Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
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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. It is a consolidated group consisting of the following acquired companies:
- Hughes Satellite Systems
- Hughes Helicopters
- Piasecki Helicopter, subsequently known as Boeing Vertol and then Boeing Helicopters
- The St. Louis-based McDonnell division of the former McDonnell Douglas Company
- The former North American Aviation division of Rockwell
James F. Albaugh, Executive Vice President, The Boeing Company, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Defense Systems. This 76,000-person, $30.8 billion business unit is being restructured into three subdivisions:
- Precision Engagement and Mobility System, responsible for fighter aircraft, airlifters, aerial refuelling tankers, helicopters, and airborne warfare systems. This group will be headquartered in northern Virginia, and led by John Lockard.
- Networks and 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 MRO, material management, training systems, international business operations, and advanced logistic systems. This group will be headquartered in St. Louis, and led by Pat Finneran.
- IDS was connected to Phantom Works research group, inherited from McDonnell Douglas, but now Phantom Works falls under the Boeing Technology organization.
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[edit] Products
[edit] Bombers
- Y1B-9
- B-17 Flying Fortress
- B-29 Superfortress
- B-47 Stratojet
- B-50 Superfortress
- B-52 Stratofortress
- B-1B Lancer (Rockwell)
- B-2 Spirit (in contractor team under Northrop Grumman)
[edit] Helicopters
- AH-64 Apache
- CH-46 Sea Knight
- CH-47 Chinook
- V-22 Osprey (with Bell Helicopter)
- RAH-66 Comanche (with Sikorsky), cancelled light attack helicopter
[edit] Tactical fighters
- P-26 Peashooter
- F-4 Phantom II (McDonnell Douglas)
- F-15 Eagle (McDonnell Douglas)
- AV-8A Harrier (British Aerospace)
- AV-8B Harrier II (McDonnell Douglas/British Aerospace)
- Harrier GR9 (BAe/McDonnell Douglas)
- F/A-18 Hornet (McDonnell Douglas)
See also: Blue Angels aerobatic team - F/A-18E/F Super Hornet (designed by McDonnell Douglas)
- F-22 Raptor (partner with prime contractor Lockheed Martin)
- X-32, Boeing's losing entry for the Joint Strike Fighter
[edit] Tankers and transports
- KC-135 Stratotanker
- KC-10 Extender (McDonnell Douglas)
- KC-767, replacement for KC-135
- C-22
- C-32A Executive Transport
- C-40 Clipper
- YC-14
- YC-15 (McDonnell Douglas)
- C-17 Globemaster III (McDonnell Douglas)
- VC-25A ("Air Force One")
[edit] Surveillance and other military
- Airborne Laser
- EC-135
- OC-135 Open Skies
- RC-135 Rivet Joint
- E-3 Sentry (an AWACS surveillance aircraft)
- E-4B (Advanced Airborne Command Post)
- E-6 TACAMO
- E-8 Joint STARS, ground battle management
- E-10 MC2A (successor to the E-3, E-8, EC-135)
- T-43
- T-45 Goshawk
- Project Wedgetail (AEW&C)
- P-8 Poseidon (ASW)
- X-36 (Tailless Agility Research Aircraft)
[edit] Unmanned aerial vehicles
[edit] Missiles
- BOMARC
- AGM-48 Skybolt (Douglas)
- Harpoon missiles (McDonnell Douglas)
- AGM-86 ALCM Cruise Missile
- AGM-114 Hellfire (McDonnell Douglas)
- BGM-109 Tomahawk (McDonnell Douglas)
- Brimstone
[edit] Space launch and exploration
Boeing Launch Services Inc. (BLS) is Boeing's commercial launch service provider.
- X-20 Dyna-Soar
- X-40
- S-IC first stage (Boeing), S-II second stage (North American Aviation)
- S-IVB third stage (Douglas Aircraft Company)
- Apollo Command/Service Module (North American Aviation)
- X-38 Crew Return Vehicle
- Inertial Upper Stage (Titan IV)
- International Space Station
- Solar Orbit Transfer Vehicle
- Space Shuttle (Rockwell)
- Delta rocket (aka Thor-Delta)
- Delta II
- Delta III
- Delta IV EELV
- Sea Launch (with Energia, Aker Kværner, and Yuzhnoe)
- X-37
[edit] 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)
[edit] Other
[edit] Organization
Integrated Defense Systems is currently organized as:
- Integrated Defense Systems
- Advanced Systems
- Network & Space Systems
- Boeing Satellite Systems, formerly a unit of Hughes Electronics
- Precision Engagement & Mobility Systems
- Support Systems
- Joint Ventures
- Sea Launch (40% Boeing)
- United Launch Alliance (with Lockheed Martin)
- United Space Alliance (with Lockheed Martin)
For more information see IDS Overview.
[edit] Facilities
On July 21, 2006, Boeing announced that it would be consolidating its Southern California locations. The Boeing facility in Anaheim would be moving to Huntington Beach, CA. [1]
- Decatur, Alabama
- Huntsville, Alabama
- Mesa, Arizona
- Anaheim, California
- El Segundo, California
- Palmdale, California
- Long Beach, California
- Seal Beach, California
- Macon, Georgia
- Kennedy Space Center, Florida
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Wichita, Kansas
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- El Paso, Texas
- Houston, Texas
- San Antonio, Texas
- Puget Sound, Washington






