Boeing makes specifically designed missiles for the United States nuclear arsenal as well as the guided tail-kit for the next generation gravity bombs.
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Nuclear weapons
Boeing remanufactured the warhead arming device for the Air launched Cruise Missiles of the US nuclear arsenal. The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma contracted Boeing in 2018 to produce 266 fuse assemblies for the air launched missiles, with a potential value of $29.4 million.3
Boeing holds the contract for the guided tail-kit of the B61-12 upgrade. The total value of the contract is $239.1 million, and work is expected to be completed by April 2024.4
Boeing also has a $250 million contract for the Long-Range Standoff weapon system. The contract includes aircraft and missile carriage equipment development and modification, engineering, testing, software development, training, facilities, and support necessary to fully integrate the Long Range Standoff Cruise Missile on the B-52H bomber platform.5 Work is expected to be completed by December 2024.
Since 1958, Boeing has been responsible for the development and production of the US Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) systems.6 Boeing is currently contracted to provide engineering and other services for the Minuteman III under a $767.9 million contract through 2024.7 In September 2021, Boeing was awarded a potential $1.69 billion, 18-year contract for Minuteman III missile guidance repair.8 Under an eight year $21 million contract awarded in April 2022, Boeing will also produce and deliver FT3 Systems to support the operational test launch schedule for the Minuteman III.9
Boeing holds a three-year contract, awarded in 2020, valued at $58,8 million for maintenance, repair, and rebuilding as well as technical services in support of the navigation subsystem for the Trident II (D5) missile system. 10
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Notes
- General Information (2022) | Boeing. Available at: https://www.boeing.com/company/general-info/index.page; Defense (2022) | Boeing. Available at: https://www.boeing.com/defense/#/overview.
- ‘The Boeing Company 2021 Annual Report’, Boeing (2022), p. 16. Available at: https://s2.q4cdn.com/661678649/files/doc_financials/2021/ar/The-Boeing-Company-2021-Annual-Report.pdf.
- Contracts for May 10, 2018 (2018) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/1518141/ (Accessed: 7 November 2022);
CONTRACT to BOEING COMPANY, THE.| USAspending, 17 May 2018. Available at: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA811919F0094_9700_FA811914D0003_9700 (Accessed: 7 November 2022). - Contracts for April 26, 2019 (2019) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/1825952// (Accessed: 28September 2022); Definitive Contract FA210318C0061 - GovTribe (2021) GovTribe. Available at: https://govtribe.com/award/federal-contract-award/definitive-contract-fa210318c0061 (Accessed: 11 October 2022); ‘B61 Mod 12 Life Extension Program Tail Kit Assembly’ - FY18 AIRFORCE PROGRAMS. Available at: https://www.dote.osd.mil/Portals/97/pub/reports/FY2018/af/2018b61.pdf?ver=2019-08-21-155843-557 (Accessed: 7 November 2022).
- Contracts for March 13, 2019 (2019) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/1784315// (Accessed: 11 October 2022); IDV to BOEING COMPANY, THE.| USAspending’, 15 March 2019. Available at: IDV to BOEING COMPANY, THE | USAspending (Accessed: 11 October 2022).
- Historical Snapshot: LGM- Minuteman Missile (2022) | Boeing. Available at: https://www.boeing.com/history/products/lgm-30-minuteman.page.
- CONTRACT to BOEING COMPANY, THE | USAspending, 14 January 2015. Available at: https://usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA821415C0001_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- (Accessed: 11 October 2022).
- Contracts for September 17, 2021 (2021) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2780513// (Accessed: 28 September 2022); IDV to BOEING COMPANY, THE | USAspending’, 17 September 2021. Available at: IDV to BOEING COMPANY, THE | USAspending (Accessed: 11 October 2022).
- ontracts for April 29, 2022 (2022) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: > U.S. Department of Defense > Contract (Accessed: 11 October 2022).
- Definitive Contract N0003021C6002 - GovTribe (2021) GovTribe. Available at: https://govtribe.com/award/federal-contract-award/definitive-contract-n0003021c6002 (Accessed: 18 September 2022); CONTRACT to BOEING COMPANY, THE | USAspending, 1 October 2020. Available at: CONTRACT to BOEING COMPANY, THE | USAspending (Accessed: 11 October 2022); Contracts for February 26, 2021 (2021) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2518088// (Accessed: 28 September 2022); Contracts for September 28, 2021 (2021) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2791886/.