At a glance: Boeing in Utah Across six locations in Utah, Boeing has approximately 1,000 employees who develop and test missile defense systems, support military aircraft customers, and manufacture parts installed in commercial jetliners. And they do this all within a 50-mile (80-kilometer) radius stretching from Salt Lake City to Ogden, two of the state’s largest cities. Boeing Defense, Space & Security enlists some 200 employees at three sites in and around Ogden. Most of them are directly involved with Strategic Missile & Defense Systems, specifically intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs. Fifty engineers and technicians are based at Little Mountain Test Facility, a U.S. Air Force site located on the banks of the Great Salt Lake near Ogden. Their primary responsibility is to test Minuteman III ICBMs in simulations conducted in radiation, electromagnetic, and shock and vibration labs. They provide equipment repairs and upgrades when necessary. Boeing also supplies engineering support for Minuteman III guidance systems in Ogden. Various support groups focus on Ground-based Midcourse Defense electronics, A-10 Thunderbolt wing replacement, and C-17 Globemaster III, F-15 and Lockheed Martin F-22 aircraft in Layton, which is home to Hill Air Force Base, south of Ogden. The remainder of the Utah workforce is located at three Boeing Fabrication factories across Salt Lake City, with more than 700 employees collectively producing 787 horizontal stabilizers and vertical fins, as well as flight-deck consoles for all airplane models. • Photos: (Far left) Robert Dennis, a Salt Lake Fabrication specialist, inspects the outer surface of a 787 horizontal stabilizer in West Jordan. (Left) Fabrication specialists prepare a 787 horizontal stabilizer composite mold with carbon-fiber material. OCTOBER 2016 | 15
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