Boeing Australia & South Pacific

A long haul partnership

Contents

04 Message from the President 30 Research investment in Australia

06 Boeing Australia: An overview 33 Supporting education, training and skills transfer

08 Boeing Defense, Space & Security 34 Our partnerships in the community

09 Working with Defence

10 Partnerships with Defence

15 Strengthening industrial links

16 Boeing Commercial Airplanes

17 Efficient aircraft for the region’s airlines

21 World class composites research

22 Leading edge services

24 Boeing and the environment

26 Boeing’s contribution to Australia

28 Boeing Research & Technology-Australia

29 Providing innovative technologies Message from the President by Boeing Defence Australia at Amberley in Queensland finding and creating value. This is one of reasons we was the most complex aerospace modification program established the Office of Australian Industry Capability After almost 85 years in Australia, Boeing is well and ever completed in Australia. (OAIC) in 2007. This organisation is successfully truly a local company. bringing Australian companies into Boeing’s global The need for a highly skilled workforce is crucial to the supply chain. Thus far, OAIC has facilitated new and enduring success of our business, which is why we We’re a local employer, customer, supplier, educator, sustainable contracts worth more than $230 million to researcher, innovator, manufacturer and, most of all, invest so heavily in the ongoing training and education small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) all across part of the local community. In fact we employ nearly of our employees. It is also one of the reasons we Australia. 3,000 people in Australia, we work with scores of local work closely with universities and tertiary education customers and over 1,000 local suppliers. institutions all across Australia to nurture the brightest This vision to match the best of Australian innovation and best students and offer them opportunities to visit to the global strength of Boeing is exemplified in the Together we generated nearly A$800 million in onshore our local and international operations, here in Australia continued growth of Boeing Research & Technology- revenue in 2010, and sales in the vicinity of A$5 billion, and around the globe. Australia (BR&T-A). Established in March 2008, BR&T-A working with the Australian Defence Force, Qantas, continues to excel in the development of a wide range Virgin Australia, and other customers. The work being In line with these priorities and efforts, Boeing Australia undertaken to build parts for the 787 Dreamliner has been very pleased to participate in a series of of innovative technologies and works with closely with at Boeing Aerostructures Australia at Melbourne’s government hosted events, which included the Clean a number of key partners, including a highly productive Fishermans Bend contributes greatly to these results - Technology Summit, the Manufacturing Roundtable 22-year relationship with CSIRO. as the country’s largest single aerospace contract, it is and the Future Jobs Forum, to discuss how Boeing In fact, in May 2011 with CSIRO, Boeing launched valued at some $4 billion over 20 years. can continue to contribute to a strong Australian high the results of the world-first earth-to-engines biofuel technology economy and innovative manufacturing The past two years alone have also seen the delivery of industry. study Flight Path to Sustainable Aviation, undertaken two new C-17 Globemaster aircraft, 24 Super Hornets in partnership with Qantas, Virgin Australia, Air New and five Wedgetail airborne early warning and control Whether it is working with government, airlines or Zealand, The Climate Group and other stakeholders. aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force. Indeed the our suppliers, Boeing is deeply proud of our local The study found biofuels in aviation could cut modification work on the Wedgetail aircraft undertaken partnerships, and we work hard to ensure that we are Australia’s reliance on fuel imports by $2 billion and Boeing Australia & South Pacific 5

greenhouse emissions by 17 per cent, and has set the stage for the development of a new industry in and for Australia.

More recently we opened a state-of-the-art robotics training facility at Swinburne University in Victoria which is enabling qualified Australian SMEs, working within the defence supply chain, to develop new skills and training in order to boost their competitive advantage when seeking contracts here and around the world.

We’re very proud of our long history in Australia and of our partnerships here, and we are even prouder to bring the best of Australia to the world and the best of Boeing to Australia. Boeing offers long term partnerships based on trust and performance. Much has changed in the past 85 years, but Boeing remains an integral part of the fabric of the Australian aerospace and defence industry.

