Boeing 787 Dreamliner

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Our smorgasbord of 787 Dreamliner coverage (below) shows how Boeing is revolutionizing not only large passenger jets, but the way complex machinery is conceived, designed and built.

New Tool May Boost Dreamliner Safety
A new testing tool holds promises to further improve the safety of carbon composite structures, such as the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Full Story
2008-09-22 06:40:51
787 Wheels Up (and Down)

As a sign that the first flight just may be on track for the fourth quarter, Boeing is now testing the landing wheel assembly of the 787 (see photo). Full Story
2008-08-12 09:33:45
787 Dreamliner Completes "Power On" Milestone
Boeing has completed the Power On sequence for the first 787 Dreamliner, moving ever closer to first flight. Full Story
2008-06-20 12:03:00
Final Assembly Begins on Fifth Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Boeing began final assembly this week on its third flight-test Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Full Story
2008-05-02 12:44:00
Anatomy of the Delayed 787 Schedule
In the most-detailed explanation yet, 787 Program Manager Pat Shanahan left no doubt the biggest cause of the latest six-month delay and risk to the new schedule is relying on partners to build key components of the airplane. Full Story
2008-05-12 00:00:00
Boeing Confirms Latest 787 Delay
Boeing, as expected, is pushing back the first flight of its much-delayed 787 Dreamliner by six months to the fourth quarter. Full Story
2008-04-09 07:38:00
Boeing Updates 787 Progress Tomorrow, Another Delay Expected
Tomorrow, Boeing executives will update the media and financial community on the progress of the 787 and the news is not likely to be good. Full Story
2008-04-08 13:06:00
Boeing Stiffens 787 Wing Box Spars: More Schedule Delays Possible
More delays may be in store for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner as engineers work through a design problem with the aircraft’s wing box. Full Story
2008-03-21 09:29:00
Boeing Completes 787 Barrel Testing
Boeing says it has successfully completed testing of the 787's fuselage barrel, taking it to the 150 percent of load required for certification. Full Story
2008-02-29 07:48:00
Boeing Delays Production, First Flight of 787 Dreamliner
With its suppliers behind schedule, Boeing today announced further delays in the production of the 787 Dreamliner. Full Story
2008-01-16 10:55:00
Boeing 787: A Hacker's Dreamliner?
A new FAA document has raised questions about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s vulnerability to attacks by computer hackers. Full Story
2008-01-07 13:04:00
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Still on Revised Schedule, Shortages and Supply Chain Problems Improve
New 787 General Program Manager Pat Shanahan said this morning the first flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner remains on the same revised schedule announced in October. Fastener shortages and supply chain problems have been worked out, but the present schedule remains aggressive. Full Story
2007-12-11 09:00:00
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Delay Nets First Casualty, Mike Bair
The first casualty of repeated delays of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is former 787 GM and VP Mike Bair who will be replaced by Pat Shanahan, moving over from a VP position in Boeing Missile Defense. Full Story
2007-10-17 09:54:00
Boeing Buys Breathing Room, Delays 787 Dreamliner Six Months
Boeing Wednesday announced a six-month delay in shipments of the 787 Dreamliner, blaming primarily out-of-sequence work caused by parts shortages in the first airplane’s production. Full Story
2007-10-10 13:29:00
787 Dreamliner Fastener Shortage Traced to 9/11
Photos Included: Huge production cutbacks dating back six years are behind supply problems of highly-engineered, tight-tolerance fasteners used on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A380. Full Story
2007-09-06 10:49:00
Boeing Confirms 787 Delay, Fasteners, Flight Control Software Code Blamed
Boeing officials confirmed today that a fastener shortage and problems with flight control software have pushed "first flight" of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to late November or early December. Full Story
2007-09-05 09:17:00
Boeing Performs Crash Test on 787 Dreamliner
Boeing performed a crash test on its new compositely constructed 787 Dreamliner by dropping a cutaway section of the fuselage onto a test platform. Full Story
2007-08-29 12:33:00
Rolls-Royce's Engine for the More Electric 787 Dreamliner Takes Flight
As the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 completes its first test flights, its chief engineer describes some of the engine’s design highlights. Full Story
2007-06-29 08:36:00
Boeing Joins with Russia's VSMPO-Avisma to Meet Titanium Demands for 787 Dreamliner
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner success may create one of its biggest problems: obtaining tremendous supplies of ultra-light materials. Boeing formalized a joint venture with Russia's VSMPO-Avisma, the world's most important titanium producer, to manufacture components for the Dreamliner. Full Story
2007-07-30 12:17:00
With 787 Dreamliner Composite Success, New Designs, Alloys Boost Aluminum in Aircraft
Exclusive: New aluminum concepts cut weight and costs 15 to 20 percent and will provide stiff competition to plastic composites for the next single-aisle and other commercial planes. Full Story
2007-10-08 00:00:00
Integrating Technologies is Main Innovation in Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Part I of DN editor-in-chief John Dodge’s interview with 787 Dreamliner Chief Project Engineer Tom Cogan zeroes in on the myriad technologies in Boeing’s newest airplane. Podcast available Full Story
2007-06-04 00:00:00
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Engineering Chief Describes Partners, Organization
Part II of our interview with Boeing Chief 787 Project Engineer Tom Cogan focuses on how the company organized to design and make Dreamliner components using partners from around the world. Podcast available Full Story
2007-05-15 00:00:00
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Represents Composites Revolution
Extensive use of plastic composites in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner reduces weight, allows new concepts in design, extends airplane life and allows for higher cabin pressurization. Full Story
2007-06-04 00:00:00
Boeing's 'More Electric' 787 Dreamliner Spurs Engine Evolution
With its 787 Dreamliner, Boeing has turned up the electric power and eliminated bleed air. GE Aviation and Rolls Royce have kept pace with new engine designs that power this more electric aircraft. Full Story
2007-06-04 00:00:00
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Rolls Out Smoother Ride with Gust Suppression
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner will use a smoother ride technology that anticipates the inertial response of the airplane. Result: Smoother ride, less motion sickness. Full Story
2007-06-04 00:00:00
Boeing's Global Collaboration Environment Pioneers Groundbreaking 787 Dreamliner Development Effort
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner program unveils new development ground, offering key global suppliers a virtual environment for enhanced collaboration and leveraging PLM tools to design, build and test the plane and its manufacturing processes digitally. Full Story
2007-05-15 00:00:00
2007 Engineer of the Year: Boeing 787 Chief Project Engineer Tom Cogan
Tom Cogan’s co-workers will tell you he symbolizes the new breed of consensus-driven engineering executives at Boeing that grew out of the 777 development. Cogan is quiet, soft-spoken, firm, solicitous and presently the calm in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner storm. Video Included Full Story
2007-09-24 00:00:00

