Major assembly of the first Boeing 787-10 is underway, says Boeing.
Kawasaki
Heavy Industries started installing circular frames into the midforward
section of the fuselage on 14 March, two weeks ahead of schedule, the
manufacturer adds.
The -10 will undergo final
assembly in Charleston, South Carolina, and is scheduled for first
delivery in 2018. The aircraft is a “straightforward stretch” of the
787-9, and the two variants’ design and build are 95% identical. The
third and largest member of the 787 family, the aircraft will be powered
by 76,000lb-thrust versions of the GE Aviation GEnx-1B and Rolls-Royce
Trent 1000.
“We are taking all the right steps to
ensure we integrate the 787-10 into the production system smoothly,”
says Ken Sanger, vice-president of 787 Airplane Development, Boeing
Commercial Airplanes.
In December 2015, Boeing
cleared the -10 to transition from detailed design to the manufacturing
assembly stage, also ahead of schedule.
Boeing says that it has 153 orders from nine customers for the -10, including Singapore Airlines, United Airlines and GECAS.
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