Frontiers June 2014 21 Gazing out across the sprawling cityscape of New Delhi last year, Tom Marcacci could see massive construction projects everywhere, a reminder that India is a country burgeoning with opportunity. Recently, while in the Middle East on another assignment for Boeing Military Aircraft and its Vertical Lift business, he had a similar feeling as he looked at myriad new office buildings breaking up the waves of white sand and grand palm trees. In both cases, Marcacci envisioned growth opportunities for the company’s Vertical Lift programs, which are being selected to meet defense needs in these growing markets. “Ultimately—and together—our customers and partners will be able to experience new technologies that will brighten our mutual futures for decades to come,” said Marcacci, who works on international growth for the AH-64 Apache and AH-6i helicopter programs from his Mesa, Ariz., office and makes frequent trips overseas. More than 30 countries around the world operate at least one of Boeing’s Vertical Lift products—the Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopter, the Apache attack helicopter, the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor, and the Mission Enhanced Little Bird, the predecessor to the new AH-6i light attack/reconnaissance helicopter. Many of these countries also are among numerous campaigns in the Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East PHOTOS: (Opposite page) An AH-64 Apache hovers over water during testing. BOB FERGUSON/ BOEING (This page, clockwise from top) A Chinook for the United Kingdom Royal Air Force is shown in flight. DAVID ANDREWS/BOEING The production version of the AH-6 light attack/ reconnaissance helicopter made its first flight in May in Mesa; employees Elizabeth Campbell, left, and Charles Powell were part of that flight’s engineering test team. BOB FERGUSON/BOEING An HMX-1 squadron V-22 is repositioned on the flight ramp at Boeing’s Philadelphia site. The aircraft is tasked with presidential support missions. FRED TROILO/BOEING
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