DOCSLIB.ORG

PDF Download

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
PDF Download Frontierswww.boeing.com/frontiers FEBRUARY 2011 / Volume IX, Issue IX Journey to tomorrow Boeing’s Phantom Ray hitches a ride on a 747 to its flight-test site in California’s high desert BOEING FRONTIERS / FEBRUARY 2011 BOEING FRONTIERS / FEBRUARY 2011 On the Cover Lord of the wings The Phantom Ray, an unmanned airborne system developed by Boeing’s Phantom Works organization, will soon begin flight testing at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Getting Phantom Ray there efficiently and safely was a 23 challenge—one captured in this Frontiers photo essay. It was carried from St. Louis to Edwards in December on the back of a NASA 747 normally used to transport space shuttles. The six-hour flight was more than a year in planning. COVER IMAGE: AT Sunset in ThE high desert at EdwardS AFB, ThE Phantom RAy is OuTlined against ThE CAlifornia Sky after its FlighT from ST. Louis on ThE back of A modified 747. BOB FERGuSON/BOEING PhOTO: ThE PhANTOM RAy ARRIVES at EdwARdS AFB AFTER ThE FlIGhT FROM ST. lOuIS. PhANTOM RAy ANd ITS SPECIAl AdAPTER FOR transporting IT ON ThE BACk OF ThE 747 wEIGhEd ONly ABOuT 30,000 POuNdS (13,600 kIlOGRAMS)—MuCh lESS ThAN ThE ShuTTlE’S 220,000 POuNdS (99,800 kIlOGRAMS) whEN IT IS FERRIEd ON ThE NASA PlANE. BOB FERGuSON/BOEING Ad watch The stories behind the ads in this issue of Frontiers. Inside cover: Page 6: Back cover: This ad was created This is one in a series of Global corporate to welcome the 112th three new ads featuring citizenship refers U.S. Congress on behalf Boeing’s Performance to the work Boeing of Boeing’s 151,000 U.S. Based Logistics does—both as a employees and more capabilities. The ad company and through than 20,000 suppliers highlights the success its employees—to from all 50 states. The of the PBL program improve the world. print ad ran in Politico, supporting the F/A-18 This ad illustrates CQ Weekly, The Hill, Super Hornet, reducing Boeing’s commitment National Journal and cost while increasing to promoting the Roll Call. The campaign also featured a readiness for its military customer. The campaign well-being of communities worldwide. radio component. will run in military trade and congressional publications throughout the year. BOEING FRONTIERS / FEBRUARY 2011 3 Frontiers Publisher: Tom Downey Editorial director: Anne Toulouse EdITORIAl TEAM Executive editor: Paul Proctor: 312-544-2938 Editor: table of contents James Wallace: 312-544-2161 Managing editor: Vineta Plume: 312-544-2954 Historical Art and design director: Brandon Luong: 312-544-2118 Perspective Photo director: When a large model of a Boeing Bob Ferguson: 312-544-2132 B-17 Flying Fortress was discovered in Commercial Airplanes editor: a warehouse, no one realized how valuable Don Smith: 206-766-1329 it was. Its true identity—the original wind- defense, Space & Security editor: tunnel model used by Boeing engineers to Diane Stratman: 562-797-1443 develop the famous World War II bomber— Engineering, Operations & Technology was not discovered until after it was nearly editor: destroyed in an accident. Volunteers have Junu Kim: 312-544-2939 restored the model to its original condition. human Resources and Administration 12 PhOTO: hERB PhElAN editor: Geoff Potter: 312-544-2946 Shared Services Group editor: Beriah Osorio: 425-577-4157 Staff writer: Supplying Eric Fetters-Walp: 425-266-5871 26 20 ONlINE PROduCTION change web manager: The Boeing supply chain spans the world, Wendy Manning: 312-544-2936 and making sure it all runs smoothly is web designer: critical to the company’s performance Michael Craddock: 312-544-2931 and success. Boeing has been working web developers: closely with its suppliers to reduce Lynn Hesby: 312-544-2934 risks and make improvements as part Keith Ward: 312-544-2935 of a new approach by the company’s Information technology consultant: Supplier Management organization. Tina Skelley: 312-544-2323 PhOTO: Ed Turner/boeing hOw TO CONTACT uS: E-mail: [email protected] Mailing address: Clear and simple Boeing Frontiers MC: 5003-0983 Fighter pilots can’t afford to look 42 through the windshield of their F/A-18 100 N. Riverside Plaza Chicago, IL 60606 Super Hornet and see a manufacturing Phone: imperfection—a tiny spot that could be 312-544-2954 mistaken for an approaching unfriendly Fax: aircraft. Boeing engineers, with the help 312-544-2078 of a Boeing photographer and his web address: Panoscan camera, have developed www.boeing.com/frontiers a way to find minute windshield Send all retiree address changes to defects before installation. Boeing Frontiers, MC 3T-12 PhOTO: RIChARd RAu/BOEING P.O. Box 3707 Seattle, WA 98124-2207 Postmaster: Send address corrections to Boeing Frontiers, MC 3T-12 P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, WA 98124-2207 (Present addressees, include label) BOEING FRONTIERS / FEBRUARY 2011 table of contents INSIdE 07 Leadership Message In a Q&A with Frontiers, Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney discusses a range of issues, from the company’s top strategic priorities in 2011 and beyond to how Boeing is applying lessons learned from some of its big development programs. 