- Title: RUSSIA: BOEING AND RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SIGN AGREEMENT TO DEVELOP 7E7 'DREAMLINER'.
- Date: 17th November 2004
- Summary: (W5) MOSCOW, RUSSIA( NOVEMBER 17, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. GV/MV/PAN: MEETING BETWEEN BOEING AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS IN PROGRESS; PAN FROM BOEING PRESIDENT HARRY STONECIPHER TO RUSSIAN INDUSTRY AND ENERGY MINISTER VIKTOR KHRISTENKO AT TALKS (2 SHOTS) 0.16 2. GV/MV/CU: HARRY STONECIPHER AND VIKTOR KHRISTENKO SIGNING AGREEMENT; MODEL OF BOEING'S 7E7 "DREAMLINER"; JOURNALISTS CUTAWAY (6 SHOTS) 1.06 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN INDUSTRY AND ENERGY MINISTER VIKTOR KHRISTENKO, SAYING: "The (future) perspectives for the Russian aviation industry are based on development of international cooperation and broader involvement of international private companies in Russia's aviation industry." 1.21 4. MCU: JOURNALISTS 1.25 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) (FOLLOWED BY RUSSIAN TRANSLATION) HARRY STONECIPHER, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOEING COMPANY, SAYING: "We think we are participating a lot now. Design work is being done by our design bureau here, by Russian scientists and engineers. This group will reach a thousand people here. They are designing a great part of the structure of this airplane and it is done in Moscow." 2.05 6. GV: DELEGATES STANDING 2.21 (W5) COMPUTER SIMULATION (FILE) (VNR) 7. ANIMATION OF BOEING 7E7 2.31 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
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- Story Text: Boeing signs agreements for Russian support in
development of the 7E7 "Dreamliner".
Aircraft maker Boeing and Russia's ministry of
Industry and Energy signed agreements on Wednesday
(November 17, 2004) allowing for sourcing of research and
development of components for the 7E7 project to
Russian-based companies.
Boeing President and CEO, Harry Stonecipher and
Russian Industry and Energy minister Viktor Khristenko
signed two agreements at a ceremony in Moscow that will
leverage Russia's aviation expertise into the 7E7
"Dreamliner" project and a number of other Boeing
commercial airplane programmes.
"We think we are participating a lot now. Design work
is being done by our design bureau here, by Russian
scientists and engineers. This group will reach a thousand
people here. They are designing the great part of the
structure of this airplane and it is done in Moscow," said
Boeing CEO Stonecipher after the signing of the agreements.
The agreement relating to the 7E7 aircraft calls for
Boeing and the Russian aerospace industry to cooperate on
various aspects of Boeing's advanced jet liner, including
engineering services, 7E7 research and development,
structural testing of composite and titanium structural
parts, purchase of titanium products and support software
development.
"The (future) perspectives for the Russian aviation
industry is based on development of international
cooperation and broader involvement of international
private companies in Russia's aviation industry," said
Viktor Khristenko, Russia's Minister for Industry and
Energy.
A second agreement with Verkhnaya Salda Metallurgical
Production Association (VSMPO) calls for a significant
increase in titanium-mill product purchases when the 7E7
enters service. The agreement increases VSMPO's role as a
titanium supplier for Boeing commercial aircraft.
This is the second set of overseas agreements Boeing
signs in a week. Last Wednesday Boeing Co boosted European
content on its 7E7 Dreamliner with contracts awarded under
its main rival's nose (Airbus) to French firms, while
picking Goodrich Corp. for a U.S. order potentially worth
$1 billion.
Boeing said on Wednesday (November 10) it had chosen
Messier-Bugatti, a unit of French aerospace group Snecma,
to develop the wheels and brakes for the 7E7, and two units
of French equipment firm Zodiac to provide water and waste
facilities.
It also awarded contracts to Toulouse-based Latecoere
for the passenger doors and to Dassault Systemes for
software designed to help develop the aircraft.
In the United States, Boeing said it had chosen
Goodrich's electric braking system for the same aircraft.
The braking contract is expected to yield more than $1
billion in original equipment and aftermarket sales for
Goodrich over the initial contract period. It is Boeing's
fifth selection of Goodrich technology for the 7E7,
Goodrich said.
The 7E7 due in 2008 is a twin-engine plane to be built
in three versions seating from 217 to about 300 passengers
and aimed at replacing the 767 and competing with Airbus's
A330.
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