Global Aeronautica, LLC

  
                                                                _{The Global Aeronautica plant in Charleston, South Carolina.}

Global Aeronautica is a 50/50 joint venture of Alenia North America, Inc. — a Finmeccanica company, and Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. Global Aeronautica will assemble, integrate, test and apply surface finishes to more than 60 percent of the 787 fuselage prior to shipment to Boeing’s final assembly facility in Everett, Washington.

Global Aeronautica is located in North Charleston, South Carolina. At peak production, Global Aeronautica will employ approximately 450 people in a 334,000-square-foot facility built on a 240-acre site adjacent to Charleston International Airport and includes 252,000 square feet of manufacturing floor. In addition, the site will include a 54,000-square-foot surface finishes building.

Global Aeronautica will receive mid-fuselage sections from an international supply chain including Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A of Italy, Fuji Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan and Boeing – Winnipeg. In addition, it will receive aft fuselage sections from Vought’s collocated facility in North Charleston.

Click on the attachment below to download the Global Aeronautica fact sheet.