The Boeing Company/Training and Support Systems.George W. Kralovec, Training Systems Manager The Boeing Company is one of the largest manufacturers of military and commercial aircraft in the world, including both fixed and rotorwing (helicopters). Boeing also is NASA'S largest supplier. In 1999, company revenues rose to $58 billion. Boeing's product list includes fighter aircraft like the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a carrier-based fighter/attack aircraft that entered service in 1999 with the United States Navy. The fighter has recently been ordered by the Royal Australian Air Force. and the F-15 Eagle. Other military aircraft platforms include the C-17 Globemaster III transport, and the 767 Airburne Warning and Communication System (AWACS AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) Mobile, long-range radar surveillance-and-control centre for air defense. Used by the U.S. Air Force since 1977, AWACS is mounted in a specially modified Boeing 707 aircraft, with its main radar antenna affixed to a rotating dome. ). On the research and development side, Boeing is engaged in work on such 21st century air platforms as the F-22 Raptor, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF (JavaServerFaces) A standard framework of components for building rich user interfaces for Java applications. JavaServer Faces run on the server, but are displayed on the client. JSF - JavaServer Faces ), and the Airborne Laser. Boeing's helicopter unit currently is upgrading the CH-47 Chinook and the AH-64D AH-64D Apache Attack Helicopter, D version, with Longbow radar improvements Apache Longbow longbow Leading missile weapon of the English from the 14th century into the 16th century. Probably of Welsh origin, it was usually 6 ft (2 m) tall and shot arrows more than a yard long. . Advanced rotorcraft systems efforts continue on the RAH-Commanche and the V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor, a partnership endeavor with Bell Helicopter-Textron. |
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