Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is a division of the Boeing Company based in St. Louis County, Missouri. The division builds military airplanes, rotorcraft, and missiles, as well as space systems for both commercial and military customers, including satellites, spacecraft, and rockets.

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 18,000 local employees as of 2026.

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.

On October 26, 2020, Boeing was sanctioned by the Chinese government due to arms sales to Taiwan.

In October 2024, The Wall Street Journal reported that Boeing was exploring a sale of some of its space division programs including the Starliner spacecraft and operations that support the International Space Station.

In February 2026 Boeing Defense, Space & Security headquarters returned to St. Louis

Organization Boeing BDS has four divisions focused on vertical lift; mobility, surveillance and bombers; air dominance; and space, intelligence and weapons systems.Boeing Reorganizes Defense, Space & Security Business Unit, Boeing (Media), 2022-11-17

Vertical Lift – The world's largest provider of military rotorcraft including cargo, tiltrotor, and attack. Mobility, Surveillance & Bombers – Includes KC-46, SAOC, E-7, VC-25B, P-8, Bombers, AWACS/AEW&C. 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. 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).

Products

Bomber aircraft Boeing YB-9 Boeing XB-15 (1 prototype) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress List of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress variants Boeing Y1B-20 Boeing B-29 Superfortress Boeing KB-29 Superfortress Boeing XB-39 Superfortress B-29 Superfortress variants 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 Rockwell B-1 Lancer — from acquisition of North American Aviation division of Rockwell International

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 Chinook (UK variants) 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-15SE Silent Eagle Boeing F-15EX Eagle II Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Boeing EA-18G Growler 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 Boeing F-47 Boeing F/A-XX

Experimental aircraft Boeing Bird of Prey Boeing X-40 Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing

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 KC-97 Stratofreighter Boeing C-127 Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Boeing C-135 Stratolifter Boeing EC-135 Boeing NC-135 Boeing OC-135B Open Skies – (3 Treaty on Open Skies observation aircraft) Boeing RC-135 Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix Boeing C-137 Stratoliner Boeing CC-137 Boeing KC-767 Boeing Pelican

Trainer aircraft Boeing Model 2 Boeing XAT-15 Boeing NB Boeing T-43 navigator trainer Boeing Skyfox Boeing–Saab 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 Boeing Model 1 Boeing L-15 Scout

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 Ground-Based Interceptor UUM-125 Sea Lance AGM-131 SRAM II Boeing Ground-to-Air Pilotless Aircraft Harpoon (missile) Standoff Land Attack Missile AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER

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) Delta II rocket Delta III rocket Delta IV rocket Sea Launch (with Energia, Aker Kværner, and Yuzhnoe) Starliner crewed space capsule Space Launch System core stage Exploration Upper Stage

Spaceplanes Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar (canceled) Boeing X-37 Boeing X-40

Satellites 333 bus (Hughes Satellite Systems) 376 bus (inherited from Hughes Satellite Systems) 601 bus (inherited from Hughes Satellite Systems) 702 bus ARGOS Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations (ASTRO) GPS Block I and II (Rockwell) Integrated Solar Upper Stage Kinetic Energy Anti-Satellite Weapon System XSS Micro-satellite

Space probes Lunar Orbiter program Surveyor program Mariner 10 Mars Science Laboratory

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 consolidate its Southern California locations. The Boeing facility in Anaheim will be moving to Huntington Beach, California.to Consolidate Southern California Facilities . Boeing (2006-07-21). Retrieved on 2013-08-16. 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, F-47) 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. areaBoeing Defense, Space & Security locations in the U.S.. Boeing, December 2009.

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