So is price to the customer, the design and capabilities of the airplane, the engines and the technology of them, whether there will be a sole- or dual-source engine, where the airplane will be assembled and how it will be produced. One Boeing official told LNC that the is as much about production as it is everything else. This goes to cost and cost goes to pricing. Automation, robotics, digital design, 3D printing and additive manufacturing are key to producing the Many elements are already in place on other Boeing programs, most described in the media already.
Tellier, mindful of proprietary issues, declined to outline how Boeing might achieve a cost basis that will allow a sales price in this range. He said that from a broad and general perspective, Boeing fundamentally wants technology across the board to rebuild their digital infrastructure.
It could also be taking weight out of parts. Tellier said Dassault Systemes is a supplier to several aircraft manufacturers, including Boeing and Airbus. The second century initiative is to rebuild the infrastructure within Boeing, reversing a lot of the outsourcing that was done with the For example, the wings were outsourced on the but in-sourced for the X. Nacelles for the MAX are now done in-house. With Boeing saying the NMA is as much about production as anything else, all these initiatives and all the production automation on other programs appearing to be heading for convergence on the NMA, the question is obvious: is this another moonshot that former CEO Jim McNerney famously said would be avoided on the next airplane?
It was also the first electrical aircraft and the first where industrial partners took on large parts of the design and production of the aircraft. There will be issues, there always are. In this case a history of making it work will likely overcome any.
So in this case, you cannot or should not allocate all the cost to the as it will be used for the follow on aircraft. But it has to be a factor in how the is assesed cost wise as like the , its going to be the trail horse for the methods going forward.