Ian Thomas President Boeing Australia & South Pacific Boeing Australia: An overview

Boeing Australia represents the Company’s largest • Boeing Defence Australia – one of Australia’s The company is also represented in Australia by: operational footprint outside the United States, with leading defence companies, specializing in the support, • Boeing Research & Technology-Australia, nearly 3,000 employees across 28 locations. In 2010, maintenance, modification and upgrade of defence established in early 2008 as the focal point for Boeing’s strong operating results helped drive onshore revenues platforms, and communications, training and logistics. research and development collaboration with Australian totaling some $800M, with nearly $5B in orders from both industry, government and academia. commercial and defence customers. • Boeing Training & Flight Services Australia – a world-class provider of commercial flight and technical • Boeing Commercial Airplanes (Sales and Field Boeing is part of the aerospace and defence fabric of training to domestic and international airlines. Services) operating in Australia since 1959 when Australia, with a heritage stretching back nearly 85 years Qantas became the first international customer for the and a reputation for building long term partnerships based • Aviall Australia – a leading supply-chain management Boeing 707. on trust and performance. provider of new aviation parts and after-market services, which distributes products to the aerospace, • Boeing Defense, Space & Security (Business The company has seven wholly-owned Australian defence and maritime customers. Development, Product Support) works closely with subsidiaries working across a wide range of aerospace, the Australian Defence Force to provide leading-edge commercial aviation, defence, logistics, training and • Insitu Pacific – designs, develops, and manufactures platforms, services and solutions, and is the parent navigation businesses: Unmanned Aerial Systems for commercial and military applications. Its Brisbane office acts as the regional company to Boeing Defence Australia. • Boeing Australia Holdings, Ltd – established in headquarters for the Asia-Pacific region. 2002 and headquartered in Sydney. • Jeppesen Australia provides navigation services, • Boeing Aerostructures Australia – Australia’s only planning and operations management tools for aviation manufacturer of complex aerostructures, including and maritime users. rudders for the Boeing 777 and the moveable trailing edge control surfaces for the new 787 Dreamliner. Boeing Australia & South Pacific 7

Boeing products including Super Hornet, 777-300ER, C-17 and 737-800 are in service with defence and commercial customers in Australia.

Boeing Defense, Space & Security Boeing Australia & South Pacific 9 Working with Defence

Boeing Defense Space & Security (BDS) products and • 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets. • Participation in the United States Navy P-8A services combine weapons and aircraft capabilities, incremental development program. • 71 F/A-18 Classic Hornets including the Hornet intelligence and surveillance systems, communications Upgrade Phase 2.3 Program. • Joint participation with the United States Air Force architectures, Performance Based Logistics and extensive on the Wideband Global SATCOM satellite program. large-scale integration expertise. • Army Aviation Training and Training Support. Australia has paid for satellite number six, with access Current BDS products in or destined for Australia include: • Vigilare ground-based air defence system to the entire constellation.

• Five C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft with • Modernised High Frequency Communications system. • Purchasing a specialised Ultra High Frequency a letter of request for a sixth. communications payload on Intelsat Ltd’s IA-22 satellite • Harpoon missiles. built by Boeing. • Five CH-47D Chinook helicopters to be joined by seven CH-47F Chinook replacement helicopters from 2014. • Joint Direct Attack Munitions.

• Six Wedgetail Airborne 737 Airborne Early Warning & • ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft System. Control aircraft. Partnerships with Defence

Boeing Defence & Security (BDS) works closely with Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) is the country’s leading • C-17 Globemaster III logistics support. its Defence customers in Australia to ensure there is a defence aerospace enterprise. The business supports responsive, engaged and well-coordinated partnership in some of the largest and most complex programs for the • Technical services including network centric place. Commonwealth of Australia, the Australian Defence Force logistic solutions, spares and repairs, life cycle cost and international customers. modelling, reliability engineering, technical publication In recent years BDS has achieved a number of milestones management and specialist engineering services. with its Defence customers including the delivery of 24 Integrated Logistics provides platform maintenance Super Hornets F/A-18/F, the order of a fifth heavy lift and upgrades, component maintenance solutions, and • Support services at Royal Australian Air Force Base C-17 aircraft and the delivery of Vigilare, the integrated air technical support for Australian government, defence and Amberley in south-east Queensland. defence Command and Control (C2) system as well as commercial customers. Projects and/or key capabilities the Modernised High Frequency Communications system. include: • Army Aviation Training and Training Support.

