HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc., California/USA, a subsidiary of the SGL Group - The Carbon Company - announced today that it has signed a Long Term Agreement with Alenia Aeronautica, S.p.A., a Finmeccanica Company, to supply the Trailing Edge Components for the Boeing 787 Horizontal Stabilizer.
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The next generation of Boeing 747 jumbo jets is not on Thai Airways International’s shopping list as replacement aircraft for its 18 ageing 747-400 jetliners.
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The first of Boeing Co.’s highly anticipated 787 jetliners is on track and making steady progress toward its much-delayed first flight.
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Thomas Enders, the chief of Airbus, seeks a level playing field in terms of state support with its U.S. rivals.
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Tests will determine the Dreamliner’s strength, a key step as Boeing moves toward the jet’s first flight.
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CHICAGO — Boeing Co. Chief Executive Jim McNerney on Wednesday defended the company’s reliance on overseas suppliers in building its 787 jetliner despite admittedly “big stutter steps,” saying the new plane’s innovations give the company a five-year lead over rival Airbus.
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SEATTLE — Could more delays be looming for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner? Aviation Week , the “bible” of the industry, is reporting that the suppliers of two key systems are behind schedule, threatening to push back next month’s electrical “power-on,” in one case, and the plane’s first flight, in the other.
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Boeing Co. chief executive Jim McNerney said suppliers building the new 787 Dreamliner are unlikely to be the source of any further delays in the program, which is running at least 14 months behind schedule. The risk has shifted to the normal threats that can crop up during the flight-testing and certification stages […]
EVERETT, Wash. — The first of Boeing Co.’s highly anticipated 787 jetliners is on track for a June “power on” milestone, and subsequent planes are arriving at the final assembly floor in better and better shape, says the executive in charge of the 787 program.
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Boeing Co. CEO Jim McNerney on Wednesday defended the company’s reliance on overseas suppliers in building its 787 jetliner despite admittedly “big stutter steps,” saying the new plane’s innovations give the company a five-year lead over rival Airbus.
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