This is the first time wings have been outsourced. Note also that
engineering is being outsourced as well as manufacturing.

Jack


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"Scott Duncan" wrote in message
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The news today about Boeing building the 7E7 and giving the wing to
Japan to build sounds like it was taken directly out of the text of
Micheal Crichton's book Airframe, where some unscrupulous executives
at an ailing aircraft manufacturer give away closely guarded secrets
to turn a quick profit at the cost of future American jobs. Is this
really good news for Boeing...?

Let's see...is Japan now, or likely in the near future, going to be a
competitor in the large transport arena? No. Is it rather common to sub
out
fabrication of major components to companies located in other nations?
Yes.
Does Japan offer a potential sizeable market for an aircraft like the 7E7?
Yes. I'd therefore say that it surely does not sound like a BAD deal for
Boeing.

Wasn't there some serious discussion just a couple of years back between
Airbus and the PRC to do a similar deal?

Brooks