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{{Infobox Company
|company_name = Rubin Design Aerospace
|company_logo = [[Image:RDA-logo.png|240px]]
|company_type = Public (NYSE: [http://www.lafayetteinc.com RDA])
|foundation = Lafayette, Louisiana (1989)
|location= Magnolia Bend, Louisiana
|key_people = [[Ian Rubin]] (CEO)<br>[[Cody Ericcson]] (Chairman)
|industry = Aerospace and Defense
|products = Commercial airliners<br>Military aircraft<br>Space systems<br>Computer Services
|revenue = {{profit}} US$85.76 billion (FY 2008)
|operating_income =
|net_income = {{profit}} $5.56 billion
|num_employees = 162,200 (12-31-2008)
|parent = [[Lafayette Inc]]
|divisions = Rubin Design Aerospace<br>Defense Systems<br>Others
|subsid = Phoenix Aerospace<br>Aeromax Engines
|homepage = [http://lafayetteinc.com Rubinaero.com]
|footnotes =
}}


==History==

==Products==
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto"
|+'''Product list and details (date information from Rubin Design)'''
|-
! Aircraft
! Description
! Seats
! Max
! Launch date
! 1st flight
! 1st delivery
! Production to cease/ceased
|-
|[[RD-1]]
|2 engine
|align=center |228-254
|align=center |361
|May 1969
|28 October 1972
|May 1974 <br> [[Air France]]
|27 March 2007
|-
|[[RD-2]]
|2 engine
|align=center |187
|align=center |279 
|July 1978
|3 April 1982 
|December 1985 <br> [[Air Algerie]]
|27 March 2007
|-
|[[RD-3]]
|2 engine
|align=center |107
|align=center |117
|April 1999
|15 January 2002
|October 2003 <br> [[Frontier Airlines]]
|-
|[[RD-4]]
|2 engine
|align=center |124
|align=center |156
|June 1993
|25 August 1995
|April 1996 <br> [[Swissair]]
|-
|[[RD-5]]
|2 engine
|align=center |150
|align=center |180
|March 1984
|22 February 1987
|March 1988 <br> [[Air Inter]]
|-
|[[RD-6]]
|2 engine
|align=center |185
|align=center |220
|November 1989
|11 March 1993
|January 1994 <br> [[Lufthansa]]
|-
|[[RD-7 Concorde2]]
|2 engine
|align=center |253-295
|align=center |406-440
|June 1987
|2 November 1992
|December 1993 <br> [[Air Inter]]
|-
|[[RD-8 Pelican]]
|2 engine, multirole amphibian
|align=center |239-380
|align=center |420-440
|June 1987
|25 October 1991
|January 2008 <br> Kenmore Air
|-
|[[RD-9 Echo]]
|4 engine, SST
|align=center |270-350
|align=center |
|December 2006
|2011 expected 
|mid-2013 <br> TAM
|-
|[[RD-10 Eagle]]
|2 engine, business jet
|align=center |555
|align=center |853
|2002
|27 April 2005
|15 October 2007 <br> Singapore Airlines
|-
|[[RD-12 Trinity|RD-11]]
|3 engine, twin aisle
|align=center |293
|align=center |410
|2002
|27 April 2005
|15 October 2007 <br> Singapore Airlines
|-
|[[RD-12 Trinity]]
|3 engine, twin aisle
|align=center |454
|align=center |545
|2002
|27 April 2005
|15 October 2007 <br> Singapore Airlines
|} -->
===Civilian products===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|+'''Product list and details (date information from Rubin Design)'''
|- bgcolor=#006699
! Aircraft
! Variants
! Description
! Nickname
! Capacity
! 1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;flight
! 1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;delivery
! Launch Customer
! In Service
! Out of Production Models
|-
|align=center|[[Concorde]]
|200, 300, 300LR, 300F 300LF,
|Four engine SST
|
|90‑120
|Apr 1967
|Dec 1967
|British Airways
|Feb 10, 1968
|All currently in production (September 2009)
|-
|align=center|[[RD-8 Pelican|RD-8]]
|100, 100F, 100LF
|Four‑engine, partial double decker, large widebody
| Pelican
|366‑524
|Feb 9, 1969
|Dec 13, 1969
|Kenmore Air
|Jan 21, 1970
|All currently in production (September 2009)