Criticism of Boeing widens over third 787 delay
SeattlePI columnist Bill Virgin writes a great column this morning on Boeing executives losing credibility over the third delay in the 787 Dreamliner’s roll-out. He lays some blame on the move ... View Blog Post
2008-04-10 09:58:12
Boeing 787 Design Teams switch gears
In the bi-monthly update about the progress Boeing is making getting to first flight and commercial deliveries, 787 Dreamliner general manager Pat Shanahan said he had reorganized the group and ... View Blog Post
2007-12-14 08:32:17
The Bair truth: Boeing's extended 787 supply chain is risky
Yesterday, I dutifully wrote up Boeing’s bi-monthly call about the progress of the now twice-delayed first flight of the 787 Dreamliner. The first commerical deliveries have been pushed back fro... View Blog Post
2007-12-12 14:15:30
787 and Boeing Juggernaut Keeps Rolling
Despite a six month delay unofficially resulting in the replacement of the project’s top executive, orders for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner keep pouring in. The latest is a big one: Chilean LAN... View Blog Post
2007-11-07 08:54:37
Boeing 787 Dreamliner is launched (from the PR standpoint)
The 787 was officially launched at 3:30 PT yesterday at Boeing’s sprawling Everett, Wash. plant. I, for one, could not get the promised live webcast although I was 30-minutes late due to birth... View Blog Post
2007-07-09 06:36:07
Aeroflot's big 787 order signals new U.S - Russia cooperation
If there’s a market that breaks down geopolitical barriers, it’s the one for commercial jetliners. That Boeing announced Aeroflot as a 787 customer yesterday is particularly poignant given ... View Blog Post
2007-06-12 12:22:44
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner aims to improve flying
While we extol the technical advances and human friendly environment in Boeing’s forthcoming 787 Dreamliner over 18 pages in this issue, there’s still the sobering reality of flying today... View Blog Post
2007-05-16 13:41:44
Boeing 787 Dreamliner orders pass 500 mark
A few years ago, it was even odds on the wildly different bets Boeing and Airbus were making with their next generation planes. Airbus would go with the ungainly and unimaginably huge A380 while... View Blog Post
2007-04-09 06:10:41
Boeing 787 Dreamliner wheels up
Just as the A380 was touching down for the first time on American soil Monday, Boeing, not to be upstaged by rival Airbus, was offering the first quarterly update on the 787 Dreamliner. The message... View Blog Post
2007-03-21 11:35:04
Plastic Heat Sinks Eyed for Boeing Dreamliner
Plastic heat sinks will be getting a huge push on new Boeing aircraft, possibly starting on the Dreamliner. They offer additional opportunities to reduce weight and improve design through net shape... View Blog Post
2007-05-01 07:39:02
Boeing Dreamliner Drives Carbon Fiber Composites
One of outcomes of the drive to reduce fuel consumption will be a major drive to composites. Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner will improve fuel efficiency 20 percent through use of composites in half of i... View Blog Post
2007-04-30 08:46:44

