Tag Archive for: Boeing

Huntsville-managed Moon Rocket Arrives at Kennedy Space Center

The Boeing-built rocket core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System was unloaded from a barge Thursday and moved into the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center. This is the first moon rocket to arrive at the VAB since the Apollo program. Boeing’s SLS program is based in Huntsville and is the backbone of NASA’s […]

Boeing Awarded Nearly $1B for Air and Missile Defense

Boeing has been awarded contracts in the past year totaling $974 million to develop a next-generation seeker for the Army’s Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile system, as well as continue and expand production on current generations of the PAC-3 seeker, in Huntsville, as a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin. The seeker provides guidance data to the […]

Boeing Awarded $249M Modified Contract for Huntsville-Managed Missile Program

Boeing of Huntsville has been awarded a $249 million contract modification for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense System. Huntsville is the headquarters for Boeing’s Missile and Weapon Systems division and the company employs more than 3,000 people across the state. As prime contractor, Boeing designs, produces, integrates, tests and sustains all GMD components deployed across 15 […]

Davidson Receives Gold Boeing Performance Excellence Award

Davidson has received a 2019 Boeing Performance Excellence Award. The Boeing Co. issues the award annually to recognize suppliers who have achieved superior performance. Davidson maintained a Gold composite performance rating for each month of the 12-month performance period, from October 2018 to September 2019. This year, Davidson is one of only 62 suppliers to receive […]

With $915M Contract Extension, Boeing to Support International Space Station Through 2024

Boeing, NASA’s lead industry partner for the International Space Station (ISS) since 1993, will continue supporting the orbiting laboratory through 2024 under a $915 million contract extension. This award comes as the world marks 20 years of constant human habitation on the ISS — a record no other crewed spacecraft has come close to achieving. […]

Boeing Awarded $150M Missile Defense Agency Contract

The Missile Defense Agency awarded Boeing a three-year, $150 million contract modification to produce four additional boost vehicles for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. GMD is the only defense program capable of protecting the entire U.S. homeland, including Alaska and Hawaii, against long-range ballistic missile attacks. As the prime contractor, Boeing designs, produces, integrates, tests and […]

NASA Extends Boeing’s Contract to Build More Moon Rockets

  NASA has taken the next steps toward building Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stages to support as many as 10 Artemis missions, including the mission that will carry the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024. The agency intends to work with Boeing, the current lead contractor for the core […]

Air Force Tests Boeing-built Minuteman III

ICBM Weapon System Program Based in Huntsville

Bechtel Cleared for Take-off in the Rocket City

The expansion into Cummings Research Park is expected to improve Bechtel’s collaboration with aerospace and defense industry partners.