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Boeing planes The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is an aerospace and defense corporation In March 2005 the Boeing board forced headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Boeing is President and CEO Harry Stonecipher to the largest global aircraft manufacturer by resign. Boeing said an internal investigation revenue[1] and the second-largest defense revealed a “consensual” contractor in the world.[2] In 2005, the relationship between Stonecipher and a female company was the world’s largest civil executive that was “inconsistent with aircraft manufacturer in terms of value (with Boeing's Code of Conduct” and 49% of orders and 45% of deliveries), “would impair his ability to lead the overtaking Airbus for the first time since company”.[4] James A. Bell served as 2000. The largest exporter in the United interim CEO (in addition to his normal duties States, Boeing’s stock is a component as Boeing’s CFO) until the appointment of  the  Dow  Jones  Industrial  Average. of Jim McNerney as the new Chairman, President,  and  CEO  on  June  30,  2005. In recent years Boeing has faced an increasingly competitive Airbus, which offers Industrial  espionage some commonality between models (reducing maintenance and training costs) and the In June 2003 Lockheed Martin sued Boeing latest fly-by-wire technology. From the 1970s alleging the company had resorted to Airbus has increased its family of aircraft industrial espionage in 1998 to win the to the point where they can now offer an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) aircraft in almost every class Boeing does. competition. Lockheed alleged that former Indeed, Airbus is now competing in markets employee Kenneth Branch, who went to work for that Boeing once had a monopoly over, e.g. McDonnell Douglas and Boeing, passed 25,000 the A320 has been selected by several proprietary documents to his new employers. low-cost operators (the aircraft used by Lockheed argued that these documents allowed these airlines has traditionally been the Boeing to win 21 of the 28 tendered military 737) and the very large aircraft market, the satellite  launches. A380. The 747 has suffered by competing with Boeing’s  777-300  series. In July 2003 Boeing was penalized, with the Pentagon stripping $1 billion worth of Currently, Boeing is planning to introduce a contracts away from the company and awarding new aircraft; the 787 them to Lockheed. Furthermore, the company “Dreamliner”, and four new was forbidden to bid for rocket contracts for aircraft variants; the ultra-long-range a twenty-month period which expired in March 777-200LR, the 737-900ER, 737-700ER and the 2005. 747-8. The 787 was originally known by the developmental designator 7E7. The Boeing In early September 2005 it was reported that 777-200LR has the longest range of any Boeing was negotiating a settlement with the commercial aircraft, and is the first U.S. Department of Justice in which it would airliner to able to fly halfway across the pay up to $500 million to cover this and the planet with a commercially viable payload, Darleen  Druyun  scandal.[5] and holds the world record for the longest flight by a commercial airliner at 21,601km. Airbus  subsidy  dispute The 777-200LR has completed flight-testing and certification, with the first aircraft In October 2004, Boeing filed a complaint at delivered to Pakistan International Airlines the World Trade Organization, claiming that (PIA) in 2006. The 737-900ER, previously Airbus had violated a 1992 bilateral accord designated as the 737-900X is an improvement when it received what Boeing deems as to the 737-900. The current 737-900 model has “unfair” subsidies from several limited range, and is limited in capacity European governments. Airbus retaliated by such that it can not be flown in a filing another complaint, contesting that high-density configuration, rather requiring Boeing had also violated the accord when it a solidly two-class configuration. The received tax breaks from the U.S. Government. 