The organisation has an office in Canberra as well as • F/A-18F Super Hornet Sustainment. • Boeing Australia Component Repairs, which maintains, product support teams at Amberley in Queensland and repairs and overhauls composite and metallic Williamtown, New South Wales, and works alongside • F/A-18 Hornet Upgrade 2.3 and engineering services. structures. defence businesses Insitu Pacific and Boeing Defence Australia to deliver the best integrated solutions for our customers.

Insitu Pacific’s Australian operation is the company’s first international expansion outside the United States and a subsidiary of Boeing Australia Holdings. Insitu Pacific markets the ScanEagle unmanned aerial system (UAS) which is currently deployed in support of Australian troops in Afghanistan where it has flown more than 40,000 combat hours. Boeing Australia & South Pacific 11

Tactical Derivative Aircraft supports commercial • Provision of product support deliverables during the to military conversion projects for countries acquiring acquisition and initial support phases of the Peace Boeing Airborne Antisubmarine Warfare and Intelligence, Eagle program for the Turkish Air Force. Surveillance and Reconnaissance products. Network & Space Systems - Australia develops Key projects include: and delivers complex command, control (C2) and communications (C3) systems, intelligence and • Wedgetail AEW&C In-Service Support and surveillance systems, network integration, and modification. communications architectures.

• Korea’s Peace Eye program initial acquisition support, They also operate, maintain and enhance including the initial training of the Republic of Korea Air communications and mission critical infrastructure for Force and Korean industry to assume responsibility for defence and government customers. in-service product support activities. Key projects and/or products include:

• Vigilare ground-based air defence system Logistics Support and a Contractor Standing Capability.

• Network Centric Command and Control System, which is an exportable version of Vigilare for international customers.

• Modernised High Frequency Communications system support services and development of a Land High Frequency Communications System variant.

• Defence Communications Network. A 737 AEW&C Wedgetail aircraft releases flares during Counter Measures Dispenser System tests.

Vigilare in operation at the Eastern Regional Operations Centre at Royal Australian Air Force Base Williamtown, New South Wales, during Exercise Aces South.

• Defence Signals Directorate (P243) program.

• High Frequency Modernisation Program Network operation support.

• Mobile User Objective System Phase 1 & Phase 2 construction.

• Internal External Communications Systems support for the Royal Australian Navy’s six Collins Class submarines.

Systems Analysis Laboratory at Boeing’s Brisbane offices offers customers the opportunity for analysis and experimentation of advanced concepts and military operations. It is operated by a team of highly skilled software engineers and tri-service ex-military operations analysts to provide decision support services to defence projects. Using Boeing’s international laboratory network, LabNet, the Systems Analysis Laboratory team can reach out and draw upon the expertise of their counterparts in the United States, United Kingdom and other Boeing facilities throughout the world. Boeing Australia & South Pacific 13 Signing of the OAIC deed.

The Super Hornet provides Australia with an immediate next-generation air combat capability ideally suited to RAAF requirements. Already delivering on budget and ahead of schedule, Boeing and its Hornet industry partners are committed to ensuring superior program performance in the air and on the ground . Boeing Australia & South Pacific 15 Strengthening industrial links

