Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (Boeing IDS), based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, is a unit of The Boeing Company responsible for defense and aerospace products and services. Integrated Defense Systems was formed in 2002 by combining the former "Military Aircraft and Missile Systems" and "Space and Communications" divisions.[3] Integrated Defense Systems makes Boeing the second-largest defense contractor in the world and is responsible for 56% of the company's income.[4]
Integrated Defense Systems is a consolidated group which brought together major names in aerospace; Boeing Military Airplane Company; Hughes Satellite Systems; Hughes Helicopters minus the commercial helicopter products (which were divested as MD Helicopters); Piasecki Helicopter, subsequently known as Boeing Vertol and then Boeing Helicopters; the St. Louis-based McDonnell division of the former McDonnell Douglas Company; and the former North American Aviation division of Rockwell International.
Organization
IDS is organized into the following subdivisions as of September 2008:[2]
- Advanced Systems will develop the technologies for the evolving needs of Boeing's space and defense customers. Advanced Systems will collaborate with Phantom Works, Boeing's advanced research and development unit in developing these technologies.
- Network & Space Systems responsible for Boeing's Future Combat Systems program, rocket launch systems, missile defense, satellites, other networking services and also the Space Shuttle and Space Station programs. This group will be headquartered in northern Virginia, and led by Roger Krone.
- Support Systems responsible for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul, material management, training systems, international business operations, and advanced logistic systems. This group will be headquartered in St. Louis, and led by Pat Finneran.
- Joint Ventures
- Insitu, former partner of Boeing, was purchased in July 2008 (with the transaction closing September 8), and will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary.[5] Insitu developed the ScanEagle UAV and is currently developing new UAV platforms and control systems. Insitu is headquartered in Bingen, Washington.
Products
Bombers
Rotorcraft
Tactical fighters
X-32B Joint Strike Fighter
Tankers and transports
KC-135 Stratotanker refuels F-22 Raptor
Surveillance and other military
Unmanned aerial vehicles
The X-45A UAV. a prototype for the significantly larger X-45C.
Missiles
Space launch and exploration
Boeing Launch Services Inc. (BLS) is Boeing's commercial launch service provider.
Satellites
- Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite
- Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations (ASTRO)
- GPS Satellites (Rockwell)
- Integrated Solar Upper Stage
- Kinetic Energy Anti-Satellite Weapon System
- XSS Micro-satellite
- 376 (formerly Hughes Satellite Systems - HSS)
- 601 (formerly HSS)
- 702 (formerly HSS)
Other
Facilities
On July 21, 2006, Boeing announced that it would be consolidating its Southern California locations. The Boeing facility in Anaheim will be moving to Huntington Beach, CA.[1]
- Decatur, Alabama
- Huntsville, Alabama (ISS, Delta)
- Mesa, Arizona (AH-64)
- Anaheim, California
- El Segundo, California (601, 702)
- Palmdale, California
- Long Beach, California (C-17)
- Seal Beach, California
- Huntington Beach, California
- Macon, Georgia
- Kennedy Space Center, Florida
- St. Louis, Missouri (F-15, F/A-18)
- St. Charles, Missouri (Weapons)
- Wichita, Kansas
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (H-46, H-47, V-22)
- El Paso, Texas
- Houston, Texas
- San Antonio, Texas
- Puget Sound, Washington
- Midwest City, Oklahoma
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