Boeing Australia

Boeing began working in Australia through its subsidiary Boeing Aerostructures Australia, which was formerly known as de Havilland Australia Company and established in 1927.{{cite web|url=https://www.baesystems.com/en-aus/heritage/de-havilland-australia|title=De Havilland Australia|publisher=BAE Systems|access-date=2 October 2020}} It became Hawker de Havilland Australia in 1961 and acquired the former Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) in 1986. Boeing acquired de Havilland Australia including CAC and ASTA in 2000 which became Boeing Aerostructures Australia.{{Cite web |last=Boeing Australia |title=Boeing Australia History |url=https://www.boeing.com.au/content/theboeingcompany/au/en/about-boeing-in-australia/history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308090045/https://www.boeing.com.au/about-boeing-in-australia/history |archive-date=8 March 2024 |access-date=30 March 2024 |website=www.boeing.com.au |language=en-AU}}

This was its second direct investment in the continent since purchasing Rockwell International in 1996.{{cite news|url=https://www.theengineer.co.uk/boeing-australia-to-acquire-de-havilland/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814180013/https://www.theengineer.co.uk/boeing-australia-to-acquire-de-havilland/|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 August 2020|title=Boeing Australia to acquire de Havilland|work=The Engineer|date=19 October 2000|access-date=2 October 2020}} Rockwell Australia became Boeing Australia in 1996.Boeing Australia formed Australian Aviation issue 125 January 1997 page 9{{cite web|last1=Trimble|first1=Stephen|title=Boeing recovers Down Under|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-recovers-down-under-343186/|website=FlightGlobal|access-date=10 June 2016}} In 1997, Boeing bought Aerospace Technologies of Australia, which until the 1980s was known as Government Aircraft Factories.[http://aviationweek.com/awin/boeing-australia-uses-new-technologies-gain-advantage Boeing Australia Uses New Technologies To Gain Advantage] Aviation Week & Space Technology 9 September 2013 The five remaining subsidiaries were acquired as follows: Jeppesen in 2000,{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/839ea6116f22421b1b38904db554e38d|title=Boeing To Acquire Jeppesen Sandersen|publisher=Associated Press|date=15 August 2020|access-date=2 October 2020}} Alteon in 2002,{{cite news|url=https://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2009/08/07/boeing-renames-its-alteon-unit-to-be-more-descriptive/|title=Boeing renames its Alteon unit to be more descriptive|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|last=James|first=Andrea|date=7 August 2009|access-date=2 October 2020}} Aviall in 2006,{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB114648710704640360|title= Boeing to Buy Parts Firm Aviall |work=The Wall Street Journal|last1=Berman|first1=Dennis K|last2=Lunsford|first2=J. Lynn|date=2 May 2006|access-date=2 October 2020}} and Insitu Pacific in 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.australiandefence.com.au/DBA586AC-8E11-11DE-93CF0050568C22C9|title=From The Source: Ian Thomas, President of Boeing Australia and South Pacific|work=Australian Defence Magazine|date=1 July 2009|access-date=2 October 2020}}

In 2012, Boeing Australia closed a Bankstown factory in Sydney with operations consolidated at Fishermans Bend in Melbourne.Boeing to close Bankstown facility in 2012 Australian Aviation issue 270 April 2010 page 5

