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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:

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

Image:Usaf.Boeing B-52.jpg

[edit] Helicopters

[edit] Tactical fighters

[edit] Tankers and transports

KC-135 Stratotanker refuels F-22 Raptor

[edit] Surveillance and other military

E-3 Sentry

[edit] Unmanned aerial vehicles

The X-45A UAV. a prototype for the significantly larger X-45C.

[edit] Missiles

[edit] Space launch and exploration

Delta rocket family

Boeing Launch Services Inc. (BLS) is Boeing's commercial launch service provider.

[edit] Satellites

[edit] Other

Pegasus class hydrofoils

[edit] Organization

Integrated Defense Systems is currently organized as:

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]


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