10 Snapshot/Quotables 11 Why We’re Here 45 Milestones 32 Safety is a BIG deal 50 In Focus Sitting in the driver’s seat of a Kalmar straddle carrier 35 feet (nearly 11 meters) above the factory floor at Boeing’s Everett, Wash., plant provides a unique view of why safety is so important: The massive Kalmars, used to load and unload shipping containers, share the transportation aisles with employees. A Boeing team that includes Kalmar drivers decided to make a video that is helping the company achieve its goal of improving workplace safety. Photo: BOB FERGuSON/BOEING High 38 performance When the International Space Station lost half of its cooling system after a key pump shut down, a Boeing team in Houston was ready to help find solutions. Its mission is to keep the station running smoothly and safely— especially during potentially serious events such as this one. PhOTO: ElIzABETh MORREll/BOEING BOEING FRONTIERS / FEBRUARY 2011 5 BOEING FRONTIERS / LEADERSHIP MESSAGE leadership Message Competing for our future Boeing’s fundamental business is strong, but it faces tough new global competition and must keep getting better n a Q&A with Frontiers, Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney discusses a range of issues important Ito employees, whom he considers “some of the most passionate, innovative and talented people I’ve ever met.” Q: Jim, as we head into 2011, what do you see as the strategic business priorities for the company? A: First and foremost, it’s to continue the outstanding performance of our core programs and our services businesses—and to maintain an enterprise focus on improving productivity and affordability for our customers. As everyone knows, we’ve had a tough time with some major development programs and there’s still more work to be done there. We’ve been able to absorb the impact of those challenges and continue investing in other growth areas because of the phenomenal work our teams are doing on productivity and in core business performance. Those efforts have been our bedrock. Q: And our priorities beyond that? A: It’s important we begin to face into some growing realities “ We can’t assume about the future and adjust our strategies to deal with them. For example, at Commercial Airplanes we have to prepare we’re entitled to for the inevitability of more—and more aggressive—global competition from lower-cost, state-supported producers, market leadership including Canada, China, Russia and Brazil. These competi- tors (and their host nations) see the same massive economic opportunity in the commercial airplane market over the next just because we’re 20 years that we and Airbus do. They’re hungry, capable and they want their fair share of the action, which ultimately Boeing; we have to means taking some of ours. earn it every day.” Q: what do we need to do? A: Right now, from an overall product strategy standpoint, – Jim McNerney I’d say we’ve got several years’ lead over the emerging Boeing chairman, president and chief executive officer competitors, and probably a three- to four-year lead over PhOTOS: BOB FERGuSON/BOEING Airbus. However, our lead was larger before we ran into BOEING FRONTIERS / LEADERSHIP MESSAGE 7 difficulties on the 787 and 747-8. Our priorities are to get those development programs done; ramp up production “ We made good progress across all programs to burn down our 3,400-airplane backlog and open up more sales slots for customers (we don’t want in 2010, but we need to steer them to our competitors because we don’t have planes available when they need them); then, we need to to go faster because take and extend our lead with either improvements to, or replacements of, our 737 and 777 families. our competitors are not Q: Do you see similar realities for defense, Space & Security? standing still. They’re A: The reality we’re facing on that side of the business is reducing costs and an extended period of flat to declining budgets in the United States and Europe, along with pressure on our profit margins as customers tighten the contracting environment making investments in to stretch their limited dollars further. We also foresee a continued growing emphasis on unmanned systems; their capabilities, too.” intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; integrated logistics; and cybersecurity. of reliable, proven and affordable products and services is a big advantage in tight budgetary times. With that in Q: what does a “tight contracting environment” mean? mind, our focus needs to stay on extending and growing our A: In the simplest terms, our government customers are core businesses, winning an even larger share of international negotiating harder to get lower prices for what we sell sales and services opportunities, and strengthening our them, which generally means we earn less profit on our capabilities in the higher-growth areas I just mentioned— work (unless we offset the lower prices with reduced cost).
