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Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is a division of the Boeing Company and is based in Arlington, Virginia. It is responsible for defense and aerospace products and services. It was formerly known as Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS).
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems was formed in 2002 by combining the former "Military Aircraft and Missile Systems" and "Space and Communications" divisions. Boeing Defense, Space & Security makes Boeing the second-largest defense contractor in the world and was responsible for 45% of the company's income in 2011.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a consolidated group which brought together major names in aerospace: Boeing Military Airplane Company, Hughes Satellite Systems, Hughes Helicopters minus the civilian helicopters products (which were divested as MD Helicopters), Piasecki Helicopter (subsequently known as Boeing Vertol and then Boeing Helicopters), the St. Louis-based McDonnell division of the former McDonnell Douglas Company and the former North American Aviation division of Rockwell International.
B-17 | KC-135 |
E-3 Sentry | KC-767 |
C-17 |
CH-47 Chinook | AH-64 Apache
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry (prototype Model 299/XB-17) outperformed both competitors and exceeded the air corps' performance specifications. Although Boeing lost the contract (to the Douglas B-18 Bolo) because the prototype crashed, the air corps ordered 13 more B-17s for further evaluation. From its introduction in 1938, the B-17 Flying Fortress evolved through numerous design advances, becoming the third-most produced bomber of all time, behind the four-engined Consolidated B-24 and the multirole, twin-engined Ju 88.
The B-17 was primarily employed by the USAAF in the daylight strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial and military targets. The United States Eighth Air Force, based at many airfields in central, eastern and southern England, and the Fifteenth Air Force, based in Italy, complemented the RAF Bomber Command's nighttime area bombing in the Combined Bomber Offensive to help secure air superiority over the cities, factories and battlefields of Western Europe in preparation for the invasion of France in 1944. The B-17 also participated to a lesser extent in the War in the Pacific, early in World War II, where it conducted raids against Japanese shipping and airfields.
As of October 2019, nine aircraft remain airworthy, though none of them were ever flown in combat. Dozens more are in storage or on static display. The oldest of these is a D-series flown in combat in the Pacific and the Caribbean.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (B17G), registration G-BEDF, built 1945, serial number 44-85784
Kleine-Brogel (EBBL), Belgium, 14 September 2019
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (B17G), registration G-BEDF, built 1945, serial number 44-85784
Kleine-Brogel (EBBL), Belgium, 15 September 2019
B-17 | KC-135 |
E-3 Sentry | KC-767 |
C-17 |
CH-47 Chinook | AH-64 Apache
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is a military aerial refueling aircraft. Both the Boeing KC-135 and the Boeing 707 airliner were developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype. The KC-135 is the predominant variant of the C-135 Stratolifter family of transport aircraft.
The KC-135 entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1957; it is one of six military fixed-wing aircraft with over 50 years of continuous service with its original operator.
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker (C-135FR), registration 470, built 1963, serial number 18679
Eindhoven Airport (EHEH/EIN), Eindhoven, Netherlands, 30 March 2017
B-17 | KC-135 |
E-3 Sentry | KC-767 |
C-17 |
CH-47 Chinook | AH-64 Apache
Boeing E-3 Sentry
The Boeing E-3 Sentry, commonly known as AWACS, is an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft developed by Boeing as the prime contractor. Derived from the Boeing 707, it provides all-weather surveillance, command, control, and communications. Testing on the first production E-3 began in October 1975. The first operational E-3 was delivered in March 1977.
Boeing E-3A Sentry, registration LX-N90454, built 1984, serial number 22849
Vliegbasis Volkel (UDE/EHVK), Uden, Netherlands, 13 June 2019
B-17 | KC-135 |
E-3 Sentry | KC-767 |
C-17 |
CH-47 Chinook | AH-64 Apache
Boeing KC-767
The Boeing KC-767 is a military aerial refueling and strategic transport aircraft developed from the Boeing 767-200ER.
