Molly McMillin
12 August 2024

Boeing wants to keep Spirit Defense work in Wichita, company management says

Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) speaks with reporters after touring Spirit AeroSystems with Boeing representatives.

Photo credit: Molly McMillin/Aviation Week

WICHITA—With Boeing nearing completion of its acquisition of supplier Spirit AeroSystems, Boeing intends to keep all of Spirit’s defense work at Boeing and in Wichita, top Boeing executives told Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) during a tour of Spirit’s facilities Aug. 12. “They also made a commitment to me that if…

Molly McMillin

Molly McMillin has been an aviation journalist for 25 years and is the business aviation editor for the Aviation Week Network and editor-in-chief of The Weekly of Business Aviation, a market research report published by Aviation Week.

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