Load more

Recommended publications
  • PDF Download
    August 2008 | Volume VII, Issue IV www.boeing.com/frontiers The Weapons Program team at Boeing is reinventing itself to better meet emerging warfighter needs. August 2008 Volume VII, Issue IV BOEING FRONTIERS ON THE COVER: Mike Dour performs final-assembly tasks on a Small Diameter Bomb in St. Charles, Mo. RICHARD RAU PHOTO COVER STORY RICHARD RAU PHOTO BULLSEYE | 12 Otis Stith uses ergonomic handling equipment to move a Joint Direct Attack Munition tailkit from the St. Charles, Mo., assembly line to the packaging area. He’s a member of the newly formed Weapons Programs organization, which is reinventing itself to better meet warfighter needs and deliver even greater capabilities to U.S. and allied forces. FEATURE STORY | 50 Rich history, strong future Turkey reveres its storied past as it moves confidently into a technologically capable, global future. With 65 percent of its population age 34 and under, the country is working to develop a tech-savvy work force. That’s important to Boeing, which is undertaking a cross-enterprise approach to doing business in this market—the home to customers in both the commercial and defense segments. BOEING FRONTIERS AUGUST 2008 3 Contents BOEING FRONTIERS A clean handoff | 22 In July, the first P-8A Poseidon achieved “factory complete” status as workers at the Boeing Commercial Airplanes factory in Renton, Wash., rolled it off the moving assembly line. Now, Integrated Defense Systems teammates will com- plete systems integration and functional checks. A load of assistance | 27 Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ structures engineer- ing team was spread thin supporting several development programs.
    [Show full text]
  • The Boeing Company 2002 Annual Report
    The Boeing Company 200220022002 AnnualAnnualAnnual ReportReportReport Vision 2016: People working together as a global enterprise for aerospace leadership. Strategies Core Competencies Values Run healthy core businesses Detailed customer knowledge Leadership Leverage strengths into new and focus Integrity products and services Large-scale system integration Quality Open new frontiers Lean enterprise Customer satisfaction People working together A diverse and involved team Good corporate citizenship Enhancing shareholder value The Boeing Company Table of Contents Founded in 1916, Boeing evokes vivid images of the amazing products 1 Operational Highlights and services that define aerospace. Each day, more than three million 2 Message to Shareholders passengers board 42,300 flights on Boeing jetliners, more than 345 8 Corporate Essay satellites put into orbit by Boeing launch vehicles pass overhead, and 16 Corporate Governance 6,000 Boeing military aircraft stand guard with air forces of 23 countries 18 Commercial Airplanes and every branch of the U.S. armed forces. 20 Integrated Defense Systems We are the leading aerospace company in the world and a top U.S. 22 Boeing Capital Corporation exporter. We hold more than 6,000 patents, and our capabilities and 24 Air Traffic Management related services include formulation of system-of-systems solutions, 26 Phantom Works advanced information and communications systems, financial services, 28 Connexion by BoeingSM homeland security, defense systems, missiles, rocket engines, launch 30 Shared Services Group systems and satellites. 32 Financials But Boeing is about much more than statistics or products, no matter 88 Selected Products, how awe-inspiring. It’s also about the enterprising spirit of our people Programs and Services working together to provide customers the best solutions possible.