Boeing KC-767, registration MM62228, built 2006, serial number 33688
Eindhoven Airport (EHEH/EIN), Eindhoven, Netherlands, 30 March 2017
B-17 | KC-135 |
E-3 Sentry | KC-767 |
C-17 |
CH-47 Chinook | AH-64 Apache
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. It was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas. The C-17 carries forward the name of two previous piston-engined military cargo aircraft, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II. The C-17 commonly performs tactical and strategic airlift missions, transporting troops and cargo throughout the world; additional roles include medical evacuation and airdrop duties. It was designed to replace the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, and also fulfill some of the duties of the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, freeing the C-5 fleet for outsize cargo.
Boeing, which merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997, continued to manufacture C-17s for export customers following the end of deliveries to the U.S. Air Force. Aside from the United States, the C-17 is in service with the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, NATO Heavy Airlift Wing, India and Kuwait. The final C-17 was completed at the Long Beach, California plant and flown on 29 November 2015.
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (C-17A), registration SAC 10, built 2009, serial number F-207
Eindhoven Airport (EIN/EHEH), Eindhoven, Netherlands, 31 August 2017
B-17 | KC-135 |
E-3 Sentry | KC-767 |
C-17 |
CH-47 Chinook | AH-64 Apache
Boeing CH-47 Chinook
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its primary roles are troop movement, artillery placement and battlefield resupply. It has a wide loading ramp at the rear of the fuselage and three external ventral cargo hooks. With a top speed of 315 km/h the helicopter was faster than contemporary 1960s utility helicopters and attack helicopters. The CH-47 is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name is from the Native American Chinook people.
The Chinook was designed and initially produced by Boeing Vertol in the early 1960s; it is now produced by Boeing Rotorcraft Systems. It is one of the few aircraft of that era, along with the fixed-wing Lockheed C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, that remain in production and frontline service.
Boeing CH-47 Chinook (CH-47A), registration 66-19082, built 1966-1967, serial number B-340
Imperial Citadel, Hanoi, Vietnam, 21 November 2014
Boeing CH-47 Chinook (CH-47D), registration D-101, built 1998, serial number M4101
Ewijk, Netherlands, 13 April 2012
Boeing CH-47 Chinook (CH-47D), registration D-664, built 1995, serial number M3664
Den Helder Airport (Maritiem Vliegkamp De Kooy) (DHR/EHKD), Den Helder, Netherlands, 16 September 2017
Boeing CH-47 Chinook (CH-47F), registration D-483, built 2021, serial number M7483
Nijmegen, Netherlands, 18 August 2022
B-17 | KC-135 |
E-3 Sentry | KC-767 |
C-17 |
CH-47 Chinook | AH-64 Apache
Boeing AH-64 Apache
De Boeing Defense & Space Industries (vroeger Hughes en McDonnell Douglas) AH-64 Apache is de belangrijkste gevechtshelikopter van de Amerikaanse strijdkrachten.
Het toestel werd aanvankelijk ontworpen met één missie; vernietiging van allerlei gronddoelen. Door een geïntegreerd informatiesysteem, waarbij informatie op het vizier van de helm wordt geprojecteerd, kan het toestel overdag, 's nachts en in slechte weersomstandigheden worden ingezet.
De AH-64 blijkt in zijn toepassing echter veelzijdiger te zijn en afhankelijk van het oplopend geweldsspectrum waarin het toestel wordt ingezet, kunnen zijn missies bestaan uit:
- het optreden als gewapende verkenner,
- het uit de lucht bewaken van gebieden,
- het escorteren van belangrijke konvooien,
- het geven van luchtsteun aan eigen grondtroepen,
- het uitschakelen van allerlei (on)gepantserde gronddoelen.
De Apache werd in de Verenigde Staten in gebruik genomen ter vervanging van de verouderde AH-1 Cobra en doet eveneens dienst in Egypte, Engeland, Griekenland, Israël, Japan, Koeweit, Nederland, Saudi-Arabië, Singapore en de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten.
Boeing AH-64 Apache, registration Q-30, built 2002, serial number DN030
Den Helder Airport (DHR/EHKD), Netherlands, 16 September 2017
B-17 | KC-135 |
E-3 Sentry | KC-767 |
C-17 |
CH-47 Chinook | AH-64 Apache
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