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Boeing has named Hawker de Havilland as the latest member of the international technology development team working on the Sonic Cruiser program. Hawker de Havilland, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, will contribute its expertise in advanced materials, including composites. The Sonic Cruiser is a new airliner concept unveiled by Boeing in March 2001. The aircraft has a dramatic new configuration and is designed to fly at speeds of up to Mach 0.98,shortening travel times, and with fuel consumption per passenger comparable to today's best performing widebody twinjets. Boeing already has signed Alenia Aeronautica, Fuji Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Aircraft Development Corp., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Vought Aircraft Industries and the Boeing Commercial Airplanes Wichita Division to the Sonic Cruiser materials technology development team.