The Office of Australian Industry Capability (OAIC) is such as high speed titanium and aluminum machining, and modelling, and cyber security. In addition to attending proving to be a highly successful partnership between Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), Quality conferences, the OAIC has facilitated hundreds of Boeing and Australia, with some 240 requests for Assurance and LEAN manufacturing, which are essential meetings in the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe quotation released to Australian industry and more than to be part of this global supply chain. Additionally, four with Boeing and its top tier sub-contractors. US$230 million in contracts awarded since November participants a year are selected to participate in a week 2007. long executive training program at the Boeing Leadership In addition to taking Australian businesses overseas, the OAIC has also brought international procurement Center in St. Louis. Boeing was the first company to sign-up to the Australian managers and executives from Boeing and its major Government’s Global Supply Chain (GSC) program. The At a practical level, the OAIC has also initiated and sub-contractors here to visit machining, sheet metal, Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) has since signed up completed export licences for most major defence composites, cabling, processing and tooling companies in three additional companies to the GSC program, which programs at Boeing, which helps pave the way for Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Brisbane. These is focused on helping increase business opportunities for eligible AS9100 approved Australian suppliers to bid visits have proven extremely successful and have resulted Australian companies overseas. on upcoming defence related opportunities. The OAIC, in multiple bid opportunities for local suppliers. in partnership with the DMO and Boeing Research & The OAIC works primarily with export-ready Australian Another key focus of the OAIC is to match Australian- Technology-Australia (BR&T-A), recently established a small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), identifying developed technology with global partners, creating sales purpose-built facility at Swinburne University for SMEs to bid opportunities both within Boeing and its international and collaboration opportunities. The OAIC, along with engage in a range of robotics training. supply chain, matching local capability with global BR&T-A, has visited a number of companies, universities requirements. and government facilities, conducting technology Like any good partnership, Australian SMEs play their assessments which have resulted in several collaborative This partnership goes well beyond mere introductions. part by investing the time and resources necessary to projects between Boeing and local technology Boeing offers a variety of training and mentoring programs participate in the GSC program. For example, they may companies. to SMEs to ensure that they have the knowledge and be asked to take part in a capability conference overseas skills to deliver in the global marketplace. Past training has where the OAIC brings them together with potential included program management, business development customers and enables them to showcase their skills in and communications training as well as hands on classes areas like machining, sheet metal, composites, simulation

Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing Australia & South Pacific 17 Efficient aircraft for the region’s airlines

Boeing Commercial Airplanes opened its Australian Qantas operates one of the world’s largest fleets of 747 Pacific, Air Vanuatu, Air New Zealand, Our Airline office in 1959 when Qantas became the first international aircraft, along with twin-aisle 767 aircraft, 717s and the (formerly Air Nauru) and Qantas. customer for the company’s first passenger jet, the popular single aisle 737 aircraft. Qantas currently has 64 Boeing’s relationship with New Zealand began in 1966 Boeing 707. The move revolutionised air travel for in its fleet (having retired or sold some over the years). when the National Airways Corporation, which later Australians by halving flight times to the rest of the world These include the Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft, the became part of Air New Air Zealand, purchased three and began a long partnership between Boeing and most economical, fastest and most efficient single aisle 737s. This relationship was further cemented in 1981 Qantas. plane in its class. Qantas bought its first 737-800 jets in when Air New Zealand purchased its first jumbo jet and 2002 in one of the fastest aircraft deliveries in history with Today Boeing works closely with all major airlines in the began service from Auckland to London the following South Pacific including Air New Zealand, Air Pacific, the first 15 planes arriving within 100 days of contract year. Since that time, the airline has become a leading Qantas and Virgin Australia. In fact, Boeing is the most signature. global carrier and currently deploys 747s, 767s, 737s as popular choice of aircraft for airlines flying in the Pacific. Indeed, the 737 family has proven a tremendous well as both the 777-200ER and 777-300ER. Air New Boeing is proud of its long relationships with its workhorse for many airlines in this region making up Zealand is the launch customer for the much anticipated commercial customers in the region. a large proportion of the fleets of Virgin Australia, Air 787-9 Dreamliner. Virgin Australia domestic services launched in 2000 with Headquartered in Washington State in the United The company has taken lessons from the development just two 737-400 planes. Now the airline and its sister States, Boeing Commercial Airplanes offers a family of of the interior of the 787 and applied them to designing carriers Pacific Blue and Polynesian Blue operate more technologically advanced aircraft, including one that can a new interior for its 737 aircraft - the “Boeing Sky than 50 Boeing 737-700 and Next-Generation 737-800 seat more than 500 and another that boasts the longest Interior”. The interior architecture, lighting and design aircraft, and Virgin Australia has 40 Next_Generation 737- range in the world, at more than 17,300 km. of the overhead bins has created a sense of greater spaciousness and comfort for passengers. Australians 800 aircraft on firm order as well as additional options. With a workforce of around 65,400 people, Boeing will find this on 737 aircraft flown by both Qantas and Commercial Airplanes and its global network of suppliers When Virgin Australia’s international arm, V Australia Virgin Australia. are hard at work building the aircraft of tomorrow. launched its long haul routes, it chose the comfortable Other new jets include the 747-8. Boeing studied the and spacious twin aisle 777-300ER. Today it has five The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a next-generation jet with market feasibility of a new 747 for some time, working 777-300ERs in its fleet. advanced technolgies in materials, systems, engines with operators to establish their requirements for an and aerodynamics and significant improvements for incrementally larger 747 to continue the profitability of Air Pacific, the national carrier of Fiji, operates 747s, 767s passengers. The aircraft has been ordered by Qantas current 747 fleets. By working together with customers and 737s to Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the and Air New Zealand and when delivered will set a new and applying the innovative new technologies of the 787 United States. benchmark for fuel efficiency, passenger comfort and Dreamliner, Boeing created the 747-8 family that meets environmental performance. Boeing aircraft have also proven popular with the airline requirements for a passenger aircraft that serves governments of Australia and New Zealand. The Royal the 400 to 500 seat market. New Zealand Air Force operates two 757-200 aircraft in Boeing recently launched the 737 MAX, the new engine a variety of roles, while the Australian Government chose variant of the market-leading Next-Generation 737. It two Boeing Business Jets (BBJs), a version of the 737, will deliver maximum efficiency, maximum reliability and for their ability to fly anywhere in the world with just one maximum passenger appeal through the new Boeing Sky stop. Interior.

