Aircraft manufacturer Boeing says it will make a decision regarding production of its new 777X aircraft in early 2014 – and South Carolina is in the running for the project. Company chairman and CEO Jim McNerney said "very specific plans" regarding the 777X would be released in "two to three months." "We have a number of alternatives," McNerney told reporters at the Dubai Air Show, where the 777X officially debuted (and racked up $100 billion in orders from Middle Eastern airlines). The plane will begin production in 2017 for delivery in 2020 – assuming it is able to avoid the myriad design and supply chain issues that plagued the launch of its 787 Dreamliner. Boeing originally planned to build the 777X at its Everett, Washington location – although unionized workers at the facility rejected a new deal with the company. Everett still may get the plane when it's all said and done, but Boeing is also looking at Huntsville, Alabama, Long Beach, California and Salt Lake City, Utah.