Boeing Defence UK
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Boeing's presence in the United Kingdom is currently made up of a number of Boeing businesses (and subsidiaries):
The current President of Boeing in the UK is Sir Roger Bone, a UK ex-diplomat. The Managing Director of Boeing Defence UK is Mike Kurth, previously a Vice President within Boeing Advanced Systems.
Ministry of Defence programs Boeing in the UK is involved in are:
Boeing also conducts research and development in the UK on primarily aerodynamics and manufacturing technologies with the following research organisations:
This research is supporting the following Boeing programs:
- Boeing Defence UK
- Boeing UK Limited
- Aviall
- Alteon
- Jeppesen
- Continental Data Graphics
The current President of Boeing in the UK is Sir Roger Bone, a UK ex-diplomat. The Managing Director of Boeing Defence UK is Mike Kurth, previously a Vice President within Boeing Advanced Systems.
Ministry of Defence programs Boeing in the UK is involved in are:
- System of Systems Integrator on the British ArmyBritish ArmyThe British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
Future Rapid Effect SystemFuture Rapid Effect SystemThe Future Rapid Effect System is the British MOD programme to deliver a fleet of more than 4,000 armoured fighting vehicles for the British Army...
(FRES) with ThalesThalesThales of Miletus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor, and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Many, most notably Aristotle, regard him as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition... - RAF Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft (AWACS) support and upgrades
- WAH-64DWestland WAH-64 ApacheThe AgustaWestland Apache is a licence-built version of the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter for the British Army's Army Air Corps. The first eight helicopters were built by Boeing; the remaining 59 were assembled by Westland Helicopters at Yeovil, Somerset in England from...
maintenance and support with AgustaWestlandAgustaWestlandAgustaWestland is an Anglo-Italian helicopter design and manufacturing company. It was formed in July 2000 when Finmeccanica S.p.A. and GKN plc agreed to merge their respective helicopter subsidiaries to form AgustaWestland with Finmeccanica and GKN each holding a 50% share.AgustaWestland is now a... - Through Life Maintenance on the CH-47 Chinook fleet
- RAF FylingdalesFylingdalesFylingdales is a civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England situated south of Whitby. It contains the villages of Robin Hood's Bay and Fylingthorpe and Fyling Hall School....
Early Warning Radar Missile Defence support and upgrades - Brimstone missileBrimstone missileBrimstone is an air-launched anti-tank missile developed by MBDA for Britain's Royal Air Force. It was originally intended for "fire and forget" use against mass formations of enemy armour, using a millimetre wave seeker to ensure accuracy even against moving targets...
integration to RAF TornadoPanavia TornadoThe Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing combat aircraft, which was jointly developed and manufactured by the United Kingdom, West Germany and Italy...
and Harrier aircraft with MBDAMBDAMBDA is a missile developer and manufacturer with operations in France, Britain, Germany, Italy, and the United States. It was formed by a merger of Aérospatiale-Matra Missiles , Finmeccanica and Matra BAe Dynamics in December 2001. In 2003 the company had 10,000 employees... - C-17 Globemaster IIIC-17 Globemaster IIIThe Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. Developed for the United States Air Force from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas, the C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases throughout...
- NimrodNimrodNimrod means "Hunter"; was a Biblical Mesopotamian king mentioned in the Table of Nations; an eponym for the city of Nimrud.Nimrod can also refer to any of the following:*Nimród Antal, a director...
- The Boeing Portal - synthetic environment based decision support centre.
- RAF Mission Training through Distributed Simulation (MTDS) CCD in-conjunction with QinetiQQinetiQQinetiq is a British global defence technology company, formed from the greater part of the former UK government agency, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency , when it was split up in June 2001...
- Future Logistics Information System (FLIS), Boeing is the Delivery Partner for logistics transformation across UK defence.
Boeing also conducts research and development in the UK on primarily aerodynamics and manufacturing technologies with the following research organisations:
- QinetiQQinetiQQinetiq is a British global defence technology company, formed from the greater part of the former UK government agency, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency , when it was split up in June 2001...
- Cambridge University
- Cranfield UniversityCranfield UniversityCranfield University is a British postgraduate university based on two campuses, with a research-oriented focus. The main campus is at Cranfield, Bedfordshire and the second is the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom based at Shrivenham, Oxfordshire. The main campus is unique in the United...
- Sheffield University
- Southampton University
- Loughborough UniversityLoughborough UniversityLoughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...
This research is supporting the following Boeing programs:
- 787 Dreamliner
- Blended Wing BodyBlended wing bodyBlended Wing Body aircraft have a flattened and airfoil shaped body, which produces most of the lift, the wings contributing the balance. The body form is composed of distinct and separate wing structures, though the wings are smoothly blended into the body...
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