Virgin Australia 737 with Boeing Sky Interior Boeing Australia & South Pacific 19

Boeing Australia and South Pacific 21 World class composites research

Boeing Aerostructures Australia (BAA) plays a key role in the manufacture of the 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

BAA is a world-class manufacturer of aircraft components and has designed and is building the moveable trailing edges for the wings of the new super-efficient aircraft.

BAA is highly regarded around the world for its work in the area of advanced composites in addition to manufacture of other aerostructure components, the company’s high- tech specialisation has led to work as the sole source of the wholly-composite rudder for the Boeing 777. Inspecting, drilling and laying up composite materials at BAA. The team at BAA provide customers with a complete solution to aircraft component manufacture - from developing the most aerodynamic and efficient design, to rigorous testing processes. The company also works with a large number of smaller local companies putting millions of dollars into the Australian economy each year and enabling development of new skills across the workforce. Leading edge services

With so many commercial customers in this part of Aviall Australia is a leading solutions provider of Boeing Field Service operates in Australia as part of the world, integral to the Boeing Commercial Airplanes aftermarket supply-chain management services for the CAS. Field Service provides Boeing customers with timely, operation in Australia is Commercial Aviation Services aerospace and defence industries and serves more than on-site technical advice and the ability to call upon any (CAS), which provides aviation and transport customers 500 customers in Australia, including Qantas and the BCA technical resource to resolve operator problems. with lifecycle solutions, training, materials and engineering RAAF. The company is part of Boeing’s worldwide service Dedicated Field Service representatives are located in services, and 24x7 global customer support. infrastructure to deliver vital spares, products and services Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland. when and where they’re needed, and has access to two In Australia, the CAS family of organisations is made up million catalogue items from its customer service centres of Aviall Australia, Boeing Field Service, Boeing Training in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. & Flight Services Australia, Jeppesen Australia and Jeppesen Marine. Boeing Australia & South Pacific 23

Boeing Training & Flight Services Australia offers Jeppesen Australia provides today’s most advanced flight and technical training to airlines from across the flight information solutions and computerised flight region and across the globe. In Brisbane, Boeing operates planning and optimisation solutions, as well as crew and five full-flight simulators and one fixed-base training device fleet scheduling. Jeppesen Marine supplies maritime at a $45 million training centre in partnership with Virgin navigational data and operational information to Australia, and provides training for Boeing 717, 737 Next customers with its highly acclaimed digital cartography Generation and Airbus A320 aircraft. In Sydney, a Boeing and software. training centre in partnership with V Australia supports Boeing 777 training. A centre in Melbourne partners with Ansett Aviation Training and focuses on Boeing 737 Next- Generation and Airbus A320 airplane training. Boeing and the environment

