Sea Power Magazine:
A new Boeing business unit with specialization in signals intelligence (SIGINT) and other electronic warfare areas is branching into the strategic missile defense area.
Electronic Sensors and Intelligence Solutions (ES&IS) is part of a new unit called “Strategic Defense and Intelligence Solutions, combining the company’s strategic missile business with the electronic sensors and intelligence business,” said Jeff Brown, a former Navy cryptography officer and now general manager of Boeing ES&IS.
“At a very high level that does not seem to be a natural thing to put together, but the reality today is the missile business is about understanding as early on in the cycle what’s going on, getting to the left of launch, if you will,” Brown told Seapower. “The intelligence side of that business is pretty good for that.”
Brown said it made sense to put “all indications and warning of launch together with the business unit that is responsible for providing both strategic and tactical missile defense.
