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Pontifications: A new setback for Boeing

Nov. 18, 2019, © Leeham News: Boeing suffered another setback last week, and this time it’s unrelated to the 737 MAX. Boeing abandoned a robotic riveting/fastener system awkwardly called Fuselage Automatic Upright Build, or FAUB, intended to speed… Read More

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 Posted on November 18, 2019 by Scott Hamilton

 Airbus, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA, Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance

     737 MAX, 777 Classic, 777X, Airbus, Boeing, Dassault Stystemes, FAUB, New Midmarket Airplane, NMA, Pacific Northwest Aerospace Allaince, PNAA

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