Speedi Wings & Wheels Magazine - February / March 2018

By Steve Wood - Staff Writer
Av News
Snippets of Aviation News
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Boeing 737 MAX 10 Reaches
Firm Configuration
SINGAPORE, Feb. 6, 2018
/PRNewswire/ -- Boeing's [NYSE:
BA] 737 MAX 10 has reached a
major milestone as the MAX
program completed firm
configuration on the airplane. This
means engineers now have all the
design requirements in place for
what will be the largest member of
Boeing's single-aisle family. Boeing
announced the achievement today
at the Singapore Airshow.
Boeing 737 MAX 10 Reaches Firm
Configuration
"The steps we've taken to reach this
point ensure the MAX 10 will be
the most efficient and profitable
single-aisle airplane the market has
ever seen," said Randy Tinseth,
vice president of Marketing, Boeing
Commercial Airplanes. "We're
working closely with our airline
customers to deliver on the
performance and efficiency benefits
we've promised."
The 737 MAX 10, which will use a
stretched fuselage that is 66 inches
longer than the 737 MAX 9, now
moves into the detailed design
phase prior to the start of
production. The airplane will carry
up to 230 passengers, delivering 5
percent lower trip costs and 5
percent lower seat-mile costs
compared to its competition.
The MAX 10 is coming off a strong
launch at the 2017 Paris Air Show.
The airplane now has more than
416 orders and commitments from
18 customers across the globe.
Deliveries are scheduled to begin in
the 2020 timeframe.
The MAX 10 will soon join the rest
of the 737 MAX family. The first
MAX 7 rolled out of the paint
hangar earlier this week and will
soon start flight tests. The MAX 8
has been in service since 2017,
already carrying more than 1.8
million passengers. And the first
MAX 9 is scheduled to be delivered
in the coming weeks.
The 737 MAX family is designed to
offer customers exceptional
performance, with lower per-seat
costs and an extended range that
will open up new destinations in the
single-aisle market. The 737 MAX
incorporates the latest CFM
International LEAP-1B engines,
Advanced Technology winglets,
Boeing Sky Interior, large flight
deck displays and other features to
deliver the
highest
efficiency,
reliability
and
passenger
comfort in
the singleaisle
market.
The 737
MAX is the
fastestselling
airplane in
Boeing
history,
accumulating
more than
4,300 orders
from 92
customers
worldwide.
Bell Boeing Team
to Modify Marine
Corps MV-22
Ospreys
Will improve
readiness and enable
a common
configuration
The Bell Boeing
V-22 Osprey team is
embarking on a
modification effort
with the U.S. Marine
Corps that will
improve readiness
and reliability of the
fleet of tiltrotor
aircraft.
The Bell Boeing Joint Program
Office has been awarded a
$69,668,099 modification to a
previously awarded contract. Bell
Boeing will modify three existing
MV-22 aircraft in support of the
V-22 Common Configuration-
Readiness and Modernization (CC-
RAM) Program.
Last week, the first MV-22 to be
modified arrived at Boeing’s
Philadelphia facility where majority
of the work will be completed.
Additional work will also be
completed at the Bell facility in Fort
Worth, Texas. Two additional
aircraft will arrive within the next
year.
“The CC-RAM program is the
cornerstone for MV-22 long term
sustainment and affordability. We
look forward to the supportability
benefits this program will provide
as the MV-22 continues to
effectively deliver Marines into and
out of harm’s way,” said U.S.
Marine Corps Col. Matthew Kelly,
V-22 Joint Program Manager.
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Bell
Helicopter, a Textron Company
[NYSE:TXT], jointly produce the
V-22. The Marines have multiple
configurations of the aircraft across
its inventory. This effort will reduce
MV-22 fleet configurations by
modifying block “B” aircraft to the
block “C” configuration.
“Our team is ready to take the MV-
22 program into the future,” said
Kristin Houston, vice president,
Boeing Tiltrotor Programs and
program director, Bell Boeing V-22
Program. “Our integrated approach
to managing CC-RAM will extend
V-22 service life for the Marines
and provide modernized technical
capabilities to dedicated servicemen
and women around the world.”
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is a
joint service, multirole combat
aircraft that uses tiltrotor technology
to combine the vertical performance
of a helicopter with the speed and
range of a fixed-wing aircraft. With
its nacelles and rotors in vertical
position, it can take off, land and
hover like a helicopter. Once
airborne, its nacelles can be rotated
to transition the aircraft to a
turboprop airplane capable of highspeed,
high-altitude flight.
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Photo above: A Bell Boeing MV-22
Osprey arrives at the Boeing
Philadelphia site as the first aircraft
of the V-22 Common
Configuration-Readiness and
Modernization (CC-RAM)
program. The program will improve
readiness of the fleet of tiltrotor
aircraft through a modification
effort with the U.S. Marine Corps.
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