> 1) According to the story, the test articles involved were produced at
> Boeing facilities rather than at the production facilities of the
> subcontractors. That's why I put a question mark behind 'production'.
> Are the sections in question only to be used for design certification?
Design certification, validation of the manufacturing methods, and
structural testing.
> I don't see how it could be any kind of manufacturing certification, not
> being built in the parts' production facility.
They could be. Boeing has the production certificate for the 787.
However,
the production parts will come from the suppliers.
> 2) Does anyone know who the eventual manufacturer of the particular
> section in question will be?
>From the re****ts, the failed section was one of the long (33') fuselage
barrels that they were testing a new production tool/process with. The
previous 8 were fine, so they're going back to that process.
That part will, in production, be made by Kawasaki, Alenia, or Vought
depending on which barrel it is.
There's a good summary of who does what here:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002486348_787global11.html
Tom.
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