Tom Cogan is DN's 2007 Engineer of the Year
Watch the 787 Dreamliner's chief project engineer accept DN's 2007 Engineer of the Year award.
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Steven Schaffer is Purchasing Magazine's Supply Chain Manager of the Year
Boeing has taken the concept of supplier collaboration to new heights in development of the 787 Dreamliner. The trust that underlies that collaboration is helping the company and its suppliers cope with some pesky parts shortages. Driving the collaboration is Steven Schaffer, Purchasing Magazine's Supply Chain Manager of the Year. Read More

Peruse these additional Boeing 787 resources for the latest news and developments leading up to the new aircraft's first flight.

787 Dreamliner News Releases (Boeing.com)
Browse through Boeing's press releases for more information on developments in the 787 Dreamliner production and delivery process. Read More

Boeing Feels the Squeeze in Airline Coach Seats (SmarterTravel.com)
In designing the 787 Dreamliner, Boeing initially figured airlines would install eight wider coach seats in each row, only to find most airlines are ordering planes with nine narrow seats per row. Read More

Boeing's Big Supply Chain Wager (Managing Automation)
The success of Boeing's groundbreaking 787 Dreamliner hinges on a new business model and a multi-tier, collaborative global supply chain network. Will these massive process changes hold the new aircraft back or allow it to soar? Read More

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Production Process (The Online Newshour)
Watch the new development technology for the 787 Dreamliner in action. Watch the Video

I Saw The 1st 787 on The Assembly Line Yesterday (Airliners.net)
Read about an exciting tour of Boeing's 787 assembly area. The first fuselage and tail fin were on display. Read More

Boeing 787 Rises from Spools of Thread (Seattle Times)
Bobbins of black carbon fiber combine with epoxy ribbon to form the wings, fuselage and tail of the 787. Read More

Boeing 787 Composites Unite Engineers, Buyers, Part Suppliers (Purchasing Magazine)
Boeing is working to expand the use of carbon-fiber composites and develop the best fabricators of the material. Read More

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