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PDF Download (3 Frontierswww.boeing.com/frontiers JUNEJULY 20092009 // VolumeVolume VIII,VIII, IssueIssue IIIII wingsNew ScanEagle leads Boeing future in unmanned airborne systems market JULY 2009 / BOEING FRONTIERS BOEING FRONTIERS / JULY 2009 / VOLUME VIII, ISSUE III On the Cover 14 Flying into the future Innovative unmanned aircraft systems such as ScanEagle, developed by Boeing subsidiary Insitu, are helping Boeing expand in one of the fastest-growing markets in aerospace. COVER IMAGE: TRAVIS CIELOHA OF INSITU, WITH THE SCANEAGLE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM. CDR DOUG KIEM/U.S. NAVY PHOTO: SCANEAGLE IN FLIGHT. CDR DOUG KIEM/​U.S. NAVY BOEING FRONTIERS / JULY 2009 / VOLUME VIII, ISSUE III 3 Safer air travel Frontiers Flying today is safer than ever, thanks in large part to the Commercial Publisher: Tom Downey 12 Aviation Safety Team. Working together, representatives from industry, Editorial director: Anne Toulouse government, unions and academia developed and promoted safety initiatives that have improved aviation safety around the globe. EDITORIAL TEAM The team’s efforts recently were recognized with the prestigious Editor: Collier Trophy. Paul Proctor: 312-544-2938 Managing editor (acting): Ann Beach: 312-544-2997 Deputy managing editor: Vineta Plume: 312-544-2954 Out of this world Art director: Brandon Luong: 312-544-2118 For Boeing Mission Control Center employees who design, build and test satellites, the launch is just the beginning. Then comes the critical Commercial Airplanes editor: 24 work of satellite operations. Julie O’Donnell: 206-766-1329 Engineering, Operations & Technology editor: Junu Kim: 312-544-2939 Human Resources and Administration editor: Geoff Potter: 312-544-2946 Apollo 11: A walk to remember Integrated Defense Systems editor: Two Boeing engineers—then a new engineering school graduate and a Diane Stratman: 562-797-1443 28 teenager with lofty aspirations—share the challenges and excitement of Shared Services editor: launching the Apollo 11 mission that put man on the moon 40 years ago Beriah Osorio: 425-577-4157 this summer. ONLINE PRODUCTION Production manager: Alma Dayawon: 312-544-2936 Web designer: Michael Craddock: 312-544-2931 Web 2.0 helps inventory management Graphic designer: Two Shared Services Group employees wanted a better, cheaper way Brandon Luong: 312-544-2118 40 to track and manage inventory. Their initiative resulted in a wiki that’s Web developers: become a valuable tool in reducing costs and waste—and for keeping Lynn Hesby: 312-544-2934 key information readily at hand. Keith Ward: 312-544-2935 Information technology consultant: Tina Skelley: 312-544-2323 HOW TO CONTACT US: E-mail: [email protected] Picture perfect Mailing address: Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the Boeing engineering effort that Boeing Frontiers 42 helped ensure success of the recent Hubble Space Telescope servicing MC: 5003-0983 mission by the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The complex 100 N. Riverside Plaza assignment required painstaking planning, packing and installation Chicago, IL 60606 of equipment that will allow the telescope to keep delivering stunning Phone: imagery of the cosmos through at least 2014. 312-544-2954 Fax: 312-544-2078 Web address: www.boeing.com/frontiers Send all retiree address changes to INSIDE Boeing Frontiers, MC 3T-12 P.O. Box 3707 06 Notebook 44 Focus on Finance Seattle, WA 98124-2207 Snapshot/Quotables Milestones Postmaster: Send address corrections to 07 45 Boeing Frontiers, MC 3T-12 08 Historical Perspective 50 Around Boeing P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, WA 98124-2207 (Present addressees, include label) 10 New and Notable 4 CONTENTS / BOEING FRONTIERS BOEING FRONTIERS / JULY 2009 Feature story 32 Managing the invisible, expertly Frequency Management Services is responsible for anything at Boeing that uses radio-frequency spectrum, from wireless microphones to intelligent tooling to airplanes and satellites. This Shared Services Group organization’s expertise is industry-leading—and a competitive advantage for Boeing. FEATURE IMAGE: FREQUENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES ELECTROMAGNETICS TECHNICIAN TIM COOPER (LEFT) WITH SKYTERRA TEST ENGINEER JAMES TAN AT THE BOEING SATELLITE PRODUC- TION SITE IN EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. PHOTO BY PAUL PINNER/BOEING, GLADYS WICKERING/BOEING CONTENTS / BOEING FRONTIERS BOEING FRONTIERS / JULY 2009 5 Notebook City of flight By Maureen Jenkins All photos by Ed Turner/Boeing Industry air shows are all about building and strengthening relationships, and last month’s Paris Air Show—which celebrated its 100th anniversary—gave Boeing leaders the chance to do just that. Delivering a cohesive, one-company strategy, executives from Commercial Airplanes, Integrated Defense Systems and Corporate offices (including Boeing