Why dont Boeing make their own engines?
The Boeing Company does not make aircraft engines because it has chosen to specialize and focus on manufacturing aircraft frames where it has carved a niche for itself!
What went wrong with the Boeing 787?
Boeing 787 Dreamliners have a new manufacturing problem, the FAA says — this time in the jets’ noses. Some undelivered Boeing 787 Dreamliners have a new manufacturing issue, the FAA said. The problem is near the Dreamliner’s nose and will be fixed before the 787s are delivered, it said.
Where is the Boeing 787 made?
The 787 was originally assembled at Everett (along with all other Boeing widebodies). But a second assembly line was added at North Charleston in 2011 to handle the increased production rate. The 787-10 is produced only in North Charleston, and Boeing is currently moving all 787 production there.
Who makes the 787 Dreamliner?
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Boeing 787-9/Manufacturers
When did Boeing start outsourcing?
In 2003, for the first ti me in Boeing’s history, it outsourced more than 70\% of the design, engineering and manufacture of it’s new aircraft — Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Is Boeing a manufacturing company?
Boeing has been the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners for decades. Today, the company manufactures the 737, 747, 767, 777 and 787 families of airplanes and the Boeing Business Jet range. New product development efforts include the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, the 737 MAX, and the 777X.
Who supplies Boeing?
Key Boeing suppliers include Spirit AeroSystems (fuselages – aerostructures), Precision Castparts Corp. (aerostructures), Triumph Group (aerostructures), Pratt & Whitney (aircraft engines), Collins Aerospace (components & parts), Honeywell (components & parts), General Electric Co.
Is Boeing’s outsourced supply chain to blame for 787 problems?
Company engineers blame the 787’s outsourced supply chain, saying that poor quality components are coming from subcontractors that have operated largely out of Boeing’s view. “The risk to the company is not this battery, even though this is really bad right now,” said one 787 electrical engineer, who asked not to be identified.
Is Boeing 787 outsourcing coming back to bite the program?
A senior Boeing engineer not directly involved with the 787 said he believes the company’s early delegation of control on 787 outsourcing to multiple tiers of suppliers is now coming back to bite the jet program, though it made belated efforts to tighten up oversight of suppliers.
What is wrong with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s electrical system?
Seattle Times aerospace reporter Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner has suffered numerous electrical system flaws beyond the battery problems that led to its current grounding, according to engineers with knowledge of the situation.
Did a 2001 paper predict the 787’s problems?
Three years before the 787 was even launched, a paper presented internally at Boeing in 2001 by eminent airplane structures engineer John Hart-Smith predicted the problems that would arise from excessive outsourcing.