CWP-700 Composite Wing Panel Production Program

CWP-700 Composite Wing Panel Production Program is in Month 14 of 18, deep into steady-state Phase 2 production with all 5 Material Review Board cases dispositioned and closed. The program corrected its own staffing early in Phase 2 — the original 14-person, single-shift estimate wasn't enough to run real two-shift production, so the team grew to 25 (RAIDD Decision D-05), and the program budget grew from $3,500,000 to $5,200,000 to match. More recently, Meridian Aircraft Co. issued Purchase Order Amendment PA-002 increasing the CWP-700 production rate — genuine customer demand growth, not a repeat correction — so the team grew again to 50 with a full third shift (RAIDD Decision D-06), and the budget grew to $9,284,000. That history is why the program reads Green today rather than chronically behind: NDT capacity, layup throughput, and inspection coverage are sized for the production rate they actually need to support at every stage. The one open watch item is R-01 (single-source prepreg material), being addressed via the dual-source qualification already approved (D-03).