Boeing breaks ground on new 777X wing construction facility

Boeing has commenced construction of a 1.3 million square-foot facility for the manufacture of composite wings designed for the B777X.Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Ray Conner said: “We’re going to be a here for a long, long time.”Boeing’s composite wing construction has previously been outsourced to companies outside the US, which has led to ongoing supply issues with the composite 787.The new wing factory will house three of the world’s largest autoclaves used for curing composite material. Each autoclave is large enough to hold two 737 fuselages, Boeing said.The building will be occupied starting in 2016. The first 777X is