The firm was founded in 1912 and has represented Boeing Company since the founding of the aerospace giant in 1916.
The Boeing Company, the American aerospace giant, owns 40 percent of the joint venture.
The deals created a diversified aerospace giant that had $51 billion in sales last year and operated in 145 countries.
To tap this market, the three Western aerospace giants are moving to expand their presence in China.
Sales of these planes are expected to help shore up the recently sagging profits for the aerospace giant.
That had not seemed odd: xenotechnomics was a driving factor in setting corporate strategy for the aerospace giant.
As the Virginia-based defense contractors lost their independence and were absorbed by large aerospace giants, the term fell from use.
The city has shaken some of its dependence on the aerospace giant.
Boeing's announcement of the Continental order will be the third order announced by the aerospace giant in just two days.
But that was eclipsed by the legislation sought by the aerospace giant, the state's leading employer.