…Aerospace Xian Aircraft Company awarded Alcoa a multiyear contract for extrusions  for the Boeing 737 tail assembly. Xian is a long- time customer for Alcoa’s aluminum sheet, plate, and aerospace fasteners. As part of the U.S.  Air Force Advanced Aerostructures Initiative, Boeing and Alcoa busi- nesses introduced an improved, lower-cost  crew emergency escape door for the Boeing  C-17 aircraft. Eclipse Aviation plans to enter the new Very Light Jet market with its  Eclipse 500 aircraft, employing revolutionary manufacturing techniques and high-volume produc- tion. Alcoa Mill Products worked with the company during the design and  certification process.  Alcoa signed an agreement with Babcock & Brown Air- craft Management for the conversion and sale of the  initial prototypes of Alcoa’s 14Plus Boeing 757 passen- ger-to-cargo conversion. Long a reliable, cost- effective passenger aircraft, a con- verted B757-200 will offer operational savings over many older freight carriers, as well as other benefits. 5 Alcoa Fastening Systems’ XPL Lockbolts touch  the Airbus A380 in one  million places. Each of  the new airliners features  one million of the  new fasteners to tie  composite and metallic parts together.  :