737-900ER will extend the range of the Moreover, the E.U. also complained that the 737-900ER to a similar range as the investment subsidies from Japanese airlines successful 737-800 with the capability to fly violated  the  accord. more passengers, due to the addition of two extra  emergency  exits. On January 11, 2005 the two parties (Boeing and Airbus) agreed that they would attempt to In 2004, Boeing cancelled production of the find a solution to the dispute outside of the 757 after 1055 were produced, with the last WTO. aircraft going to Shanghai Airlines, in China. More advanced, stretched versions of However, in June 2005, Boeing and the United the 737 were beginning to compete against the States government reopened the trade dispute 757, and the new 787-3 will fill some of the with the WTO, claiming that Airbus had top end of the 757 market. Boeing also soon received illegal subsidies from European canceled the production of 717 due to slow governments. Airbus has also retaliated sales, and the 767 is likely to cease against Boeing, reopening the dispute and production soon. However, if Boeing manages also accusing Boeing of receiving subsidies to win the contract for new USAF tankers, the from  the  US  government. 767 program might be saved. Boeing also is building an advanced version of the 747, the Product  developments 747-8, which will compete more closely with the Airbus A380. The aircraft was informally Finally, Boeing achieved several consecutive announced at the 2005 Paris Airshow. The successes, beginning with the formal launch 747-8 is stretched and will offer higher of the 787 for delivery to All Nippon Airways efficiency and longer range. The passenger and Air New Zealand. Currently, the 787 and cargo versions will be 12ft and 18ft orderbook  stands  at  over  404  airplanes. longer  than  current  747-400  versions. Boeing also received the launch contract from On August 21 2006 Sky News alleged that the US Navy for the Multimission Maritime Boeing's Next Generation 737s built from 1994 Aircraft, an anti-submarine warfare patrol to 2002 contained defective parts. The report aircraft. Several orders for the Wedgetail stated that various parts of the airframe AEW&C  airplanes  are  expected  as  well. produced by Ducommun were found to be defective by Boeing employees but that Boeing In November 2004, Boeing announced it will refused to take action. Boeing said that the offer a cargo version of the popular 777 allegations  were  "without  merit". model, based on the 777-200LR. Boeing launched the Boeing 777 Freighter in May 2005 Boeing continues to serve as the prime with an order from Air France. Other contractor on the International Space Station customers rumored to be interested include and has built several of the major Lufthansa, EVA Airways, ILFC, GECAS, Air components. Canada  and  Emirates. Recent  history Boeing has achieved above projected orders for its 787 Dreamliner, outselling the rival After several decades of numerous successes, Airbus A350. A large blow to Airbus came as Boeing lost ground to Europe’s Airbus Emirates Airlines president Tim Clark stated and subsequently lost its position as market that his airline must be convinced that the leader in 2003. Multiple Boeing projects were 250 to 290-seat A350 would not repeat the pursued and then cancelled. The Boeing Sonic “misses” by Airbus in performance Cruiser is among these projects. The Boeing and delivery. Emirates has held off ordering Sonic Cruiser was launched in 2001 along with either airplane as it tries to convince a new advertising campaign to promote its new Boeing to build a larger version of the 787, motto, “Forever New Frontiers”, the 787-10 - which is the airline’s and rehabilitate its image. Boeing is now preferred option. Air Canada also dealt focused on the newly-launched 787 as a Airbus a blow by replacing its entire A330 platform of total fleet rejuvenation, which and  A340 fleet with 96 Boeing 777s and 787s. has benefited from strong sales success at the  expense  of Airbus' competing offerings. Boeing officially announced in November 2005 that it would produce a larger version of the On October 10, 2001, against fierce 747, the 747-8, in two models, commencing competition for the contract to the JSF, with a model for two cargo carriers with firm Boeing lost to rival Lockheed Martin in the orders for the aircraft. The second model, multi-billion dollar contract. slightly shorter than the cargo version but Boeing’s plane was the X-32, which still longer than the 747-400, dubbed the lost out to Lockheed’s F-35 entrant. Intercontinental, would be produced for The X-32 may have been hampered by the passenger airlines that Boeing expected would requirement for a redesign after several place orders in the near future. Both models flaws  were  found  in  the original concept. of the 747-8 would feature a lengthened fuselage, new, advanced engines and wings, In Early May 2004 Boeing announced that the and the incorporation of other technologies 717, the last civil aircraft to be designed developed  for  the  787. by McDonnell-Douglas, would cease production by 