August 2010
Volume 09, Issue 04
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DEFENSE, SPACE & SECURITY

Here comes the sun

Light from the sun will soon be supplying power to a California college campus--thanks to Boeing Energy Solutions. The solar panels being installed at California State University in Northridge feature technology developed at Boeing’s Spectrolab that cuts the cost of solar-generated energy by concentrating more sunlight on fewer cells.

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 Here comes the sunPaul Pinner/BOEING

Expertise on call

It began with an idea six years ago to send a handful of Boeing Rotorcraft engineers in Philadelphia out west--to help on the 787 program in Everett, Wash. Today, that group of engineers numbers more than 200 and they support programs throughout the company.

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 Expertise on call Fred Troilo/Boeing; graphics:
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Wheels of progress

In 2008, Boeing acquired Tapestry Solutions of San Diego, Calif. Now part of Defense, Space & Security, the Boeing subsidiary has a computerized tracking system that is not unlike the GPS in the family car. its Global Distribution Management System network has proved very valuable to the U.S. Army, first in Iraq and now in Afghanistan.

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 Flying finish LEWIS BYRD/TAPESTRY SOLUTIONS