The major U.S. aircraft manufacturer showed the wings being loaded aboard a 747 Dreamlifter, which transports aircraft components, to the media here on Feb. 12 at Chubu Centrair International Airport.

However, its parts come from different places around the world. That's where the company's massive Dreamlifter comes into play. The almost comically large aircraft is fit to transport the ...

and is used exclusively for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner supply chain, where the Dreamlifter transports 787 wings and other components inside its enormous ...

Not even the Dreamlifter, created to support this project, could achieve this global supply chain and could not address the inherent coordination problems. But from an engineering point of view, it ...