    [Show full text]
  • PDF Download
    October 2006 Volume V, Issue VI www.boeing.com/frontiers LOOKING AHEAD Meet the Advanced Systems organization A SKILLED BUILD 16 of IDS, where Boeing employees are Determinant assembly helps 777 line developing new-technology solutions to support its defense, security, space and THAT FEELS BETTER 28 new market customers A look at Boeing’s wellness resources A QUALITY DECISION 34 Streamlined process aids Boeing, suppliers October 2006 Volume V, Issue VI ON THE COVER: The A160 Hummingbird. Photo by Bob Ferguson O T O BOB FERGUSON PH COVER STORY MOVING AHEAD 12 Employees in the Advanced Systems organization of Integrated Defense Systems—such as those working on the Orbital Express ASTRO demonstration satellite in Huntington Beach, Calif. (above)—are developing future capabilities to support defense, security and other customers. What’s in your wellness toolkit? Boeing offers employees wellness FEELING 28 “tools” from information to services to fitness opportunities. These re- FEATURE sources allow employees to focus on the wellness of themselves and their fam- BETTER ily members. That helps employees be more productive at work and at home. STORY BOEING FRONTIERS October 2006 3 October 2006 Volume V, Issue VI O T O The new 777 Accurate Floor Grid–Determinant T PH Assembly Process gives mechanics easier access R during assembly. It also requires significantly less CKHA 16 O space than the previous three-story tooling struc- L N ture used to build up 777 floor grids. IA R MA COMMERCIAL AIRPLANES INTEGRATED DEFENSE SYSTEMS Parts of a tool What’s the big idea Members of the Manufacturing Engineering team Boeing is developing a high-capacity miniature 16 in Everett, Wash., came up with an idea to improve 20 satellite.
    [Show full text]
  • Paper Number
    Impact of mission requirements on the design of low observable UCAV configurations E. Sepulveda, H. Smith SATM, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to characterise the effects of mission and performance parameters on the design space of low observable subsonic unmanned combat aerial vehicles operating in typical Hi-Lo-Hi ground strike missions. Design/methodology/approach – Conceptual design methodologies appropriate to low observable, tailless UCAVs have been integrated into a multidisciplinary aircraft design environment, GENUS, developed at Cranfield University’s Aircraft Design Group. A basic Hi-Lo-Hi mission is designed and a baseline configuration is established through the GENUS framework. Subsequently, an evolutionary optimiser and a robust gradient-based optimiser are employed to obtain convergent design solutions for various leading edge sweep angles, mission ranges, cruise Mach numbers, and other operational constraints. Findings – The results indicate that performance constraints, specifically in the form of specific excess power, have a large influence on the overall sizing of subsonic tailless UCAVs. This requirement drives the engine sizing which represents a considerable proportion of the empty and gross mass of the vehicle. Cruise Mach number studies show that no significant advantages exist for operating at low speeds while maintaining performance requirements consistent with combat missions. There is a drastic increase in the vehicle’s mass and thrust requirements for flight speeds above Mach 0.8, with low sweep configurations showing a more pronounced effect. Increases in range are not overly dependent on the leading edge sweep angle. Top-level radar cross section results also favour configurations with higher leading edge sweep angles, especially from the nose-on aspect.
