Boeing presents 787 Dreamliner at MAKS 2011, MAKS 2011 - МАКС 2011
Release Date: 2011-08-16
August 16: at MAKS 2011, Sergey Kravchenko, president of Boeing-Russia/CIS, introduced revolutionary innovations in Boeing 787 Dreamliner that make it, according to Boeing’s estimations, 20% better than all existing wide body aircraft. The Dreamliner arrived on August 15 to Zhukovsky and is shown on static display on MAKS. At the press conference, Boeing-Russia/CIS signed agreements with Basel Aero and Moscow Geodesy and Cartography Institute for improvement of airport capacity and with MSU and MATI to open wider cooperation of science and engineering companies and boost opportunities for the Russian students
Kravchenko proudly states that Boeing was and remains the leading supplier of aircraft for the Russian and CIS airlines: in this region, sales increased US$20 bln. In Russia, 23 airlines fly 265 Boeing aircraft. In 2010, customers from Russia and CIS purchased 47 aircraft worth US$11 bln. Total backlog is currently for 200 new aircraft.
The current demand for aircraft is estimated at US$110 bln. Total amount of required aircraft is about 1,100 units in the next 20 years. Russia is one of Boeing’s 6 key markets. The largest demand comes for the segment of 100-350 seats aircraft.
Boeing in Russia: more value than buying titanium and selling aircraft
In production, Boeing is a strategic partner of Russian Technologies (RT). VSMPO-AVISMA, the Russian titanium giant, part of RT, supplies more than 40% of titanium for each Dreamliner: “Every year we buy more than 20 t of forgings produced in Russia using forging technologies developed by Russian metallurgists, and there is no alternative for landing gear and cords processed by Ural Boeing Manufacturing. Over 30 years, Boeing invested US$18 bln in purchase of titanium products in Russia. 15% of Dreamliner’s weight is made of Russian titanium.
Boeing is one of Russia’s key hi-tech partners who has created 23,000 hi-tech jobs. For Boeing, Russia is a source of intellectual service and Boeing’s second software developer after India: “In Russia, we work with private companies providing engineering service – a new notion that we have introduced. These are Russian companies that design modern jets – a source of thousands of new jobs in Russia. 359 Russian software engineers are working in Luxsoft, Boeing’s major partner in Russia for software development. I would like to stress that our projects with Luxsoft are related to development and not just servicing of ready-made products”, comments Kravchenko. Currently, 300 engineers are working in the Moscow construction center – Boeing’s largest overseas engineering department. “This is the largest international service cooperation in Russia where Boeing has till present accomplished contracts for US$6 bln”, adds Kravchenko.
In June 2010, during the visit of President Medvedev to the U.S., Boeing signed agreement with Skolkovo. Boeing and its Russian partners - Luxsoft and Progresstekh - will locate their joint projects in Skolkovo where 300 software developers, engineers and scientists will design modern Boeing civil aircraft.
“Boeing 787 Dreamliner is the first civil aircraft created in the XXI century. It incorporates technological innovations linked to serious commercial risks. Namely, we have implemented four revolutionary solutions: body with composites, new generation engines, perfect aerodynamics with flexile wings that resist to 150% overloads and IT innovations: Dreamliner – with more than 2 mln lines of code - is the first aircraft created as an object for the Internet.
To sum it up, we have managed to be 20% better than out competitors through a combination of four successful innovations, risk, investments and global partnerships”, concludes Kravchenko. “We are as close as never before to starting operation of Dreamliner – MAKS 2011 is the last airshow where it acts as test aircraft”.
Press conference was concluded with singing two agreements (and more are expected at MAKS 2011): the agreement of Boeing, Basel Aero and the Moscow Institute of Geodesy and Cartography aimed at increasing airport capacity before the start of Sochi 2014 Olympics, and the agreement of Boeing, MATI (Russian State Technological University) and the Moscow State University for development of civil aviation technologies as a synergy of high school and engineering companies opening new opportunities for young people.
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