As an industry, aviation has been a leader in working Since 2009 Boeing Australia has produced three together and developing new ideas and technologies annual submissions under the National Greenhouse to drive sustainable improvements in environmental and Energy Reporting Act. Over this time the company performance, and Boeing both globally and in Australia has also achieved a 9 per cent reduction in energy has been at the forefront of much of this work. consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. In order to ensure the utmost veracity of this information, Boeing Boeing is the founding member of the Defence Industry Sustainability Forum since its formation in late 2009. The Australia voluntarily made the decision to have its data group acts as a single point of contact between Defence verified by a third party assessor to ensure it has a contractors and regulators and has begun to partner robust data collection and reporting process in place on environmental projects such as recycling and energy throughout the company. reduction on Defence bases. Many Boeing sites in Australia also have environment Boeing Defence Australia has set a goal of certifying all its action plans. These were created with input from all operations to the international environmental management employees, from managers to shop floor, to identify standard ISO14001 and in 2011, the first site at RAAF energy and waste reduction opportunities. These Amberley in Queensland achieved this goal. In 2012 initiatives have included separating and recycling Boeing’s operations at Williamtown, NSW, and Oakey, materials (co-mingled bins), installing sensor lights and Queensland, will be audited for this standard, and BDA water efficiency devices, reducing water consumption has a strategy in place for the remainder of its operations and sites. and eliminating waste. Boeing Australia & South Pacific 25

More broadly, Boeing has established several partnerships aimed at improving environmental education among the community, fostering environmental research and development in Australia and working with the industry as a whole to progress environmental initiatives. These include an ongoing relationship with Greening Australia which includes a program for 2011-12 to assist with the revegetation of part of the Lockyer Valley devastated by the 2011 Queensland floods.

Each year for the past three years Boeing has also convened an Aero Environment Summit that brings together key representatives from airlines, airports, manufacturers, government agencies, environment organisations and universities and research organisations to present latest findings, update on programs, share ideas and inspire through collaboration and joint action. Boeing’s contribution to Australia

Boeing’s presence in Australia extends back to 1927 Boeing’s operations are located in every Australian state through its subsidiary Boeing Aerostructures Australia, and territory (with the exception of Tasmania) with a total which was acquired as Hawker De Havilland by Boeing in of 28 sites and nearly 3,000 direct employees. A large 2000. number of Australian suppliers and small to medium sized enterprises support Boeing’s activities. Boeing’s suppliers Prior to this, Boeing’s first direct investment in Australia provided more than $243 million worth of goods and came through its acquisition of the multi-national Rockwell services to operations, which in turn helped Boeing add group in 1996, in which the company took ownership value to the Australian economy. of the Australian company Rockwell Electronics and In addition, Boeing generates approximately $400 million Aerospace Technologies of Australia. The former Rockwell in export revenue for Australia through production of Australia, which had been incorporated in 1986, became components for various commercial and military aircraft Boeing Australia Limited. In 2009 this company changed to software products and services, defence-related its name to Boeing Defence Australia. equipment and services, and specialist consulting services – further highlighting the company’s contribution The five major subsidiaries were acquired as follows: to the Australian economy. Boeing Training & Flight Services Australia formerly named Alteon Training Australia in 2003, Jeppesen Australia and Jeppesen Marine in 2007, Aviall Australia in 2008 and Insitu Pacific in 2009.

With an overall investment of more than $800 million in its Australian businesses - which in turn produce annual sales of approximately $800 million - Boeing has strategically expanded its presence to become much OAIC hosts visit to Boeing’s more than an aerospace company. Everett plant. Investing in Australia’s economy: suppliers in all states Boeing Australia and South Pacific 27

Queensland New South Wales

• Expenditure: $19.48 million • Expenditure: $78.7 million • Proportion of total: 8% • Proportion of total: 32% • No. of Suppliers: 324 Darwin • No. of Suppliers: 522 • Proportion of total: 20% • Proportion of total: 32%

