Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is a division of The Boeing Company based in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The division builds military airplanes, rotorcraft, and missiles, as well as space systems for both commercial and military customers, including satellites, spacecraft, and rockets.
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 Boeing Defense, Space & Security headquarters in Arlington, Virginia | |
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| Company type | Division |
| Industry | Defense and space |
| Founded | 1939 |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Theodore Colbert III (President and CEO) |
| Revenue |  US$24.9 billion (2023) |
 US$(1.8) billion (2023) | |
| Total assets | US$14.9 billion (2023) |
Number of employees |  17,925 (2023) |
| Parent | The Boeing Company |
| Website | boeing |
| Footnotes / references Financials as of December 31, 2023[update]. References: | |
It was formerly known as Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), which was formed in 2002 by combining the former "Military Aircraft and Missile Systems" and "Space and Communications" divisions. The group that brought together major names in aerospace; Boeing Military Airplane Company; Hughes Satellite Systems; Hughes Helicopters (the civilian helicopter line was divested as MD Helicopters); Piasecki Helicopter (subsequently known as Boeing Vertol and Boeing Helicopters); the McDonnell division of McDonnell Douglas; and the former North American Aviation division of Rockwell International.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security made Boeing the third-largest defense contractor in the world in 2021 and helped make Boeing the second-largest U.S. federal government contractor in fiscal year 2019.
History
Boeing Defense, Space & Security was headquartered in Greater St. Louis north of St. Louis Lambert International Airport in the northern St. Louis suburb of Berkeley, Missouri, until January 2017, when top executives and support staff were relocated to Arlington, Virginia. There are also significant operations in nearby Missouri communities, such as Hazelwood and St. Charles. It remains one of the largest employers in Greater St. Louis with 13,707 local employees as of 2018.
Other major locations of BDS are in California and Washington state. Boeing chose to locate the defense systems offices in the St. Louis area because of the role of the space and aircraft programs of the former McDonnell Douglas location, and bipartisan support from area politicians.
In 2016, Boeing moved the division headquarters from St. Louis to Arlington, Virginia in the Washington, D.C. area and located close to The Pentagon.
Organization
Boeing BDS was reorganized in June 2018:
In November 2022, Boeing consolidated its defense, space and security business from eight divisions into four, according to a company statement. Those reorganized divisions now focus on vertical lift; mobility, surveillance and bombers; air dominance; and space, intelligence and weapons systems, led by Ted Colbert, president and chief executive officer of BDS.
- Vertical Lift – The world's largest provider of military rotorcraft with a diverse portfolio of cargo, tiltrotor, and attack platforms, led by Vice President and General Manager Mark Cherry
- Mobility, Surveillance & Bombers – Includes KC-46, SAOC, E-7, VC-25B, P-8, Bombers, AWACS/AEW&C, 777X components and all executive transport programs, led by Vice President and General Manager Dan Gillian.
- Air Dominance – Includes classified programs; the F/A-18, F-15, T-7, MQ-25 and MQ-28 programs; and the non-space Phantom Works portfolio, including the Virtual Warfare Centers, led by Vice President and General Manager Steve Nordlund
- Space, Intelligence & Weapon Systems – Includes space exploration and launch programs, satellites, munitions, missiles, weapon system deterrents, maritime undersea, Phantom Works Space and subsidiaries (BI&A, Millennium, Insitu, Liquid Robotics, Spectrolab, Argon and DRT), led by Vice President and General Manager Kay Sears.
Products
Bomber aircraft
- Boeing YB-9
- Boeing XB-15 (1 prototype)
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Boeing Y1B-20
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress
- Boeing B-47 Stratojet
- Boeing B-50 Superfortress
- Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
- Boeing B-54
- Boeing XB-55
- Boeing XB-56
- Boeing XB-59
- Boeing TB – torpedo bomber
Rotorcraft
- Boeing AH-6
- Boeing AH-64 Apache
- Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight (Vertol Aircraft Corp.)
- Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook (Vertol Aircraft Corp.)
- Boeing Vertol YUH-61
- Boeing Vertol XCH-62
- MH-139 Grey Wolf (with Leonardo S.p.A.)
