Overview
Boeing's Support Systems business is focused on maximizing the readiness and effectiveness of fielded and future systems, offering tailored, integrated, networked solutions to meet customers' complex sustainment needs.
With headquarters offices and operations in St. Louis, Support Systems has major operations in Wichita, Kan.; San Antonio; Long Beach, Calif.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Philadelphia; Mesa, Ariz.; Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; and Oklahoma City; as well as operations in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Key capabilities include:
- Maintenance, modifications and upgrades: Services range from regular, scheduled maintenance of military aircraft, such as the KC-135 Programmed Depot Maintenance program, to sophisticated structural and avionics modifications like the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program and support for the Presidential aircraft fleet.
- Integrated Logistics: Provides post-delivery sustainment of military aircraft, as well as technical data, support equipment and other logistics support elements.
- Product support: On-site personnel support at customer locations, including the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, which includes the Navy's Top Gun school; Sustainment Data Systems, a network-centric logistics tool that links existing systems; and tools to improve information flow and decision-making.
- Training systems and services: Aircrew and maintenance training devices and instructional systems, including innovative networked devices for the F-15 Distributed Mission Operations program, as well as classroom and cockpit instruction, courseware development and logistics support of training devices.
- Advanced Logistics Systems: Developing new capabilities and business models to expand into new logistics and sustainment markets, including network-centric sustainment and broad, integrated life-cycle customer support solutions.
Additionally, Support Service's Boeing Australia Limited provides total life cycle support of military aerospace systems for its primary customer, the Australian Defence Force, including program management; aircraft production; modification and upgrades; aircraft maintenance; integrated logistics and through-life support; and systems engineering.
Boeing Service Company provides satellite and ground-systems operations services, space mission planning and other mission support services.