Boeing Integrated Defense Systems

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Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Type Operating Division
Founded 1939
2002-06-10 (as Boeing IDS)
Headquarters St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Key people James F. Albaugh (President and CEO)
Industry Aerospace and defense
Revenue US$30,791 million (2005)[1]
Employees 78,000[2]
Parent The Boeing Company
Website boeing.com/ids/

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.

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[edit] 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.
  • 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.

[edit] Products

[edit] Bombers

B-52 Stratofortress
B-52 Stratofortress

[edit] Rotorcraft

[edit] Tactical fighters

X-32B Joint Strike Fighter
X-32B Joint Strike Fighter

[edit] Tankers and transports

KC-135 Stratotanker refuels F-22 Raptor
KC-135 Stratotanker refuels F-22 Raptor

[edit] Surveillance and other military

E-3 Sentry
E-3 Sentry

[edit] Unmanned aerial vehicles

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

[edit] Missiles

[edit] Space launch and exploration

Delta rocket family
Delta rocket family

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

[edit] Satellites

[edit] Other

Pegasus class hydrofoils
Pegasus class hydrofoils

[edit] 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]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hoover's Company Records - In-depth Records: Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Hoover's Inc. Retrieved on 2007-01-15
  2. ^ a b Integrated Defense Systems: Overview, Boeing. Retrieved July 13, 2008.
  3. ^ Boeing Realigns Defense, Intelligence and Space Businesses
  4. ^ "Defense News Top 100 (2005 data)." Defense News.
  5. ^ Boeing Completes Acquisition of Insitu, Boeing, September 9, 2008. Retrieved September 25, 2008.
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