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787-9 Clears Critical Design Review Milestone
Sep 26, 2011
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[TD="class: storyAuthor"]By Guy Norris [email protected]
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Boeing is starting production of initial parts for the first stretched 787-9, and is “on track” to achieve payload-range and empty weight targets after completing the critical design review (CDR) in mid-September.
First deliveries of the 787-9 are set to begin in only 27 months, and long-lead items such as the production tooling are already under construction. These include the fuselage assembly mandrels for the two stretched sections of the 787-9 which is 206 ft. in length, or 20 ft. longer than the 787-8. The new production jigs are being installed at Alenia Aeronautica’s Grottaglie plant in Italy which will make the extended Section 46 aft fuselage, and at Kawasaki Heavy Industries, which will assemble the enlarged forward Section 43. Both fuselage sections will be extended by 10 ft. over the current one-piece composite fuselage barrels.[/TD]
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Sep 26, 2011
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[TD="class: storyAuthor"]By Guy Norris [email protected]
Seattle[/TD]
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Boeing is starting production of initial parts for the first stretched 787-9, and is “on track” to achieve payload-range and empty weight targets after completing the critical design review (CDR) in mid-September.
First deliveries of the 787-9 are set to begin in only 27 months, and long-lead items such as the production tooling are already under construction. These include the fuselage assembly mandrels for the two stretched sections of the 787-9 which is 206 ft. in length, or 20 ft. longer than the 787-8. The new production jigs are being installed at Alenia Aeronautica’s Grottaglie plant in Italy which will make the extended Section 46 aft fuselage, and at Kawasaki Heavy Industries, which will assemble the enlarged forward Section 43. Both fuselage sections will be extended by 10 ft. over the current one-piece composite fuselage barrels.[/TD]
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