missiles. An integral element of the U.S.
global ballistic missile defense system, GMD
consists of networked radars, space- and land-
based sensors, command-and-control facilities
and ground-based interceptors connected through
an extensive space and terrestrial communications
network. In 2012, we completed the third missile
field at Fort Greely, Alaska and an advanced
power plant to support missile defense
operations. GMD has achieved eight successful
intercept tests, including three successful mis-
sions with operationally configured interceptors.
Boeing continues to lead GMD development,
integration, testing, operations and sustainment
activities, building on the company’s extensive
program experience.
Harpoon Harpoon, the world’s premier anti-ship missile,
features autonomous, all-weather, over-the-horizon
capability and can execute both land-strike and
anti-ship missions. The blast warhead delivers lethal
firepower against a wide variety of land-based tar-
gets, including coastal defense sites, surface-to-air
missile sites, exposed aircraft, port or industrial
facilities and ships in port. Currently, more than 30
U.S.-allied armed forces deploy Harpoon missiles.
The U.S. Navy and Boeing initiated a Harpoon
integration program in 2012, which will extend the
life of the U.S. Navy Harpoon program past 2025.
Inmarsat-5 Satellites Boeing is building three 702HP satellites to provide
new Ka-band global and high-capacity satellite
services to Inmarsat. The new satellites will join
Inmarsat’s fleet of 11 geostationary satellites that
provide a wide range of voice and data services
through an established global network of distribu-
tors and service providers. These satellites will
provide Inmarsat with the ability to adapt to shifting
subscriber usage patterns of high data rates,
specialized applications and evolving demograph-
ics over a projected 15-year lifetime. Separately,
Boeing has entered into a distribution partnership
with Inmarsat to provide L- and Ka-band capacity
services to key users within the U.S. government.
Integrated Logistics Boeing’s Integrated Logistics division consists of
a fully integrated array of services that address
the complete life cycle of each aircraft and
system. Key programs include the F/A-18E/F
Integrated Readiness Support Teaming, C-17
Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program,
support to the AH-64 Apache and CH-47
Chinook helicopters, as well as other Boeing
military platforms. Boeing is the industry leader
in the field of Performance-Based Logistics, the
U.S. Department of Defense preferred method
of sustainment.
Intelsat Satellites Four Boeing-built 702MP communications
satellites—Intelsat 21, Intelsat 22, Intelsat 27
and Intelsat 29e—are refreshing and adding
new telecommunications capacity to Intelsat’s
global satellite fleet. These new satellites are the
first in the Boeing 702MP satellite series and are
distributing video, data and voice services from
Asia and Africa to the Americas and Europe. The
702MP provides the high-capability features of
the flight-proven Boeing 702, but with a substan-
tially updated satellite bus structure and simplified
propulsion system. Intelsat 22 and 21 were
launched in March and August 2012, respectively,
and are performing nominally on orbit. The third
702MP is scheduled for launch in the first quarter
of 2013. Intelsat 29e will carry Intelsat S.A.’s new
high-performance Epic platform, with launch
scheduled in 2015.
International Space Station (ISS) The space station is the largest, most complex
international scientific project in history. Inhabited
continuously since 2000, its crews conduct
research to support human exploration of space
and to take advantage of space as a laboratory
for scientific, technological and commercial
research. Boeing is the prime contractor to NASA
for the space station. In addition to designing and
building the major U.S. elements, Boeing is also
responsible for ensuring the successful integra-
tion of any new hardware and software, including
components from international partners, and for
providing sustaining engineering activities.
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)
Extended Range JDAM Laser JDAM
(JDAM ER)
JDAM guidance kits convert existing unguided
warheads into the most capable, affordable and
combat-proven air-to-surface weapons, making
JDAM the warfighter’s weapon of choice. More
than 240,000 JDAMs have been delivered since
1998 including newer variants such as Laser
JDAM, which provides a modular laser sensor
kit that is easily installed in the field to the front of
existing JDAM weapons, adding mission flexibility
to prosecute mobile and maritime targets. The
winged JDAM ER provides triple the range of a
conventional JDAM for additional standoff and
threat protection for the warfighter.
KC-46A The KC-46A is a widebody, multi-role tanker that
will revolutionize the air-mobility mission for the
warfighter. Capable of refueling all U.S., allied
and coalition military aircraft via either a sixth-
generation fly-by-wire boom, wing air refueling
pods or an integrated centerline drogue system,
the KC-46A will also carry passengers, cargo and
patients. The KC-46A will recapitalize 179 of the
U.S. Air Force’s aging KC-135 tankers. In 2012,
the program completed a successful Preliminary
Design Review, opened the first of five System
Integration Labs, and began production of the
first KC-46A boom in the newly opened Boom
Assembly Center. The program is scheduled for
a Critical Design Review in 2013 and is on plan to
deliver the first 18 combat-ready tankers by 2017.