    [Show full text]
  • Boeing Frontiers Takes a Look at Some of the People from Across the Enterprise Who Also Say They Have the Best Job in the Company
    December 2006/January 2007 Volume V, Issue VIII www.boeing.com/frontiers GREAT JOB! Mike Duffy, an aerodynamics engineer in Philadelphia, says he has the best job at Boeing. Look inside to read more about him—and TECH’S ‘CHALLENGE’ others who say they have Warming to an important Boeing’s best job. program, amid Alaska’s chill. Center pullout, after Page 34 HOW YOU CAN HELP Jim McNerney: 5 things you can do to make Boeing better. Page 6 It takes an excellent company to do one thing well. It takes an extraordinary company to do many things well. Which is precisely why Boeing values its partnership with Cobham. A partnership that produces state-of-the-art results on projects ranging from Unmanned Air Vehicles to Future Combat Systems. One of the many things Cobham does well, is being a good partner. ` 1" = 1" = 1" Scale: 114803_a01 B & C F 11/17/06 PH This is the seventh in a series of new ads created to build awareness of Boeing and its many valuable partnerships in the United Kingdom. Boeing, the largest overseas customer of the UK aerospace industry, currently partners with more than 300 businesses and universities around the country. The advertising campaign has appeared in The Sunday Tımes, The Economist, New Statesman and other UK publications, and complements current Boeing business and communications activities in that nation. JOB NUMBER: BOEG-0000-M2457 Version: C FRONTIERS CLIENT: Boeing PRODUCT: Corporate Communications DIVISION: None Date: 11/17/06 4:39 PM Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, PDM: Scott Simpson File Name: m2457vC_r0_Cbhm_Frnt.indd Black Editor: Pat Owens Media: ADV Mag Fonts: Helvetica (Light Oblique, Light; Type 1), QC: Yanez Color Sp: 4C FRONTIERS Agenda (Light; Type 1) Images: m2457CT01_PgCbhm_HR_r2.eps (339 ppi), Print Producer: Kim Nosalik Scale: 1=1 Boeing-FNF_rev_ad-StPg.eps Traffi c Supervisor: Kelly Riordan Bleed: 8.875 in x 11.25 in Headline: Boeing and the curious..
    [Show full text]
  • PDF Download
    Frontierswww.boeing.com/frontiers MARCH 2011 / Volume IX, Issue X Incredible, again In new ‘sunrise’ livery, the 747-8 Intercontinental is unveiled BOEING FRONTIERS / MARCH 2011 On the Cover Welcome to the family The newest member of the Boeing commercial airplane family, the 747-8 Intercontinental is the biggest Boeing jetliner ever. At 250 feet (76 meters), it’s 24 about 18 feet (5.6 meters) longer than the 747-400. The Intercontinental features a new wing, engines, cockpit and interior. The upper passenger deck also is longer. The Boeing team that designed and developed it over five years overcame numerous challenges—and in the end delivered an incredible new airplane. COVER IMAGE: ThE first 747-8 Intercontinental is unveilEd to 10,000 emplOyees and Guests last month insidE Boeing’S Everett, Wash., plant. BOB FERGuSON/BOEING PHOTO: After ThE unveiling ceremony, emplOyees and retirees, Along with friendS and family, SurrouNd ThE new 747-8 Intercontinental jetliner, Which Sported A lively “Sunrise” livery. BOB FERGuSON/BOEING Ad watch The stories behind the ads in this issue of Frontiers. Inside cover: Page 6: Page 14: Back cover: This ad This ad was This ad Part of a spotlights created to celebrates campaign the recent support the 2 million illustrating World Trade Boeing’s flight-hour Boeing’s Organization bid for the milestone commitment ruling on Ground- reached by to success European based the C-17 through its claims of U.S. Midcourse program in partnership government Defense December. with India, assistance to contract, Two million this ad shows Boeing. In a significant legal victory for which is being re-competed.
    [Show full text]
  • Up from Kitty Hawk Chronology
    airforcemag.com Up From Kitty Hawk Chronology AIR FORCE Magazine's Aerospace Chronology Up From Kitty Hawk PART ONE PART TWO 1903-1979 1980-present 1 airforcemag.com Up From Kitty Hawk Chronology Up From Kitty Hawk 1980-1989 F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters, first flight June 1981. Articles noted throughout the chronology are hyperlinked to the online archive for Air Force Magazine and the Daily Report. 1980 March 12-14, 1980. Two B-52 crews fly nonstop around the world in 43.5 hours, covering 21,256 statute miles, averaging 488 mph, and carrying out sea surveillance/reconnaissance missions. April 24, 1980. In the middle of an attempt to rescue US citizens held hostage in Iran, mechanical difficulties force several Navy RH-53 helicopter crews to turn back. Later, one of the RH-53s collides with an Air Force HC-130 in a sandstorm at the Desert One refueling site. Eight US servicemen are killed. Desert One May 18-June 5, 1980. Following the eruption of Mount Saint Helens in northwest Washington State, the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service, Military Airlift Command, and the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing conduct humanitarian-relief efforts: Helicopter crews lift 61 people to safety, while SR–71 airplanes conduct aerial photographic reconnaissance. May 28, 1980. The Air Force Academy graduates its first female cadets. Ninety-seven women are commissioned as second lieutenants. Lt. Kathleen Conly graduates eighth in her class. Aug. 22, 1980. The Department of Defense reveals existence of stealth technology that “enables the United States to build manned and unmanned aircraft that cannot be successfully intercepted with existing air defense systems.” Sept.
