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Boeing to Showcase Vertical Lift, Cybersecurity at AUSA Conference
Also featuring newly configured Phantom Badger vehicle

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2014 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] will highlight its progress on vertical lift programs, including the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator partnership with Sikorsky, as well as new cybersecurity initiatives, during the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition Oct. 13-15 in Washington, D.C.

The innovative Phantom Badger combat support vehicle will also be displayed for the first time with its mortar module and ammunition trailer. 

Boeing’s exhibit at booth 803 features the company’s wide range of products and services, including the CH-47 Chinook and AH-64 Apache helicopters, Phantom Badger, ScanEagle unmanned airborne system, and weapons and directed energy systems.

Media can request online access to program backgrounders and high-resolution photos. Details of the media briefings at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center are below.

All times listed are Eastern. All briefings will be held in the West Wing, formerly called the 9th Street Mezzanine.   

Monday, Oct. 13

1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. – U.S. Army/Boeing Attack Helicopter programs media roundtable

Tuesday, Oct. 14

9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. – Cybersecurity media roundtable

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Sikorsky-Boeing Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator media roundtable

A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is one of the world's largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $33 billion business with 56,000 employees worldwide. Follow us on Twitter: @BoeingDefense.

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Contact:        

Stephanie Bass
Boeing Military Aircraft
Office: +1 314-232-3146
Mobile: +1 314-651-7376
Stephanie.l.Bass@boeing.com

Caroline Hutcheson
Boeing Military Aircraft
Office: +1 703-414-6158
Mobile: +1 252-314-2028
Caroline.n.Hutcheson@boeing.com