The Alenia North America/Vought Aircraft Industries joint venture created to support Boeing 7E7 work has been named Global Aeronautica and will be based at Charleston airport in South Carolina. Together Alenia and Vought are responsible for developing more than 60% of the 7E7's fuselage. Alenia will build certain fuselage sections in Italy and deliver them to the Global Aeronautica facility for integration in Charleston. Vought will provide the remaining two aft sections at a plant co-located with the Global Aeronautica integration facility at Charleston airport. Groundbreaking for the two facilities is planned for early 2005, with 7E7 production tentatively scheduled to begin early in 2006.
Source: Flight International