    [Show full text]
  • Of Innovation the Story of the X-48 Program Is One of Discovery—And Ideas Taking flight
    Frontierswww.boeing.com/frontiers DECEMBER 2012–JANUARY 2013 / Volume XI, Issue VIII Wing of innovation The story of the X-48 program is one of discovery—and ideas taking flight PB BOEING FRONTIERS / DECEMBER 2012–JANUARY 2013 1 BOEING FRONTIERS / DECEMBER 2012–JANUARY 2013 Ad watch On the Cover The stories behind the ads in this issue of Frontiers. Inside cover: This ad was developed to run in the Middle East, a key market for the Boeing 777 jetliner with more operating there than in any other region in the world. Page 6: Highlighting the combined capabilities of Boeing’s Super Hornet and Growler military aircraft, this ad is running in U.S. trade and congressional publications. Pages 10–11: This is the first ad in a new campaign, “Partners Across Generations,” celebrating the relationship between Boeing and China’s aviation industry. Translation: The memorable glamour of [Shanghai’s famous] Bund over time as a Boeing flies over. For over 40 years, Boeing has been supporting the development of the Chinese aviation industry. Boeing is proud of every achievement in this partnership, which transcends time. Pages 14–15: “Enduring Force,” featuring the V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft, focuses on Boeing’s military aircraft expertise. It is one of several ads in a Boeing Defense, Space & Security campaign highlighting the capabilities Boeing brings to 20 its customers. The ads are running in print and online The right blend business, political and trade publications. On a dry lake bed in the high desert of California at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Boeing and NASA are testing an unusual-looking aircraft.
    [Show full text]
  • Boeing History Chronology Boeing Red Barn
    Boeing History Chronology Boeing Red Barn PRE-1910 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Boeing History Chronology PRE-1910 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 PRE -1910 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet Museum of Flight Collection HOME PRE-1910 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 1881 Oct. 1 William Edward Boeing is born in Detroit, Michigan. 1892 April 6 Donald Wills Douglas is born in Brooklyn, New York. 1895 May 8 James Howard “Dutch” Kindelberger is born in Wheeling, West Virginia. 1898 Oct. 26 Lloyd Carlton Stearman is born in Wellsford, Kansas. 1899 April 9 James Smith McDonnell is born in Denver, Colorado. 1903 Dec. 17 Wilbur and Orville Wright make the first successful powered, manned flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1905 Dec. 24 Howard Robard Hughes Jr. is born in Houston, Texas. 1907 Jan. 28 Elrey Borge Jeppesen is born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. HOME PRE-1910 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 1910 s Boeing Model 1 B & W seaplane HOME PRE-1910 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 1910 January Timber baron William E. Boeing attends the first Los Angeles International Air Meet and develops a passion for aviation. March 10 William Boeing buys yacht customer Edward Heath’s shipyard on the Duwamish River in Seattle. The facility will later become his first airplane factory. 1914 May Donald W. Douglas obtains his Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), finishing the four-year course in only two years.