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Northern Territory Cairns Victoria • Expenditure: $0.76 million • Expenditure: $120.95 million • Proportion of total: Townsville • Proportion of total: 51% • No. of Suppliers: 29 Exmouth • No. of Suppliers: 593 • Proportion of total: 2% • Proportion of total: 36%

Oakey Brisbane Western Australia Australian Capital Territory Geraldton • Expenditure: $12.91 million Amberley • Expenditure: $7.43 million • Proportion of total: 5% • Proportion of total: 3% • No. of Suppliers: 21 Williamtown • No. of Suppliers: 17 Perth Riverina • Proportion of total: 1% • Proportion of total: 1% Adelaide Sydney Canberra Nowra

South Australia Melbourne Tasmania

• Expenditure: $2.25 million • Expenditure: $0.8 million • Proportion of total: 1% • Proportion of total: 0% • No. of Suppliers: 126 • No. of Suppliers: 3 Hobart • Proportion of total: 8% • Proportion of total: 0%

Source: Boeing

Boeing Research & Technology–Australia Boeing Australia & South Pacific 29 Providing innovative technologies

In March 2008, Boeing established an Australian branch platforms and services, and leading the implementation of of Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T), its advanced Boeing’s environment strategy around sustainable aviation research and development unit, to better support fuels in Australia and the South Pacific region. its businesses here in Australia by providing a focal point for collaboration with research and development Other Boeing Research & Technology investments in organisations including universities, private sector Australia include: providers, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial • The hallmark of Boeing’s technology partnerships in Research Organisation and the Defence Science and Australia has been its 22-year relationship with the Technology Organisation. CSIRO. Over the course of the partnership, Boeing and CSIRO have jointly invested more than $100 million. In BR&T-A is a highly collaborative organisation that brings 2011, CSIRO was recognized with a Leader’s Choice the best of Australian technology to Boeing. BR&T-A award in the academia category of the Boeing Supplier supports the company’s pursuits in Australia by reducing of the Year Awards. Also in 2011, Boeing was awarded technical risks on current programs and providing a CSIRO Gold Medal for Research Excellence. innovative technologies that enable the development of future aerospace solutions while improving the cycle time, cost, quality and performance of current aerospace systems.

The work BR&T-A performs today transcends numerous parts of Boeing’s businesses in Australia including highly integrated large scale composite structures, platform maintenance technologies, light robotics and automation for aircraft manufacturing, autonomous systems supporting the commercial deployment of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), wideband communications, human factors and sensing to support high end defence Research investments in Australia

• Boeing is recognised as a world leader in developing first sustainable aviation fuels roadmap, Flight Path to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in action in the Boeing swarming laboratory in the United States, a microscopic view of algae and robotics training out-of-autoclave resin infusion technology for Sustainable Aviation, which provides a blueprint for the facility at Swinburne University. aerospace composite structures. Working with the development of a local aviation biofuels industry. research and development community, both within Boeing and across Australia, the focus is on producing • Boeing is also investing in UAS research through the new and improved resin systems and manufacturing Smart Skies Project, which is a leading-edge research approaches to achieve highly integrated large scale program exploring future technologies to enhance structures in support of Boeing Aerostructures Australia. the safe and efficient use of airspace for manned and unmanned aircraft. The project brings together • In 2009, Boeing became a founding partner of specialist researchers from BR&T-A, Insitu Pacific Ltd the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre and the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace (AusAMRC) located at Swinburne University of Automation, which is a joint venture between the Technology. The AusAMRC brings together universities, CSIRO and Queensland University of Technology, research organizations and the Australian advanced to explore the development of key enabling aviation manufacturing industry to deliver new platform technologies. technologies across major industry sectors in Australia, including aerospace. • Flight training instructors have long had to rely on guessing where a student is looking during training in • A new robotics training centre, also located at the cockpit of a simulator or training aircraft. BR&T-A’s Swinburne and established in October 2011, focuses “gaze tracker” technology now enables the instructor to on access for small to medium sized enterprises and see where the student is looking in real-time. Through the exploitation of affordable light robotics technology in this technology, the instructor can identify and nurture a high technology manufacturing environment. good performance, while identifying and correcting • Boeing also has a significant and ongoing biofuels poor technique that may otherwise persist undetected. effort in Australia. This year, in partnership with airline The same team is also looking at integrating the gaze customers, the CSIRO, the Department of Defence tracker into a Boeing 737 simulator at Boeing Training and other organizations, BR&T-A launched a world- and Flight Services’ Brisbane campus. Boeing Australia & South Pacific 31