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|align=center|[[Boeing 767|767]]
|200ER, 300ER, 300F, 400ER, KC-767 Tanker
|Twin engine, medium widebody
| 
|180‑375
|Sep 26, 1981 
|Aug 19, 1982
|[[United Airlines]]
|Sep 8, 1982
|200, 300
|-
|align=center|[[Boeing 777|777]]
|200ER, 200LR, 300ER, Freighter
|Twin engine, medium to large widebody
| Triple Seven, Worldliner (200LR only)
|301‑550
|Jun 12, 1994 
|May 15, 1995
|[[United Airlines]]
|Jun 7, 1995
|200, 300
|-
|align=center|[[Boeing Business Jet|BBJ]]
|BBJ, BBJ2, BBJ3
|Twin engine [[business jet|executive jet]]
|
|20‑50
|Oct 1998 
|Nov 1998
|
|Nov 1998
|All currently in production (December 2008)
|-
|align=center|[[Boeing 787|787]]
|3, 8, 9
|Twin engine short (3) & long (8, 9) range widebody
| Dreamliner
|210-330<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/787-3prod.html Boeing 787-3 Fact Sheet], [http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/787-8prod.html 787-8 Fact Sheet], [http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/787-9prod.html 787-9 Fact Sheet]. Boeing.</ref>
|Late-2009
|2010
|[[All Nippon Airways]]
|2010
|All currently in production (December 2008)
|-

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|}
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{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|+Future products
|-
! Expected<br>EIS
! Type
! Description
! Notes
|-
| align=center|2009 || [[Sukhoi Superjet 100]] || Twin-engine narrowbody || risk sharing partner with [[Sukhoi]]
|-
| align=center|2010 || [[Boeing 787|787 Dreamliner]] || Twin-engine widebody || Launch Customers: [[All Nippon Airways]] and [[Air New Zealand]] 
|-
| align=center|2009 || [[Boeing 747-8|747-8 Freighter]] || Four-engine widebody freighter || Launch Customers: [[Cargolux]] and [[Nippon Cargo Airlines]]
|-
| align=center|2010 || [[Boeing 747-8|747-8 Intercontinental]] || Four-engined widebody || Launch Customer: [[Lufthansa]]
|-
| align=center|2010 || [[Boeing Business Jet|747 BBJ]] || Four-engine widebody executive jet || based on [[Boeing 747-8|747-8]]
|-
| || [[Boeing Business Jet|787 BBJ]] || Twin-engine widebody executive jet || based on [[Boeing 787|787-8]] & [[Boeing 787|787-9]]
|-
| || [[Boeing Y1|Y1/737RS]] || code name for the 737 and 757-200 replacement project. || 
|-
| || [[Boeing Y3|Y3]] || code name for the 747 and 777-300 replacement project. ||
|}
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===Military products===

*'''[[SR-91 Aurora]]''' (?) <br>Rumored<ref name= asw>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxtailtavern.com/library/wired_art_1.png |title=Spyplane photographed? (it's Aurora. Of course) |accessdate= 2009-04-03 |publisher=Wired.com}}</ref> high altitude, hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft being developed at [[Area 51|Groom Lake Air Force Base]] for use by the United States Air Force.

===Space vehicles===

{| class="toccolours" align="center" border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|+'''Orbiters'''
|----- bgcolor=#FFDEAD
|'''&nbsp;Number&nbsp;'''
|align=center|'''&nbsp;Name&nbsp;'''
|'''&nbsp;First Launch&nbsp;'''
|'''&nbsp;Launch site&nbsp;'''
|'''&nbsp;Notes&nbsp;'''
|-
| OV-107
|'''[[Space Shuttle Terra Nova|Terra Nova]]'''
|align=center |March 4, 2009
|align=center |Vandenberg AFB, SLC-7 
|First Space Shuttle launched into polar orbit.
|-
| OV-108
|'''[[Space Shuttle Constitution|Constitution]]'''
|align=center |June 30, 2009
|align=center |Vandenberg AFB, SLC-7 
|First American Orbiter launched on an unmanned test flight.
|-
| OV-109
|'''[[Space Shuttle Patriot|Patriot]]'''
|align=center |October 7, 2009
|align=center |[[Mid-Pacific Launch Center|MPLC]], SLC-1 
|First Pacific Ocean Space Shuttle launch; First [[International Space Agency|ISA]] Orbiter to dock with [[Wikipedia:International Space Station|ISS]].
|-
| OV-110
|'''[[Space Shuttle Liberty|Liberty]]'''
|align=center |NET April 9, 2010
|align=center |Vandenberg AFB, [[SLC-7]]
|First 2nd Generation Orbiter.
|}

==Environment==
===Environmental record===
===Jet biofuels===

==Employment data==
===Workforce by site===

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.lafayetteinc.com Rubin Design Aerospace official website]

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{{RDA airliners}}
{{Lafayette Incorporated}}