Boeing Defense, Space & Security was headquartered inGreater St. Louis north ofSt. Louis Lambert International Airport in the northernSt. Louis suburb ofBerkeley, Missouri, until January 2017, when top executives and support staff were relocated to Arlington, Virginia.[6] There are also significant operations in nearby Missouri communities, such asHazelwood andSt. Charles. It remains one of the largest employers in Greater St. Louis with 13,707 local employees as of 2018.[7]
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.[8]
Boeing BDS has four divisions focused on vertical lift; mobility, surveillance and bombers; air dominance; and space, intelligence and weapons systems.[12]
Vertical Lift – The world's largest provider of military rotorcraft including cargo, tiltrotor, and attack.
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).
Boeing Launch Services Inc. (BLS) is Boeing's commerciallaunch service provider. On behalf of its commercial customers, BLS administers launch service contracts for Delta II and Delta IV launches[13][14] conducted byUnited Launch Alliance. In November 2010, Boeing Defense, Space & Security was selected by NASA for consideration for potential contract awards forheavy lift launch vehicle system concepts, and propulsion technologies.[15]
El Paso, Texas[17] (B-1B, PAC-3, power and electronics components for ISS, F-22, and F-15, assembly and test for Minuteman III missile guidance system)
^Terlep, Sharon; Maidenberg, Micah (October 25, 2024)."Boeing Explores Sale of Space Business".The Wall Street Journal. RetrievedOctober 25, 2024.The beleaguered company is exploring a sale of its storied NASA business, including the troubled Starliner space vehicle and operations that support the International Space Station, according to people familiar with the matter.
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