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Boeing’s 777X Wing Factory Gets Ready for Prime Time

First set of wings for 777X static test article soon to undergo fabrication

A Boeing engineer tests a prototype panel for a 777X wing at the company's Composite Wing Center (CWC) in Everett, Washington. (Photo: Boeing)

By Gregory Polek • Senior Editor

June 13, 2017

Boeing’s $1 billion composite wing center (CWC) will start fabricating the first spar for the 777X wing this year, marking the start of a process of composite wing making on a scale never before tried in a commercial aircraft program. Inside the 1.3-million-square-foot building in Everett, Washington, a single autoclave over the past year has baked composite parts for preproduction test articles such as stringers, panels and wing skins, in preparation for low-rate production and assembly at Boeing’s adjacent horizontal build line.

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