Boeing produces key components for the B61-12 gravity bombs, and has outstanding contracts for work on the Minuteman III system and the U.S. Long Range Standoff missiles.
Nuclear weapons
Boeing remanufactured the warhead arming device for the Air-Launched Cruise Missiles of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.[i] The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma contracted Boeing in July 2024 for further engineering services support for the Air-Launched Cruise missile, including its integration with the B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber.[ii] The contract has a potential value of $70.6 million and work is expected to be complete by June 2033.[iii]
Boeing also holds a $250 million contract for the Long-Range Standoff (LRSO) weapon system.[iv] The contract includes aircraft and missile carriage equipment development and modification, engineering, testing, software development, training, facilities, and support necessary to fully integrate the LRSO Cruise Missile on the B-52H bomber platform.[v]
Boeing produces the guided tail-kit for the B61-12 upgrade, for which it has one outstanding contract, with a potential value of $79.1 million, expected to be completed in September 2026.[vi]
Since 1958, Boeing has been responsible for the development and production of the U.S. Minuteman ICBM system.[vii] Boeing currently has several outstanding contracts to provide engineering and repair services for the Minuteman III guidance (sub)system, with a combined potential value of $4.8 billion.[viii] Under an eight-year contract, awarded in April 2022, potentially valued at $72.2 million, Boeing will produce and deliver Flight Test Telemetry Termination (FT3) Systems to support the operational test launch schedule for the Minuteman III.[ix] Boeing has another outstanding contract to support Minuteman III testing, potentially valued at $559 million.[x] Boeing was also awarded a contract in December 2022, potentially valued at $22.4 million, to support the Communications Equipment Interface Unit (CEIU) in the Minuteman III guidance system.[xi]
[i] Boeing Awarded New Contract to Provide Warhead Arming Devices to U.S. Air Force. Boeing, 14 July 2014. Available at: https://boeing.mediaroom.com/Boeing-Awarded-New-Contract-to-Provide-Warhead-Arming-Devices-to-U-S-Air-Force.
[ii] IDV to BOEING COMPANY, THE.| USAspending’, 1 July 2024. Available at: IDV to THE BOEING COMPANY | USAspending (Accessed: 3 December 2024); Contracts for July 1, 2024 (2024) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: > U.S. Department of Defense > Contract (Accessed: 3 December 2024).
[iii] Ibid.
[iv] IDV to BOEING COMPANY, THE.| USAspending’, 15 March 2019. Available at: IDV to BOEING COMPANY, THE | USAspending (Accessed: 3 December 2024); Contracts for March 13, 2019 (2019) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/1784315// (Accessed: 3 December 2024).
[v] Ibid.
[vi] IDV to BOEING COMPANY, THE.| USAspending, 15 September 2021. Available at: IDV to THE BOEING COMPANY | USAspending (Accessed: 3 December 2024); Contracts for September 14, 2021 (2021) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: > U.S. Department of Defense > Contract (Accessed: 3 December 2024); ‘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: 3 December 2024).
[vii] Strategic Deterrence Systems (no date) | Boeing. Available at: Boeing: Strategic Deterrence Systems (Last Accessed: 3 December 2024).
[viii] CONTRACT to BOEING COMPANY, THE | USAspending, 14 January 2015. Available at: https://usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA821415C0001_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- (Accessed: 3 December 2024);
Contracts for January 8, 2015 (2015) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/606763/ (Accessed: 3 December 2024); IDV to BOEING COMPANY, THE | USAspending’, 17 September 2021. Available at: IDV to BOEING COMPANY, THE | USAspending (Accessed: 3 December 2024); Contracts for September 17, 2021 (2021) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2780513// (Accessed: 3 December 2024); IDV to BOEING COMPANY, THE | USAspending, 2 February 2023. Available at: IDV to THE BOEING COMPANY | USAspending (Accessed: 3 December 2024); Contracts for February 1, 2023 (2023) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: > U.S. Department of Defense > Contract (Accessed: 3 December 2024).
[ix] IDV to BOEING COMPANY, THE | USAspending’, 2 May 2022. Available at: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_FA821422D0001_9700 (Accessed: 3 December 2024); Contracts for April 29, 2022 (2022) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: > U.S. Department of Defense > Contract (Accessed: 3 December 2024).
[x] IDV to BOEING COMPANY, THE | USAspending’, 20 September 2017. Available at: IDV to THE BOEING COMPANY | USAspending (Accessed: 3 December 2024); Contracts for February 22, 2024 (2024) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: > U.S. Department of Defense > Contract (Accessed: 3 December 2024).
[xi] CONTRACT to BOEING COMPANY, THE | USAspending, 14 December 2022. Available at: CONTRACT to THE BOEING COMPANY | USAspending (Accessed: 3 December 2024); Contracts for December 14, 2022 (2022) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: > U.S. Department of Defense > Contract (Accessed: 3 December 2024).
Investments
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