Boeing Defence UK

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Boeing UK

Type
Founded	{{{foundation}}}
Headquarters	London Basingstoke Bristol Farnborough Gosport Hounslow Yeovil Luton Newbury Waddington Manchester
Industry	defense
Products	Military aircraft Munitions Aerospace Support Simulation Operations and Maintenance Computer Services
Employees	600 (2007)
Parent	The Boeing Company
Website	Boeing.co.uk

Boeing's presence in the United Kingdom is currently made up of a number of Boeing businesses (and subsidiaries)^[1]:

Boeing Defence UK
Boeing UK Limited
Aviall
Alteon
Jeppeson
Continental Data Graphics

The current President of Boeing in the UK is Sir Roger Bone,^[2] 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 Army Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) with Thales
RAF Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft (AWACS) support and upgrades
WAH-64D maintenance and support with AgustaWestland
Through Life Maintenance on the CH-47 Chinook fleet
RAF Fylingdales Early Warning Radar Missile Defence support and upgrades
Brimstone missile integration to RAF Tornado and Harrier aircraft with MBDA
C-17 Globemaster III
Nimrod
The Portal - synthetic environment based decision support centre with QinetiQ^[3]
RAF Mission Training through Distributed Simulation (MTDS) CCD in-conjunction with QinetiQ^[4]

Boeing also conducts research and development in the UK on primarily aerodynamics and manufacturing technologies with the following research organisations^[5]:

This research is supporting the following Boeing programs: