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Cover Story
It’s a gas, gas, gas
Drawing on its rich legacy of air-refueling experience, the latest technology that was developed for programs such as the 787 Dreamliner, and most of all on the skills and dedication of its employees around the globe, Boeing is putting the finishing touches on a proposal to win the KC-X tanker competition with a NewGen Tanker that is best in its class.
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Special features
Gateway to opportunity
Germany has long been a leader in technology and innovation, and this European economic powerhouse is an important market for Boeing. The country is home to airline customers such as Lufthansa, Air Berlin and TUIfly. Many German companies develop and supply high-tech products and systems for Boeing airplanes and are partners in advanced research.
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Commercial Airplanes
ShaRper focus
Jim Albaugh, president and CEO of Commercial Airplanes, talks about the changing and challenging competitive landscape in the years ahead, the importance of keeping the focus on the customer, and why he wants employees to feel more comfortable talking about problems and solutions.
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Defense, Space & Security
Top guns Down Under
Australia, the first international customer for Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet, has received the first five of 24 aircraft, which will give the Royal Australian Air Force a leap in capability. The Super Hornet is built in St. Louis, where Boeing workers point to these Down Under deliveries with a great sense of pride.
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Engineering, Operations & Technology
Safekeeping
Boeing’s technology and innovations are crucial to its business, and the job of protecting the “company’s gold” falls to the Intellectual Property Management organization. Some of that gold, for example, is on the 787 Dreamliner, which has more than 1,000 patents granted or pending. With the theft of intellectual property on the rise, Boeing must make sure its breakthrough technology does not fall into the wrong hands.
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