Boeing Australia & South Pacific 33 Supporting education, training and skills transfer initiatives

Boeing knows the future of the cutting-edge aerospace Melbourne Institute of Technology University – with funds The skills transfer aspect also extends to Australian small industry is through the development of smart, talented used for student projects, travel bursaries, scholarships, to medium enterprises working with Boeing. A number and enthusiastic people. In Australia, the company is awards and student outreach programs, to name a few. of Australian businesses have benefited from assistance passionate about encouraging young people through in the implementation of initiatives like quality assurance education to inspire their interest in science, particularly In addition to educating high school and university and the lean manufacturing principles of the Boeing aerospace and aviation-related projects. students, Boeing is dedicated to life-long learning for production system, which has led to development and its employees. The company encourages local and expansion of their manufacturing skills and the knowledge For example, Boeing Defence Australia supports the international study, and each year across the business a and expertise to bid for further work in the aircraft and Gateway Schools Program, which is an initiative between number of Australian employees undertake professional aerospace industries. the Queensland Government and industry bodies to assignments and gain exposure to programs from a create pathways for Queensland high school students to global operations perspective. enter careers within the aerospace industry. At present 17 schools across the state are involved in the project, and 24 schools offer the aerospace studies curriculum to more than 1,200 year 11 and 12 students.

Boeing also works closely with selected Australian universities to enhance undergraduate curricula, support continuing education of Boeing employees, recruit candidates for employment and collaborate on research that benefits the company’s long-term business needs. Since 2008, Boeing has contributed ongoing financial support and in-kind contributions to Australian universities and is currently supporting University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology and Royal UAV Challenge 2011. Our partnerships in the community

In every part of the globe The Boeing Company takes its This support is much more than simply handing over a cyclones in Queensland, and the devastating Christchurch role in local communities very seriously. cheque, and has seen many Boeing employees around the earthquakes. Our employees worldwide were quick to country engaged in Smith Family activities in their own local respond with donations which were combined with a Over the past five years, donations of more than $3 million communities. donation from The Boeing Company. have been made to a number of Australian and New Zealand community groups and causes. Environmental considerations also drive Boeing’s people At Boeing, giving back to the communities in which we live and business strategies; planes that use less fuel and and work is a core value, one which we engage in every For Boeing, working with community groups means not enterprise-wide productivity that comes from saving energy, day. It helps make us part of the fabric of Australia. only choosing organisations where the need for financial conserving water and eliminating waste; so it makes sense support is great, but also identifying thoughtful and that one of the core community initiatives in Australia appropriate partnerships that offer opportunities to inspire, relates directly to the environment. With Greening Australia, inform and engage others, including our employees. the company and its employees have been involved in a number of tree planting days and other environmental In Canberra the partnership with the renowned Australian activities. War Memorial fits perfectly with this ethos. One of its mandates is to ‘encourage others to remember, interpret Our employees are also engaged in the annual Boeing and understand the Australian experience of war and its Global Day of Service, when they volunteer to work in areas enduring impact on Australian society’. Boeing is proud to of need in their local communities - for example, aged care, support this important national effort. home repairs, supplying meals and many other forms of assistance. Education and life-long learning are key values for the entire Boeing Australia team, which is why the company Being part of a community also means being there when has chosen to work with The Smith Family charity for times get tough, and Boeing has played a part in making more than 40 years, and it’s why today we are playing a financial donations to communities at times of great need. key role in its “Learning for Life” program. This program Both Australia and New Zealand have been afflicted ensures that young children get the best possible start by by severe natural disasters in the recent past, including exposing them to a range of early learning opportunities. tragic bushfires in Victoria, widespread flooding and Boeing Australia & South Pacific 35 Boeing Australia & South Pacific Level 10, Exchange House 10 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000 AUSTRALIA www.boeing.com.au

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