Boeing Signs Agreement to Mentor Native Alaskan Company
ST. LOUIS, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing (NYSE:BA), the prime contractor for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX), signed an agreement today to mentor Aleut Technologies, a Native Alaskan-owned small business that provides vital support services for the radar platform. Aleut Technologies furnishes the SBX with an escort vessel, refueling and other services, and will provide primary support services at the SBX's future base at Adak, Alaska. Under the three-year Mentor-Protege agreement, Boeing will provide training to Aleut Technologies in such areas as business development and program management to help the year-old Alaskan company improve its business and technical capabilities and compete for future defense contracts.
"We are proud to be associated with Aleut Technologies and with this Mentor-Protege agreement, the latest in a series that Boeing has established with small and disadvantaged companies," said Pat Shanahan, vice president and general manager of Boeing Missile Defense Systems. "Mentor-Protege agreements are a priority for Boeing because they promote the growth of suppliers and strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base."
The U.S. Department of Defense Mentor-Protege Program pairs large companies with eligible small businesses to enhance their capabilities and enable them to successfully compete for larger, more complex prime contract and subcontract awards.
Aleut Technologies uses a marine vessel, The Dove, to support the SBX. The SBX, which was assembled in Texas, will be homeported at Adak, Alaska, starting later this year and will be capable of moving throughout the Pacific Ocean to support missile defense testing and operations.
The radar platform provides advanced sensor coverage for the Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, which is designed to protect the United States and its allies and friends against long- range ballistic missiles. Boeing is GMD's prime contractor.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $30.8 billion business. It provides network-centric system solutions to its global military, government and commercial customers. It is a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems; the world's largest military aircraft manufacturer; the world's largest satellite manufacturer; a foremost developer of advanced concepts and technologies; a leading provider of space-based communications; the primary systems integrator for U.S. missile defense; NASA's largest contractor; and a global leader in sustainment solutions and launch services.
Source: The Boeing Company
CONTACT: Maria McCullough, +1-703-414-6158, or maria.mccullough@boeing.com , or Marc Selinger, +1-703-414-6138, or marc.selinger@boeing.com , both of Boeing Missile Defense Systems
Web site: http://www.boeing.com/
