Airbus has already notched more than 156 orders to date compared to 36 for U.S.-based Boeing Corporation, which expects to deliver about 280 jets this year.

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By contrast, last month the administration, through the National Labor Relations Board, in an unprecedented move sued Boeing Corporation to stop it from using a manufacturing facility it had already built in South Carolina to produce its new 787 commercial aircraft.

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The company behind the product is an engineering development outfit with 35 employees (Engineers and Scientists) that has been retained to complete projects for Boeing, 3M Corporation, Oakley, Lockheed-Martin and others.

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The scheme will be extended to include at least two other companies, Boeing and Sierra Nevada Corporation.

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Boeing will also face competition from Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, which is a state-backed firm developing its own commercial jet and expecting to start deliveries to customers from 2016.

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Boeing made significant sales projections last week amid speculation that AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, may be facing bankruptcy and restructuring.

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