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Focusing on customers and
driving value to their businesses
are top priorities for Boeing.
We continue to bring to market inno-
vative products and services that are
tailored to the needs of our customers.
The “point-to-point” strategy that
guides our commercial airplane prod-
uct line has achieved tremendous suc-
cess in the marketplace. We have a
broad and balanced defense portfolio,
whose diversity mitigates budgetary
risks. We even arrange and provide
financing solutions for commercial,
space and defense customers.
Our support to customers does not
end when a product is delivered.
We continue to bring value to cus-
tomers by providing training and
service wherever they operate. The
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Operations Center and rapid spares
availability keep our airline customers’
jetliners operating reliably.
In the defense arena, we are revolution-
izing sustainment, delivering best-value
mission readiness to the warfighter of
today and the network-enabled battle-
space of tomorrow. Our comprehen-
sive support includes supply chain
management, engineering and field
service throughout a program’s lifecycle.
Our U.S. Navy and Air Force customers
formally recognized our superb execu-
tion in 2007 on performance-based
logistics contracts for programs such
as the C-17 Globemaster and the
F/A-18 strike fighter.
Each year we open training centers
in new locations around the world to
provide training services close to our
airline customers’ home bases. Boeing
subsidiary Alteon opened training
centers in Singapore and Shanghai in
2007, bringing total training centers
worldwide to 22. Subsidiaries such
as Jeppesen provide operations solu-
tions for aviation, marine and rail
needs, while Aviall helps to expand
our ability to deliver comprehensive,
integrated parts and services solutions
to airline customers.
Support services continue to offer
robust opportunities for growth.
We are taking advantage of oppor-
tunities to grow into logical adjacencies
on non-Boeing platforms. We won
a $2 billion contract for engineering
services and manufacturing of 242
wing sets for the U.S. Air Force’s A-10
Thunderbolt fleet. We also won a
$19 million contract to provide Mission
Training Center services for U.S. Air
Force F-16 pilots, where we are
applying the expertise we gained from
our experience in managing F-15C
mission training.
Global partnerships with companies
like Alsalam Aircraft Company, one of
the largest and most experienced
maintenance repair and overhaul com-
panies in the Middle East, help provide
skilled and responsive support for
military and commercial customers
wherever they are located.
We added several new performance-
based logistics contracts to our port-
folio in 2007. Boeing Integrated
Logistics increased its backlog by a
half billion dollars with new contracts
for the U.S. Army’s AH-64 Apache
attack helicopter and the Marine
Corps’ AV-8B Harrier II.
By aligning ourselves with our cus-
tomers and putting their needs first, we
ensure that Boeing is the first company
customers think of when they need
new products and ongoing support.
Just 13 months after the first CH-47F rolled off the production line, Boeing met all 2007
scheduled commitments to deliver 37 Chinook helicopters (30 CH-47Fs and 7 in other
models) in support of U.S. Army and international customers’ needs.