Uniting Earth and space
With a diverse and profitable portfolio ranging from system engineering
and information systems to spacecraft hovering as high as 22,300 miles
above the Earth, Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems affects nearly everyone
around the world. When you heed a hurricane warning, send a long-distance
fax,
place an overseas phone call or see today's news televised from distant shores,
S&IS
almost certainly has touched you.
Today, S&IS is executing Boeing's customer-driven vision of network-centric
operations, under which a software-driven architecture melds space-,
air- and land-based platforms into a coherent system. NCO will give military
and intelligence officials worldwide information with which to make
decisions immediately and accurately. NCO, along with the profit opportunities
it creates for Boeing, is made possible by the resources and ideas of
11,500 S&IS employees working in more than 20 sites.
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Movie scores
direct hit
"Fighter
Pilot: Operation Red Flag," a stunning IMAX film supported by
the U.S. Air Force and sponsored by Boeing, is getting rave reviews following
its December world premiere at the Smithsonian
Institution's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy
Center outside Washington, D.C.
"Fighter Pilot" follows Capt. John "Otter" Stratton, USAF, an F-15 Eagle
fighter pilot, through the high-flying Red Flag training exercise at
Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Stratton arrived at the Red Flag exercise
along with hundreds of other pilots, ground crews, mechanics and rescue
personnel from allied forces. They've also brought along their planes,
meaning that at any given time, the skies above Nellis are filled with
American F-15s (built by Boeing), German Tornados, F-16s, British Harrier
jump jets and Boeing-built Canadian F-18 Hornets.
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The ties that bind
In times of war, every soldier can use a little divine intervention.
A British Royal
Air Force Chinook helicopter known
as the "Flying Angel" has helped guide the hands of two RAF Chinook pilots during
two major conflicts more than 20 years apart, earning both flyers the United
Kingdom's
highest military aviation honor.
In 1982 during the Falklands War, an Exocet missile slammed into the
hull of the Atlantic Conveyor, a converted container ship. The missile
ignited a fatal fire that destroyed nearly all onboard war supplies,
including three RAF HC Mk 1 Chinooks, six Westland-built Wessex helicopters
and one Westland Lynx helicopter. With the late RAF Squadron Leader Dick
Langworthy at the controls, one Chinook, call sign Bravo November, narrowly
escaped the wreckage. Operating without spares, tools or lubricants,
Bravo November flew for several weeks before additional Chinooks arrived
on the battlefield.
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Apaches take on Olympic mission
While the world focused on Athens last summer for the Games of the XXVIII
Olympiad, a championship team from Hellenic Army Aviation was operating
Apache helicopters behind the scenes to ensure that events at the Games
were "uneventful."
In fact, a team from the Hellenic Army's 1st Attack Helicopter Battalion
maintained Apaches on "10 minute alert" for the duration of the Games.
"We never flew over a stadium during the Olympics, and few people knew
we were there. But like Olympic athletes, our training left us prepared
to do our jobs with precision and accuracy," said Hellenic Army pilot
Maj. Chris Dimopoulos, the deputy commanding officer of the 1st Attack
Helicopter Battalion. "We felt like guardian angels for the Olympics,
and we were ready to serve in our Apaches."
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Moving into the mainstream
Strategic Architecture, the Integrated Defense Systems organization
that created the two Boeing Integration Center sites, was reorganized
last month
to further strengthen Boeing's position as a lead systems integrator and provider
of network-centric operations (NCO) solutions.
As part of the realignment, Strategic Architecture's laboratories and
demonstration centers, including the two Boeing Integration Centers,
were integrated into the Analysis, Modeling and Simulation organization.
Analysis, Modeling and Simulation was created in late 2004 to leverage,
integrate and strengthen the capabilities of the network of modeling,
simulation and analysis facilities at Boeing locations across the United
States.
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5 things you
should
know about the
Baldrige Award
All business units of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems are starting
internal and external assessments this year after adopting the Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award criteria in 2004. As IDS President and
CEO Jim Albaugh said when he announced the plan last March, IDS is using
Baldrige to "help us continue to build a performance-based culture
and improve our business performance."
The creation of the IDS Business Excellence office underscored the importance
of the Baldrige framework and the seven categories that are the core
of the criteria for excellence. Here are some things Boeing employees
should know about the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
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