Boeing Australia
Boeing Australia Holdings Pty Ltd, or simply Boeing Australia, is Boeing's largest footprint outside the United States.[2] Established in 2002, the company oversees its seven wholly owned subsidiaries, consolidating and co-ordinating Boeing’s businesses and operations in Australia.
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| Division | |
| Industry | Aerospace and defence |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Brisbane, Australia[1] |
Key people | Brendan Nelson (President) |
| Products | Commercial airliners Military aircraft Munitions Aerospace Support Simulation Operations and Maintenance Computer Services |
Number of employees | 3000 (2019) |
| Parent | Boeing |
| Website | Boeing.com.au |
Boeing has played a role in Australia’s aerospace industry through its products and services and has 3000 employees spread across 38 locations in every state and territory except Tasmania. With an investment of more than $800 million, Boeing generates approximately $400 million in export revenue for Australia through its commercial and defence products and services.[3]
History of Boeing in Australia
Boeing began working in Australia through its subsidiary Boeing Aerostructures Australia, which was formerly known as de Havilland Australia and established in 1927. Boeing acquired de Havilland Australia in 2000 as its second direct investment in the continent since purchasing Rockwell International in 1996. Rockwell Australia became Boeing Australia Ltd (now Boeing Defence Australia) in 1996.[4] In 1997, Boeing bought AeroSpace Technologies of Australia, which until the 1980s was known as Government Aircraft Factories.[5] The five remaining subsidiaries were acquired as follows: Jeppesen Australia and Jeppesen Marine in 2000, Alteon in 2002, Aviall in 2006, and Insitu Pacific in 2009.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) products and services placed in or destined for Australia include:
- C-17 Globemaster III military transports,
- CH-47 Chinook helicopters,
- Boeing 737 Wedgetail AEW&C Wedgetail aircraft,
- F/A-18 Hornets,
- F/A-18F Super Hornets,
- aerospace support, such as F-111 Through Life Support[6] and the F/A-18 Hornet Upgrade Program.[7]
- delivery of 6th C-17 to Australia[8]
- Army aviation training and training support,
- Harpoon missile,
- Joint Direct Attack Munitions,
- Network-enabled systems,
- Defence High Frequency Communication System (DHFCS),[9][10][11]
- ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle (UAV), and
- Joint participation on the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Satellite program with the U.S. Air Force.
In Australia, BDS is represented in by its business unit Boeing Defence Australia (BDA), which is a defence aerospace enterprise. BDA supports some of the largest and most complex programs for the Commonwealth of Australia, the Australian Defence Force, and commercial customers. BDA also conducts operations and maintenance for classified programs and Australian Government sites, and operates in line with the three divisions of BDS - Boeing Military Aircraft, Global Services & Support, and Network & Space Systems.[12]
Other BDS activities in Australia are carried out by Boeing Australia Component Repairs (BACR) and Boeing Aerostructures Australia (BAA). BACR provides maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) on composite and metallic structures, and BAA offers design, manufacture, testing, and repair of airframe structural components. Despite predominantly commercial customers, BAA is responsible for the manufacture of the F/A-18 C/D trailing-edge flaps, while BACR provides MRO services as needed.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is a manufacturer of commercial planes. In Australia, BCA is represented by BCA Sales, which operates out of Boeing Australia’s Sydney office and provides sales and marketing support of BCA products, customer engineering, and quality control/procurement functions.
BCA opened its first Australian office in Sydney in 1959 when Qantas became the first international customer for Boeing’s first passenger jet, the 707, which changed air travel for Australians by drastically reducing flight times to the rest of the world. The Boeing 737 has also played an important role in the growth of aviation in Australia.
BCA is also supported in Australia by Boeing Aerostructures Australia (BAA, formerly Hawker de Havilland). BAA manufactures aircraft components including the use of composite carbon fibre technology. BAA won the sole-source contract for designing and manufacturing the moveable trailing edges on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Another component of BCA is its Commercial Aviation Services (CAS) unit, which provides materials and engineering services and solutions to Boeing customers in-country. In Australia, Alteon Training Australia, Aviall, Jeppesen Australia, and Jeppesen Marine come under CAS' family of companies.
Boeing Field Service is also part of CAS. Field Service provides on-site technical advice to Boeing customers and can call resolve operator problems with access to BCA technical resources. Field Service representatives are located in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne.
Boeing Research and Technology
In March 2008, Boeing established a branch of its advanced research and development (R&D) unit – Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T) – in Australia to provide an R&D organisation for its in-country businesses and to collaborate with Australian R&D organisations, including universities and private sector R&D providers, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO).
Current areas of BR&T research includes unmanned systems research, the manufacture of advanced composite components, and biofuels.
In September 2003, Boeing Company initiated with the University of Queensland School of IT and Electrical Engineering (ITEE) a new Boeing Systems Engineering Teaching Laboratory to fill skills shortages in aviation and aerospace industry in Australia. [13] Boeing also made a $1.55M grant for the founding of a Boeing Professorship in Systems Engineering for 5 years occupied by Prof Peter A Lindsay. Boeing provided funding with respect to the Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) project with the Commonwealth of Australia and expected to deliver 2 by 2006.
This fostered Defence Industries Queensland in Queensland Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning with Boeing Defence Australia at RAAF Base Amberley.
Company affairs
President Boeing Australia and South Pacific
Dr. Brendan Nelson AO as the president of Boeing Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific. Most recently, Dr. Nelson served as the director of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. He began his career in 1985 as a medical practitioner before going on to lead the Australian Medical Association (AMA). In 1996, he was elected to the Federal Parliament of Australia where he went on to serve five years as Minister for Education, Science, and Training followed by two years as Minister for Defence. He was elected leader of Australia’s Liberal Party in 2007 and led the Opposition until 2008. He later served as Australia’s ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the European Union, and NATO until 2012.
Subsidiaries
Boeing's presence in Australia is the company’s largest footprint outside the United States, with more than 3,000 employees in 38 locations. Boeing has the broadest portfolio in Australian aerospace, with its employees and an extensive supply chain supporting our advanced manufacturing of commercial aircraft composite components, defence systems design and development, modeling and simulation, research and development, support and training, and unmanned systems.
Boeing Australia subsidiaries: •Boeing Australia Holdings Limited •Aviall Australia •Boeing Aerostructures Australia •Boeing Defence Australia •Boeing Training & Professional Services Australia •Insitu Pacific •Jeppesen Australia
References
- http://www.boeing.com.au/news/releases/2018/january/boeing-celebrates-20-years-in-brisbane.page?
- "The Boeing Company". Global Security. Global Security. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- "Investing in Australia's Economy". Boeing Australia. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- Trimble, Stephen. "Boeing recovers Down Under". Flight Global. Flight Global. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- Boeing Australia Uses New Technologies To Gain Advantage, Aviation Week. September 9, 2013.
- "F-111 Through-Life Support". Boeing Australia. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- "F/A-18 Hornet Program". Boeing Australia. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- "Special delivery Down Under as Australia receives its 6th C-17 (2010)". Boeing Australia. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
- "JP 2043 Phase 3A High Frequency Modernisation". Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- "HF MOD delivering capability". Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- "Boeing retains high frequency sustainment and enhancement contracts". Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- Boeing Defence Australia Home: Business Units/Projects Archived March 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- "Boeing-UQ initiative tackles key engineering skills shortage". University of Queensland. 23 September 2003.