2006, leaving the C-17 military transport Boeing’s most successful new aircraft as the last McDonnell-Douglas airplane design measured by recent orders remained the 737, still  in  production. for which it received orders totaling 387 new units in 2005 as reported on August 7. The On August 2, 2005 Boeing sold its Rocketdyne 737-900ER is the latest version of the rocket  engine  division  to Pratt & Whitney. venerable plane offered by Boeing and is the largest model of the 737 line at a length of In May 2005, Boeing announced its intent to 138  feet. form a new company, United Launch Alliance with its competitor Lockheed Martin. The new The 777-200LR Worldliner embarked on a company will be the sole provider of rocket well-received global demonstration tour in launch services to the US government. The the second half of 2005, showing off its joint venture is expected to gain regulatory capacity to fly farther than any other approval and be complete near the end of commercial aircraft. On November 10, 2005, 2005. the 777-200LR set a world record for the longest non-stop flight. The plane, which On May 1, 2006 Boeing announced that it had departed from Hong Kong traveling to London, reached a definitive merger agreement to took a longer route, which included flying purchase Dallas, Tx based Aviall, Inc. for over the U.S. It flew 11,664 nautical miles $1.7 Billion and retain $350 Million in debt. (21,601km) during its 22-hour 42-minute Aviall, Inc. and its subsidiares, Aviall flight. Services, Inc. and ILS will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing Commercial Realizing that increasing numbers of Aviation Services (BCAS). Aviall's CEO, Paul passengers have become reliant on their E. Fulchino will report to BCAS' General computers to stay in touch, Boeing introduced Manager/Vice President, Lou Mancini. The Connexion by Boeing, a satellite based merger agreeement was approved by Aviall's Internet connectivity service that promised shareholders on September 19 and final air travelers unprecedented access to the closing  commenced  on  September  20,  2006 World Wide Web. The company debuted the product to journalists in 2005, receiving Unethical  conduct generally favorable reviews. However, facing competition from cheaper options, such as In May 2003 the US Air Force announced it cellular networks, it proved too difficult to would lease 100 KC-767 tankers to replace the sell to most airlines. In August 2006, after oldest 136 of its KC-135s. The 10 year lease a short and unsuccessful search for a buyer would give the USAF the option to purchase for the business, Boeing chose to discontinue the aircraft at the end of the contract. In the  service. September 2003, responding to critics who argued that the lease was vastly more Future  Concepts expensive than an outright purchase, the DOD announced a revised lease of 74 aircraft and In May 2006, four concept designs being purchase  of  26. examined by Boeing were outlined in the Seattle Times. Codenamed after the well-known In December 2003 the Pentagon announced the Muppets (the design team is known as the project was to be frozen while allegations of Green Team), the designs concentrated corruption by one if its former procurement primarily on reducing fuel usage. All four staffers, Darleen Druyun (who had moved to designs illustrated rear-engine layouts. Boeing in January) was investigated. The "Fozzie" employs open rotors and would offer fallout of this resulted in the resignation a lower cruising speed. "Beaker" has very of Boeing CEO Philip M. Condit and the thin, wide wings, with the ability to termination of CFO Michael M. Sears. Harry partially fold-up to facilitate easier Stonecipher, former McDonnell Douglas CEO and taxiing. "Kermit Kruiser" has forward swept Boeing  COO,  replaced  Condit. wings over which are positioned its engines, with the aim of lowering noise below due to Druyun pleaded guilty to inflating the price the reflection of the exhaust signature of the contract to favor her future employer upward. "Honeydew" with its delta wing and to passing information on the competing design, resembles a marriage of the flying Airbus A330 MRTT bid (from EADS). In October wing concept and the traditional tube 2004 she was sentenced to nine months in jail fuselage. As with most concepts, these for corruption, fined $5,000, given three designs are only in the exploratory stage years of supervised release and 150 hours of intended to help Boeing evaluate the community  service. potentials of such radical technologies. 1 A B C D 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111