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| Selected Boeing Products, Programs
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| Boeing is prime contractor for the Ground-based Midcourse
Defense (GMD) program, which is designed to defend the
United States from a limited ICBM attack. The multiyear,
multibillion-dollar effort calls for the company to develop,
test and integrate all GMD elements. The program has enjoyed
several successful integrated flight demonstrations. Current
plans include developing and demonstrating the system
to a point at which a decision to deploy can be made within
the next several years. |
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| In 1999, a Boeing-led team was awarded the FIA contract
from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) – a
key element of the NRO’s space-based architecture.
This significant contract, which extends through 2010,
confirms the leadership position of Boeing in the area
of space imaging. |
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| Boeing has built a total of 40 GPS satellites. Currently,
Boeing is under contract to build six follow-on Block
IIF satellites with an option for additional vehicles.
Additionally, Boeing is under U.S. Air Force contract
to lead the ground control segment of the GPS constellation
and is competing to build the next generation GPS Block
III. |
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| Boeing is prime contractor on the Airborne Laser program
and leads a team with a $1.3-billion contract to conduct
the program definition and risk reduction phase of the
ABL program. This U.S. Air Force effort is intended to
explore the feasibility of an airborne laser system for
defense against tactical theater ballistic missiles during
their boost phase. Boeing is also leading a national team
on the Space-Based Laser program. |
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| In 2001, a Boeing-led team began working on the development
of an AEW&C system for Australia, and continued contract
negotiations for the acquisition and development of an
AEW&C system for Turkey. The program, which in Australia
is known as Project Wedgetail, will utilize 737-700 aircraft
to provide airborne electronic and communications systems
for the Australian and Turkish defense forces. Boeing
has gained significant experience on such systems through
30 years of successfully designing, developing and managing
707 AWACS and 767 AWACS systems and upgrades. |
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| Boeing Satellite Systems is the world’s largest
manufacturer of commercial communications satellites,
and a leader in military communications. Core products
include the versatile Boeing 376 spacecraft; the Boeing
601 satellite, the world’s best-selling large spacecraft;
and the Boeing 702,the world’s highest power satellite.
Military satellites include the U.S. Air Force Wideband
Gapfiller Satellite System and the U.S. Navy UHF Follow-On
satellite fleet. Highlights for the year 2001 consisted
of new orders for up to 18 satellites and payloads, a
string of six successful satellite launches, including
the company’s milestone 200th, and the demonstration
of a new satellite service, Boeing Digital Cinema. Boeing
Satellite Systems ends the year with a firm backlog of
35 satellites and payloads, plus options for 12. |
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| Boeing Capital Corporation |
| Jim Palmer, President / Renton,
Washington |
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| Boeing Capital Corporation is a global full-service
financier. An asset-based leasing and lending organization,
Boeing Capital manages a portfolio of more than $9 billion,
and is poised for prudent, profitable growth. For more
than 30 years, it has been a provider of financing solutions
for all types of commercial and business aircraft, a wide
range of commercial equipment, and most recently, space
and defense systems. |
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| Connexion by Boeing |
| Scott Carson, President / Seattle,
Washington |
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| Connexion by BoeingSM provides high-speed broadband
communication services to aircraft in flight. Through
the service, high-speed broadband (or high-data-rate)
connectivity is delivered directly to airline seats, providing
airline passengers and government and private aircraft
operators with personalized and secure real-time access
to the Internet, company intranets and television and
news content. Connexion by Boeing will also provide airline
personnel with information that will enhance operational
efficiency on the ground and in the air. |
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| Air Traffic Management |
| John Hayhurst, President / McLean,
Virginia and Bellevue, Washington |
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| The concepts under development by Boeing Air Traffic
Management will revolutionize the global air transportation
system by supporting its safe and unconstrained growth.
They will also significantly enhance security by enabling
system-wide connectivity between aircraft, ground-based
controllers and authorities, and flight operations personnel.
Scattered data sources will be seamlessly integrated into
a secure and encrypted Common Information Network that
will allow the rapid detection of unusual events and enable
rapid and collaborative emergency response planning. |
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