Spirit Expands Into Helicopters

Credit: Michael Mecham/AW&ST
Spirit AeroSystems was in the early days of designing the most intricate of Boeing’s single-wind composite sections for the 787 when Sikorsky sought it out to make the main fuselage for the CH-53K for the U.S. Marine Corps. Sikorsky had used composite fuselage assemblies in its helicopters for years...

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