TABLE OF CONTENTS 36 FLEET PERFORMER With nearly two dozen Boeing P-8s delivered to the U.S. and Indian navies, the anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare aircraft is proving itself in service. The program has changed the way military derivatives of commercial airplanes are produced by Boeing. Instead of completely modifying the 737 fuselage after it comes out of the factory, P-8 modifications are built into the fuselage at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kan., before assembly on the Renton, Wash., production line. It has been a successful acquisition program for the U.S. Defense Department and will be a model for future commercial derivative programs, including the new KC-46 tanker. COVER: A view of the P-8 mission systems installation and checkout facility in Seattle, where Boeing Defense, Space & Security employees prepare the aircraft for delivery after its assembly in nearby Renton, Wash. BOB FERGUSON/BOEING PHOTO: Christopher Graham, a manufacturing manager in the P-8 mission systems installation and checkout facility in Seattle, prepares a P-8 sidewall for the installation of a cabinet. BOB FERGUSON/BOEING 04 Frontiers November 2014
Frontiers November 2014 Issue
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