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This article reports that Spirit Aerosystems is transforming a former Boeing 757 factory floor into the new home for assembly of the jet's nose. To get ready, the company has added 100,000 sq. ft., raising total floor space to 500,000 sq. ft. Foundations have been poured for three key pieces of equipment--automatic fiber placement, skin trim and drill, and automated fastening machines. But the site is still a construction zone. Nearby, construction of an assembly line for the 787 engine pylons is underway. In this case, Spirit is opting for flexibility, running parallel lines for the new aircraft with the 777 and using common assembly processes for each. Spirit delivers full-length fuselages for the 737 program, but they are hollow.

The article considers the development of new products by aerospace industries firm Boeing Co. The company's creation of a new division called Airplane Development which will manage the development, testing and certification of jet transports for use in commercial aeronautics including the Boeing 777X, 737 MAX and 797-9 is examined.

The article examines construction and testing of the Boeing 787-9 jet transport by the aerospace industries company Boeing Co. The company's use of a hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) system on the vertical and horizontal stabilizers of the transport to reduce aerodynamic drag in flight is discussed. HLFC works by delaying the transition from laminar to turbulent air flow over the skin of the stabilizers.

The article discusses the development of the 787-9 airplane by the aerospace company Boeing. Scott Fancher, general manager of the 787 program, says that the design process has gone well and that the model will undergo the triple-program review in order to begin initial production in 2012. All Nippon Airways (ANA) executive Mitsuo Morimoto discusses the use of 787-8 and 787-9 airplanes for international flights.

The article reports that the aerospace industries company Boeing Co. has halted deliveries for one month from major suppliers to the final assembly line of its 787 jet transport. The delay is one of a series which has left production of the 787 more than three years behind schedule, but the company states that it will not affect the delivery of the first 787 to the airline All-Nippon Airways scheduled for August-September, 2011.

The article discusses the single-aisle commercial airliner market and uncertainty regarding its future. Airliner leasing is discussed and prospective actions to be taken by single-aisle airplane manufacturers Boeing and Airbus are contemplated. Industry experts cited include Air Lease Corp. chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Steven Udvar-Hazy and Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO James Albaugh.

The article discusses the production management of the construction of the 787 jet transport by aircraft industry company Boeing Co. The announcement by the firm that delivery of the transport to the airline All Nippon Airways had been postponed until July, 2011 is considered as one of a long string of such postponements due to problems in the development and flight testing of the transport.

The article examines factory management by aircraft industry firm Boeing Co. of its assembly factory for the Boeing 787 jet transport location in North Charleston, South Carolina. The use of a manufacturing process in which pre-assembled airframe structure parts from outside suppliers are used rather than building the airplane from scratch in the assembly process is discussed.

The article examines international cooperation between aerospace industry companies in Asia in the construction of jet transports. Cooperation between Korean Air Aerospace Division of South Korea and the Japanese companies Fuji Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries as suppliers of parts for the construction of the 787 jet transport by Boeing Co, is considered. It is noted that Asian aerospace industry firms have been unable to unite to construct their own jet transport.

The article focuses on the redesign and reconstruction by aircraft industry firm Boeing Co. of a factory for the construction of jet transports in Everett, Washington. Lean manufacturing elements of the factory's overhaul is examined, The factory produced Boeing's widebody jet transports such as the 747 and 787 models.