Boeing Announces New R&D Center Facility Lease in North Charleston
September 23, 2014
Lease agreement adds 100,000 square-foot research center to Boeing South Carolina
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced a lease agreement for 100,000 square feet of office and lab space for a new research and technology center in North Charleston. The Boeing Research & Technology-South Carolina center will be located in Crosspoint at Palmetto Commerce Park, adding to Boeing South Carolina’s North Campus, along with the Interiors Responsibility Center South Carolina and Propulsion South Carolina.
The center, announced in December 2013, is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2014 and will focus on advanced manufacturing technology and composite fuselage manufacturing.
“This research center brings our technology organization and Boeing South Carolina closer together to transition technology from research and development to our commercial airplane and defense products faster and more efficiently,” said Lane Ballard, site leader of the research center and vice president of Materials & Manufacturing Technology.
“We’re excited to see our new BR&T center come to fruition in South Carolina,” said Jack Jones, Boeing South Carolina vice president and general manager. “The new facility continues to demonstrate our commitment to the state of South Carolina by bringing new technology and capabilities to North Charleston.”
When fully operational, scientists, technologists, technicians and engineers will work at the center, leading R&D efforts in automation and assembly, systems installation, chemical technology, non-destructive evaluation, composite fabrication and repair, and electromagnetic effects, modeling and characterization. The center will also include an autoclave, paint booth and a clean room lab.
Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T) is the company’s advanced and central R&D organization, providing technologies that enable the development of future aerospace solutions while improving the cycle time, cost, quality and performance of existing Boeing products and services. The company’s research and technology development is conducted at 11 Boeing research centers in Australia, Brazil, China, Europe, India, Russia and the United States, including Alabama, California, Missouri, South Carolina and Washington.