    [Show full text]
  • YEAR in REVIEW 2011 a PUBLICATION of the AMERICAN INSTITUTE of AERONAUTICS and ASTRONAUTICS Change Your Perception of MESHING
    cover-fin12-2011_AA Template 11/18/11 11:37 AM Page 1 11 AMERICA AEROSPACE December 2011 DECEMBER 2011 YEAR IN REVIEW 2011 A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS change your perception of MESHING VISIT US AT THE AIAA AEROSPACE SCIENCES MEETING 9-12 JANUARY 2012 > THIS IS NOT THE FUNNEST PART OF THE PROJECT. You’re not generating a computational grid for pleasure. It’s simply a necessary step in the process of completing your analysis, so you can improve the performance of your design. With its intuitive interface, high-level automation, and sophisticated grid generation algorithms, Pointwise helps ease you through the process. Try it for free, and see how Pointwise can reduce your meshing pain. POINTWISE. Reliable People, Reliable Tools, Reliable CFD Meshing. Toll Free (800) 4PTWISE www.pointwise.com toc.DEC2011a_AA Template 11/17/11 10:46 AM Page 1 December 2011 EDITORIAL 3 OUT OF THE PAST 76 2011 SUBJECT AND AUTHOR INDEX 78 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES 84 THE YEAR IN REVIEW Adaptive structures 4 Intelligent systems 39 Aeroacoustics 12 Legal aspects 32 Aerodynamic decelerators 25 Life sciences 56 Aerodynamic measurement Lighter-than-air systems 30 technology 13 Liquid propulsion 51 Aerospace power systems 44 Materials 6 Aerospace traffic management 68 Meshing, visualization and Air-breathing propulsion systems computational environments 21 integration 45 Nondeterministic approaches 7 Aircraft design 26 Nuclear and future flight Air transportation 24 propulsion 52 Applied aerodynamics 14 Plasmadynamics and lasers
    [Show full text]
  • Boeing's Knowledge in Composites Can Cut Cost for Return to the Moon
    Integrated Defense Systems BOEING FRONTIERS Boeing’s knowledge in composites can Lighter cut cost for return to the moon Shown here is a Delta IV fairing. Boeing developed the composite fairingslunar for Delta loads and Sea Launch. Although Delta manu- facturing has moved to United Launch Alliance—a joint venture in which Boeing is a partner—Boeing still manufactures com- posite payload fairings for Sea Launch. BOEING PHOTO BY ED MEMI high-strength fibers embedded in a resin ma- Boeing Ares I upper stage composites lead trix, such as epoxy, that is heated under pres- Don Barnes, who works alongside NASA at oeing is sharing with NASA composites sure to form finished parts and structures. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., expertise from its commercial airplanes, Composites are pervasive today, used in prod- has a mission to show NASA how composites Bspace and defense programs to help re- ucts from automobiles to sporting goods to can be applied to future spacecraft. Similarly, duce the weight and development costs of aircraft. Boeing uses composites in jetliners NASA has expressed interest in Boeing efforts, new rockets and vehicles planned for a return such as the 777 and the 787 Dreamliner, and and its representatives have toured Boeing to the moon by 2020. in military aircraft such as the F/A-18 fighter commercial-aircraft and defense-program fa- Large composite structures, which can be attack aircraft and Bell-Boeing V-22 tilt rotor. cilities to learn more about Lean composite 20 percent to 30 percent lighter than compa- The company also uses composites in launch manufacturing.
    [Show full text]
  • Phantom Ray Unmanned Aircraft Makes Its Debut 12 May 2010
    Phantom Ray unmanned aircraft makes its debut 12 May 2010 “We’re really excited about this because Phantom Works is back as a rapid prototyping house, operation and organization,” said Craig Brown, Boeing Phantom Ray program manager. “This is the first of what I expect to be many exciting prototypes, and they’re all with exciting technology.” Financed entirely by Boeing, Phantom Ray is a testament to the company and its Phantom Works division’s commitment to becoming the leader in the global unmanned systems market. “Phantom Ray represents a series of significant After only two years of development, the Phantom changes we’re making within Boeing Defense, Ray unmanned airborne system (UAS) was Space & Security,” said Darryl Davis, president of unveiled at a ceremony in St. Louis on May 10. Phantom Works. “For the first time in a long time, Built by Boeing in St. Louis, the sleek, fighter-sized we are spending our own money on designing, UAS combines survivability with a powerful arsenal building and flying near-operational prototypes. of new capabilities. We’re spending that money to leverage the decades of experience we have in unmanned “Phantom Ray offers a host of options for our systems that span the gamut from sea to space.” customers as a test bed for advanced technologies, including intelligence, surveillance This aircraft is on-schedule to take its first taxi tests and reconnaissance; suppression of enemy air later this summer and soar through its initial flight defenses; electronic attack and autonomous aerial profiles as early as December, continuously gaining refueling - the possibilities are nearly endless,” ground toward becoming an unmanned system that said Dennis Muilenburg, president and CEO of could one day penetrate enemy forces and provide Boeing Defense, Space & Security.
    [Show full text]