22 | BOEING FRONTIERS 7 Aircraft manufacturing is an important Russian industry, accounting for 355,000 jobs. — Russia is known for its high-profile aircraft, notably the Sukhoi-35 and MiG-29, and is continuously seeking ways to innovate with commercial airplanes, such as the Sukhoi Superjet 100, according to Alexander Basyuk, Commercial Airplanes sales director for Russia. As a part of the Boeing strategy to support market access in Russia, Boeing assisted with development of the Superjet. This regional airplane that seats up to 90 passengers flew for the first time in 2008, after Boeing consulted on marketing, design, certification and testing. 5 Boeing recently opened a flight training and research center in Moscow. — Boeing and Russia unveiled a new flight training center in June. Boeing estimates that the region will require 22,000 new commercial airline pilots and 26,000 new technicians over the next two decades. The center provides aspiring pilots with training on 737 and 777 simulators, a digital aviation team to work on solutions in a variety of areas, and an outlet for customers to interact with service personnel. “The training facility is a significant investment in the future of the transportation industry in the CIS region and it really differentiates us from the competition,” Kravchenko said. The site also offers a research center, which will focus on civil aviation projects in cooperation with Russian universities and organizations. The center will work on solutions in aviation science, flight safety, metallurgy, and the development of assemblies and components. 6 Russia and the U.S. are longtime space partners. — The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, which involved the docking of American and Russian spacecraft in 1975, marked the beginning of a longtime space collaboration between the countries. For a decade and a half, the two have shared with others in the operation of the International Space Station, now certified to continue through 2028. For the past five years, astronauts and cosmonauts have traveled together to and from the orbiting spacecraft. “The space station is an engineering marvel that has enabled us to build relationships around the world—a prime example being our relationship with Russia,” said John Elbon, vice president and general manager, Space Exploration. “We will leverage these relationships as we continue our journey back to the moon and on to and Mars.”
Frontiers November 2016 Issue
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