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{{Cite web|title=F-111 Through-Life Support|publisher=Boeing Australia |url=http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2010-12-02-Boeing-Marks-Retirement-of-Royal-Australian-Air-Force-F-111-Fleet|access-date=18 March 2015}} and the F/A-18 Hornet Upgrade Program.{{Cite web|title=F/A-18 Hornet Program|publisher=Boeing Australia|url=http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2002-02-05-Boeing-Hornets-Enter-Phase-2-of-Australias-Upgrade-Program|access-date=18 March 2015}}
• delivery of 6th C-17 to Australia{{Cite web|title=Special delivery Down Under as Australia receives its 6th C-17 (2010)|publisher=Boeing Australia|url=http://www.boeing.com/Features/2013/01/bds_australia_c17_01_23_13.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115249/http://www.boeing.com/Features/2013/01/bds_australia_c17_01_23_13.html|archive-date=2015-04-02}}
• Army aviation training and training support,
• Harpoon missile,
• Joint Direct Attack Munitions,
• Network-enabled systems,
• Defence High Frequency Communication System (DHFCS),{{Cite web|title=JP 2043 Phase 3A High Frequency Modernisation|url=https://www.defence.gov.au/CASG/EquippingDefence/JP%202043%20Phase%203A.asp|access-date=3 December 2019}}{{Cite web|title=HF MOD delivering capability|date=27 February 2013|url=https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/hf-mod-delivering-capability/|access-date=3 December 2019}}{{Cite web|title=Boeing retains high frequency sustainment and enhancement contracts|date=6 June 2019|url=https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/key-enablers/4191-boeing-retains-high-frequency-sustainment-and-enhancement-contracts|access-date=3 December 2019}}
• 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.[http://www.boeing.com.au/boeing-in-australia/subsidiaries/boeing-defence-australia/boeing-defence-australia.page? Boeing Defence Australia Home: Business Units/Projects] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310095900/http://www.boeing.com.au/boeing-in-australia/subsidiaries/boeing-defence-australia/boeing-defence-australia.page |date=March 10, 2015 }}

These types of innovations in technology and investments are due to Boeing's long term view of its business in Australia; its investment in the training and development of its people, and its deep belief in research and development to create the next generation of manufacturing technology.

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is a manufacturer of commercial planes.{{cite web |url= http://www.boeing.com/commercial/#/overview |title= Boeing Commercial Airplanes: A Better Way To Fly |publisher= The Boeing Company |access-date=2 October 2020}} 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 Boeing 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.boeing.com.au/resources/en-au/media/BoeingAustralia/Boeing-in-Australia/cntry_brchr_lndscp_australia_high_res.pdf|title=A long haul partnership|publisher=Boeing|access-date=2 October 2020}}

BCA is also supported in Australia by Boeing Aerostructures Australia (BAA, formerly Hawker de Havilland, Government Aircraft Factories and Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation). BAA designs, tests, certifies and produces world class advanced structures. Despite predominantly commercial customers, BAA is also responsible for the design and manufacture of structures to the defence industry. Based at Melbourne's Fishermans Bend, the company has a long heritage in Australian aviation that began with its legacy companies in 1927 and has included the manufacture of aircraft which served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.

BAA is Australia's only designer and manufacturer of advanced composite aerostructure components for commercial aircraft. Boeing Aerostructures Australia manufactures the 'moveable trailing edge' control surfaces of the Boeing 787 using a unique carbon fibre production technology developed in Victoria called resin infusion. This is Australia's largest aerospace contract valued at $5 billion over 20 years, and Fishermans Bend is the only Boeing location in the world to apply the unique resin infusion system that enables the components to be cured without a traditional autoclave. Boeing Aerostructures Australia has invested $70 million in site improvements to support 787 production increases over the next decade.

In addition to work on the 787 moveable trailing edge, Boeing Aerostructures Australia's over 1000 employees produce flight control products such as 737 rudders, winglets and sole source supply for ailerons, as well as Boeing 777 cove lip doors, elevators and rudders.{{Cite web | url=https://www.boeing.com.au/boeing-in-australia/subsidiaries/boeing-aerostructures-australia.page | title=Boeing Aerostructures Australia | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121141607/https://www.boeing.com.au/boeing-in-australia/subsidiaries/boeing-aerostructures-australia.page | archive-date=2022-01-21}}

Another component of BCA is its Commercial Aviation Services (CAS) unit, which provides materials and engineering services 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.

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.{{Cite web|publisher=University of Queensland|title=Boeing-UQ initiative tackles key engineering skills shortage|url=http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2003/09/boeing-uq-initiative-tackles-key-engineering-skills-shortage|date=23 September 2003}} Boeing also made a $1.55M grant for the founding of a Boeing Professorship in Systems Engineering for 5 years occupied by Professor 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.

This fostered Defence Industries Queensland in Queensland Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning with Boeing Defence Australia at RAAF Base Amberley.

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 CSIRO and the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO).{{cite web|url=https://www.business.gov.au/Grants-and-Programs/Research-and-Development-Tax-Incentive/Customer-Stories/Boeing|title=Boeing Australia Holdings - industry leading aeronautical technologies developed in Australia|publisher=Australia.gov.au|access-date=2 October 2020}}

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