- V-22 Osprey (with Bell Helicopter)
- Quad TiltRotor (with Bell Helicopter)
- RAH-66 Comanche (with Sikorsky), reconnaissance and light attack helicopter, canceled
- SkyHook JHL-40
Fighter and attack aircraft
- Boeing Model 15
- Boeing F2B
- Boeing F3B
- Boeing XF6B
- Boeing XF8B
- Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle
- Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
- Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (partner with prime contractor Lockheed Martin)
- Boeing GA-1
- Boeing XP-4
- Boeing XP-7
- Boeing XP-8
- Boeing XP-9
- Boeing P-12
- Boeing XP-15
- Boeing P-26 Peashooter
- Boeing P-29
- Boeing X-32, Boeing's entry for the Joint Strike Fighter program
Experimental aircraft
Tankers and transport aircraft
- Boeing YC-14
- Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
- Boeing C-22
- Boeing VC-25
- Boeing C-32
- Boeing C-40 Clipper
- Boeing KC-46 Pegasus
- Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
- Boeing C-127
- Boeing C-135 Stratolifter
- Boeing C-137 Stratoliner
- Boeing KC-767
- Boeing Pelican
Trainer aircraft
- Boeing Model 2
- Boeing XAT-15
- Boeing NB
- Boeing T-43 navigator trainer
- Boeing Skyfox
- Boeing T-7 Red Hawk
Electronic warfare, surveillance and other military variants
- Boeing 737 AEW&C (E-7 Wedgetail)
- Boeing Model 42
- Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser
- Boeing E-3 Sentry (an Airborne Early Warning and Control or AWACS surveillance aircraft)
- Boeing E-4 (Advanced Airborne Command Post)
- Boeing E-6 Mercury
- Boeing E-767 (AWACS)
- Boeing P-8 Poseidon (Anti-submarine warfare)
- Boeing XPB
- Boeing XP3B
- Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger
- Boeing RC-135
Utility aircraft
Unmanned aerial vehicles
- Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack
- Boeing YQM-94
- Boeing CQM-121 Pave Tiger – anti-radar drone
- Boeing X-45//Phantom Ray – technology demonstrators
- Boeing X-46
- Boeing X-48
- Boeing X-50 Dragonfly – experimental Gyrodyne UAV
- Boeing X-51
- Boeing A160 Hummingbird – development UAV helicopter
- Boeing Condor
- Boeing DARPA Vulture
- Boeing HALE
- Boeing Insitu ScanEagle
- Boeing MQ-25 Stingray
- Boeing Phantom Eye – a high altitude, long range UAV
- Boeing Persistent Munition Technology Demonstrator
- Boeing SolarEagle
- GQM-163 Coyote
- MA-31
- Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat – previously known as Airpower Teaming System
Missiles
- Arrow 3
- CIM-10 Bomarc
- LGM-30 Minuteman
- AGM-69 SRAM
- AGM-86 ALCM cruise missile
- MGM-118 Peacekeeper
- Ground-Based Midcourse Defense
- UUM-125 Sea Lance
- AGM-131 SRAM II
- Boeing Ground-to-Air Pilotless Aircraft
- Harpoon (missile)
Space launch and spacecraft
Boeing Launch Services Inc. (BLS) is Boeing's commercial launch service provider. On behalf of its commercial customers, BLS administers launch service contracts for Delta II and Delta IV launches conducted by United Launch Alliance. In November 2010, Boeing Defense, Space & Security was selected by NASA for consideration for potential contract awards for heavy lift launch vehicle system concepts, and propulsion technologies.
- S-IC first stage
- Lunar Roving Vehicle
- X-38 Crew Return Vehicle
- Inertial Upper Stage (Titan IV and Space Shuttle)
- International Space Station
- Space Shuttle orbiter (Rockwell)
- Delta (rocket family) (aka Thor-Delta)
- Sea Launch (with Energia, Aker Kværner, and Yuzhnoe)
- Starliner crewed space capsule
- Space Launch System core stage
- Human Landing System
Spaceplanes
- Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar (canceled)
- Boeing X-37
- Boeing X-40
Satellites
- ARGOS (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)
Space probes
Other
- AN/TWQ-1 Avenger – lightweight air defense vehicle
- Pegasus-class hydrofoil – patrol craft (6 built by Boeing Marine)
- GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb – 250 lb glide bomb
- Compact Laser weapon system
- Tactical Laser weapon system
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, California.
- Huntsville, Alabama (Spacelab, International Space Station, Delta, Ground-based Midcourse Defense)
- Mesa, Arizona (AH-64, AH-6i)
- Anaheim, California
- El Segundo, California (satellite complex: 601, 702)
- Long Beach, California (C-17 until 2015)
- Palmdale, California (Space Shuttle)
- Pleasanton, California
- Seal Beach, California Saturn V rocket and Apollo Capsule (original contractor North American later Rockwell International)
- Huntington Beach, California (Saturn V, X-51A, Apollo, Skylab, Space Shuttle, Delta, and ISS)
- Kennedy Space Center, Florida (as part of United Space Alliance and United Launch Alliance)
- Macon, Georgia (C-17, a-10, ch-47) Closing down December 2016
- New Orleans, Louisiana (S-IC stage – Boeing was the prime contractor where the Michoud Assembly Facility was used for the final assembly)
- St. Louis, Missouri (F-15, F/A-18)
- St. Charles, Missouri (weapons)
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (F-15/F-15E)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (H-47, V-22) H-46 production ended.
- El Paso, Texas (B-1B, PAC-3, power and electronics components for ISS, F-22, and F-15, assembly and test for Minuteman III missile guidance system)
- Houston, Texas
- San Antonio, Texas (military aircraft maintenance)
- Puget Sound region, Washington
- Washington, D.C. area