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Cover Story
Flight fantastic
The latest generation of flight simulators can create a virtual experience for warfighters that is more realistic than ever before, allowing for complex air combat and air mobility operations. On the commercial aide, similar technology advancements are driving the latest simulators for training crews on jetliners such as the 787 Dreamliner.
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 Bob
Ferguson/Boeing |
 BOEING |
COMMERCIAL AIRPLANES
Dream campaign
With windows larger than on any other commercial jetliner, and many other cabin innovations, the 787 Dreamliner will reconnect passengers to the magical experience of flight. Starting this month, a new Boeing ad campaign will highlight the superlative experience passengers will have on board the 787, reminiscent of ads Boeing ran at the dawn of the jet age when the 707 delivered a travel experience like none before.
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DEFENSE, SPACE & SECURITY
Bits and bytes
At a Boeing lab in Huntington Beach, Calif., engineers integrate software from several suppliers that is vital to the various platforms for the U.S. Army Brigade Combat Team Modernization program. The software is the key element that allows all the cool hardware, such as the small unmanned ground vehicles, to work together. That hardware will give warfighters a battlefield edge.
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 BOB FERGUSON/BOEING |
 RONALD BOOKOUT/BOEING |
SHARED SERVICES GROUP
Situational awareness
As Boeing’s business has grown, so has its security needs. Although the company has first-class security teams, systems and support equipment, alert and watchful employees remain one of the best countermeasures to potential security threats.
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ENGINEERING, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Talent search
Boeing’s year-old Test & Evaluation organization, which brought together resources from across the company, provides many services other than flight testing. And it has been making a name for itself by getting talented employees to where they are needed at the business units -- and doing so quickly.
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 PAUL PINNER/BOEING |
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