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Xian Aircraft Company awarded Alcoa a multiyear contract for extrusions for the Boeing 737 tail assembly. Xian is a long- time customer for Alcoa’s aluminum sheet, plate, and aerospace fasteners. 

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As part of the U.S. Air Force Advanced Aerostructures Initiative, Boeing and Alcoa busi- nesses introduced an improved, lower-cost crew emergency escape door for the Boeing C-17 aircraft. 

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Alcoa signed an agreement with Babcock & Brown Air- craft Management for the conversion and sale of the initial prototypes of Alcoa’s 14Plus Boeing 757 passen- ger-to-cargo conversion. Long a reliable, cost- effective passenger aircraft, a con- verted B757-200 will offer operational savings over many older freight carriers, as well as other benefits. 

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Eclipse Aviation plans to enter the new Very Light Jet market with its Eclipse 500 aircraft, employing revolutionary manufacturing techniques and high-volume produc- tion. Alcoa Mill Products worked with the company during the design and certification process. 

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Alcoa Fastening Systems’ XPL Lockbolts touch the Airbus A380 in one million places. Each of the new airliners features one million of the new fasteners to tie composite and metallic parts together. : 

