Deep inside Boeing’s Everett widebody-jet manufacturing complex Monday afternoon, about 300 workers looked on as an orange-and-blue robot lowered its drilling end over a long, U-shaped beam of carbon ...
The new jetliner combines “the best of the 777 and the best of the 787.” Test flights begin in 2019. EVERETT — The Boeing Co. started assembly of its new wide-bodied jet, the 777X, on Monday afternoon ...
GKN developed semi-automated manufacturing processes for the first WOT spars, with the ultimate goal of almost fully automating fabrication. The spar is fully preformed here and being prepared for ...