July 2011
Volume 10, Issue 3
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Space Shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station on its final mission in May

Download this NASA photo showing Space Shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station on its final mission in May. The photo was taken by a crew member on board a Russian Soyuz capsule as it left the station to return to Earth. It was the first time a shuttle had ever been photographed from another space vehicle while the shuttle was docked with the orbiting platform.

 

Cover Story

Uplifting

Production rates of Boeing’s CH-47 Chinook helicopter are going up to meet increased domestic and international demand. And the more than 600 Boeing employees who build the Chinook have helped make the Chinook production lines even more efficient. Their factory building, once used to build steam locomotives, has been transformed with glass walls that let in natural light and provide a view of the flight line where Chinooks are tested before delivery to customers.

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 Uplifting BOB FERGUSON/BOEING
A mighty stallionSHUTTERSTOCK

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

A mighty stallion

Seventy years ago, the first P-51s began rolling off the North American Aviation assembly line in Los Angeles. The fighter would soon come to be known as the Mustang and dominate the skies over Europe during World War II. The Mustang became a legend, one of the most recognized aircraft ever built, and is still performing at air shows.

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SPECIAL FEATURES

Bright future

Boeing has enjoyed a long relationship with Saudi Arabia, one that’s much more than the sale of commercial jetliners and military products. Boeing has increased its presence in Saudi Arabia through industrial participation programs and by building strong ties with local universities. More opportunities are opening up for this key partnership.

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 Bright futureASSOCIATED PRESS
Something of valueJIM ANDERSON/BOEING

COMMERCIAL AIRPLANES

Something of value

Eventually, as many as 42 Next-Generation 737s will be produced a month at the Renton, Wash., plant. Preparing the way for this record-setting pace have been employee “value stream” teams that have helped make production of the popular single-aisle jetliner more efficient than ever.

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DEFENSE, SPACE & SECURITY

Journey’s end

The space shuttle program will come to a close with the final flight of Atlantis, scheduled for this month. But the shuttles have one last mission: being readied for safe and permanent display at several museums around the United States. Boeing employees are helping prepare the shuttles for their final journey.

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Journey’s endBOB FERGUSON/BOEING
The ProposalRich Rau/Boeing

Shared Services Group

Bids that fly

In 2010, Boeing's Enterprise Proposals Services team helped produce 357 proposals designed to win Boeing new business. One of these was for the U.S. Air Force KC-46 tanker contract. Boeing won that competition. This is a behind-the-scenes look at just some of what the tanker proposal teams had to accomplish in making that winning tanker bid, which consisted of 8,000 pages and filled 32 cardboard boxes.

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