News Release
Boeing, Japanese Partners Formally Sign Agreement on 777X
TOKYO, July 23, 2015 – Boeing (NYSE: BA) and key Japanese partners today
signed a formal agreement for significant work on Boeing’s new 777X airplane. Thisagreement seals last year’s announcement by Boeing, Japan Aircraft Industries (JAI)
and Japan Aircraft Development Corporation (JADC) of a Memorandum of Agreement
to provide approximately 21 percent of the major airplane structure components for the777X, including fuselage sections; center wing sections; pressure bulkhead; main
landing gear wells; passenger, cargo and main landing gear doors; wing components
and wing-body fairings.
JAI consists of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Kawasaki Heavy Industries(KHI), Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), ShinMaywa Industries (SMIC) and NIPPI Corporation(NIPPI). JADC is a non-profit foundation established to enhance the competitiveness ofthe Japanese aircraft industry.
“Our Japanese industry partners have consistently performed to the highest
standards and contributed enormously to the resounding success of the current 777,”
said Kent Fisher, vice president and general manager of Supplier Management atBoeing Commercial Airplanes. “In working with us on the affordability goals of the 777X,
they have modeled the kind of partnership and commitment needed to serve ourcustomers and the changing demands of the market place.”
Boeing has partnered with Japanese aerospace companies for nearly five
decades to develop and manufacture the Next-Generation 737, 737 MAX, 747, 757,767, 777, 787 Dreamliner, and now the 777X.

“The signing of this contract is an important milestone for JADC and JAI,” said
Shigeru Murayama, chairman of JADC and president of KHI. “The JAI companies areinvesting in new facilities and introducing robotic and other automated systems toensure they deliver high quality products on time every time. This is a measure of theircommitment to the success of the 777X.”
In 2014, Boeing purchased more than $5 billion of goods and services in Japan,
supporting tens of thousands of aerospace jobs. With this agreement in place, thecompany expects to purchase a total of approximately $36bn of goods and services
from Japan between 2014 and the end of the decade.
“This agreement with our Japanese partners extends this important and strategic
relationship for decades to come,” said George Maffeo, president of Boeing Japan.
“Since our MOA last year, we have already seen their considerable investment in new
cutting edge facilities to produce the 777X and meet rate increases on other Boeing
airplane programs. We thank them for their partnership as we continue to shape thefuture of the global aerospace industry together.”
Kiyotaka Ichimaru, JADC senior managing director added, “We Japaneseaerospace manufacturers first began working with Boeing on the 747 SP. In theensuing 50 years we have collaborated on every Boeing commercial airplane programand built a relationship that goes beyond that of a mere supplier. This contract for the777X program will strengthen our relationship even further, and take us into a future ofcontinued airplane development and production ̶ together.”
Building on the passenger-preferred and market-leading 777 family of airplanes,
the 777X family includes the 777-8X and the 777-9X, both designed to respond tomarket needs and customer preferences. The 777X program currently has 306 firm
orders from six customers. Production is set to begin in 2017, with first delivery targetedfor 2020.

Contact:
Japan Aircraft Development Corporation
Seiichiro Ikegami
General Affairs
Tel: +813-3505-3225
e-mailsikegami@jadc.or.jp
http://www.jadc.jp/en/
Boeing Japan Communications
Rob Henderson
Tel: +81 3-5223-2028
robert.j.henderson3@boeing.com
www.boeing.jp