International) spent June 15–18 meeting with key commercial and government and military customers, journalists, analysts, and suppliers at the biennial event. Boeing presented a strong but scaled-back presence, reflecting the tough global economic environment. During the show, Boeing also highlighted the achievements Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney (center) of the Boeing French Team—a core group of 14 French greets Philippe Forestier, Dassault Systèmes executive vice president of Global Affairs & Communities, at a Dassault supplier-partners that support Commercial Airplanes and IDS Systèmes–hosted reception for the Boeing French Team. Also and add to the company’s local presence within France. pictured (from left): Dassault President and CEO Bernard Charlès, Boeing International President Shep Hill and Boeing France President Yves Galland. An Air France 777 Freighter lands at Paris–Le Bourget Airport Among the aircraft on display in Paris: the F/A-18F Super Hornet. prior to going on static display outside the Boeing Media Chalet Boeing Integrated Defense Systems has set a goal of growing at the Paris Air Show. The plane was visited by potential Boeing international sales to 20 percent by 2013. customers during the weeklong event. 6 NOTEBOOK / BOEING FRONTIERS BOEING FRONTIERS / NOTEBOOK Snapshot UNMANNED WINGMAN The Boeing AH-64D Apache Block III attack helicopter (top) last month demonstrated an advanced level of unmanned aerial vehicle con- trol, remotely operating the Unmanned Little Bird helicopter (shown with safety pilot aboard) during flight testing over the Arizona desert, receiving real-time video, altering its navigation flight path numerous times and changing its airspeed and altitude. FILE PHOTO: BOB FERGUSON/BOEING flight Quotables “The passenger might not know “Our military and government it, but CAST [the Commercial customers have said that Aviation Safety Team] has protecting vital information changed how we fly. … networks against cyber- Working together we saved a attacks is one of the nation’s lot of lives and we made a real highest priorities, and Boeing is difference in the efficiency of responding to the call.” our system.” – Integrated Defense Systems President and CEO Jim Albaugh, on a Boeing agreement to acquire eXMeritus Inc., a Fairfax, – Peggy Gilligan, associate administrator for Aviation Safety, Va.-based company that provides hardware and software to Federal Aviation Administration. See related story on Page 12. federal government and law enforcement organizations for sharing information securely across classified and unclassified networks, as quoted by the Associated Press on June 15. IAM PROMOTIONS ETHICS QUESTIONS? No promotions listed for periods ending May 29 You can reach the Office of Ethics & Business Conduct at 1-888-970-7171; Fax: 1-888-970-5330; and June 5, 12 and 19. Web site: http://ethics.whq.boeing.com NOTEBOOK / BOEING FRONTIERS BOEING FRONTIERS / NOTEBOOK 7 Historical Perspective Project Mercury: First step on the way to the moon By Henry T. Brownlee Jr. ore than 50 years ago, Mon Oct. 4, 1957, the former Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik shocked the United States and initiated a space race between the two world powers to demonstrate political superiority through technological advancement. Less than two years PHOTO: James McDonnell (right) and later, in February 1959, T. Keith Glennan, the first NASA NASA awarded the administrator, discuss the Mercury prime contract to program using a model of the manned space capsule. BOEING ARCHIVES design, test and build the Project Mercury manned spacecraft to McDonnell Aircraft Corporation (MAC). Twelve companies, including Boeing predecessor companies MAC, Douglas Aircraft and North American Aviation, submitted proposals. The selection of McDonnell was a carefully guarded secret until the day of the announcement. Several years before the launch of Sputnik, and before Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American to achieve suborbital spaceflight in May 1961, James S. McDonnell, president of MAC, studied placing a human in space. Indeed, in a May 26, 1957, commencement speech at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in Rolla, Mo. (now the Missouri University of Science and Technology), McDonnell provided the engineering graduates a speculative timetable for space travel. He thought the United States would not achieve a manned Earth satellite until 1990, and a manned spaceship to land on the moon and return to Earth until 2010. It was in this same speech that McDonnell referenced the dangerous dilemma PHOTO: McDonnell workers hoist the Freedom 7 capsule onto its Redstone launch vehicle. BOEING ARCHIVES 8 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE / BOEING FRONTIERS BOEING FRONTIERS / JULY 2009 “We go into space because whatever mankind must undertake, free men must
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