Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Program Highlights
Customer Chain: Spirit AeroSystems / The Boeing Company
First Contract Awarded: 2006
Statement of Work: 12 Structural Rib Assemblies
10 Intercostal Kits Containing 62 Structural Components
Boeing has credited the pursuit of advanced technology and unparalleled performance as the inspiration behind the 787 Dreamliner. The 787 will provide airlines with unmatched fuel efficiency and will travel at speeds of Mach 0.85. 58 customers have placed orders for more than 896 airplanes from six continents of the world, making the Dreamliner the most successful launch of a new commercial airplane in Boeing’s history.
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Flexibility Innovation Execution
The 787 program has been called a program of “firsts”. Many milestones are being set by the global team including being the first primarily composite commercial jet liner. Precise Machining & Manufacturing has contributed its own set of firsts to the program being the first sub-tier supplier to provide production structural ribs through shipset milestones 12, 20 and 30.
The entire 787 supply chain was under tremendous pressure to design, tool, program and fabricate parts and assemblies to meet an extremely aggressive development and ramp up schedule. Precise is proud of the contributions that we have made to the program and have developed a scaled production approach that includes an extremely flexible front-end when designs are volatile to a very lean cellular path during the normal and elevated stages of production.
