SAC to help make Boeing 787 (peopledaily) Updated: 2005-06-13 15:40
The Shenyang Aircraft (Group) Corporation (SAC), the China National
Aero-Technology Import and Export Corp and the US Boeing held a ceremony on June
8 at the No.39 plant of the SAC to officially start the vertical fins and
leading edges project for Boeing's "787 Dream Liner" aircrafts.
A few days before this Boeing announced a wholesale outsourcing agreement
with the China Aviation Industry Corporation I and Corporation II to make spare
parts for Boeing aircrafts, with the total value at about 5 billion yuan. The
agreement includes the SAC manufacturing parts for the Boeing 787s. This is the
first time that a Chinese company participates in a new aircraft project from
the very start.
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