Spirit Aerosystems

The Seattle union is favored to win contract negotiations with Boeing, but reaching an agreement could be dicey.

A new industrial reality has emerged. “It’s no longer about markets; it’s more about production,” says Richard Aboulafia.

Boeing's new CEO closed his first full week on the job with an olive branch to a key union as part of a broader message of encouragement to employees.

The monthly 737 program production rate mismatch between Boeing and Spirit has created a buffer of nearly 130 fuselages awaiting shipment to the manufacturer.

Ortberg faces the challenge of fixing not one company but effectively two: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space and Security.

The NTSB’s planned two-day hearing on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 will provide a rare and extensive look into Boeing’s commercial aircraft manufacturing process

Leadership sets the tone, and incoming Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg has results and relations.

Airbus says it is working through supply-chain issues with top-tier partners Honeywell, Safran and Spirit AeroSystems.

Bombardier’s CEO says it would be open to buying back the plant in Belfast, Northern Ireland, it sold to Spirit AeroSystems in 2020.

Bell is expected to look elsewhere for aerostructures work on its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft for the U.S. Army.

Concerns remain about the impact of Boeing’s acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems on the supplier’s defense business, as the key focus of the OEM’s move remains on fixing issues with the commercial side.

The two-decade experiment known as Spirit AeroSystems is set for a dramatic and rocky close.

As fixed-price deals signed years ago continue to burden balance sheets, Boeing Defense and Space is focusing on smart growth opportunities.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

While aerospace and defense companies have lately enjoyed an embarrassment of riches in demand, that has exposed severe weaknesses in their ability to execute.

Boeing is adding requirements for moving aircraft down production lines and new traveled work protocols.

Do Airbus and Boeing’s aerostructures reintegrations represent a trend, anomalies or both?

Guillaume Faury is looking to bring more work in-house in order to deal with supplier issues.

Tasked with boosting both production rates and aircraft quality, Boeing is making long-needed changes to its decades-old production protocols.

As demand remains healthy, airlines are managing capacity challenges amid supply chain woes, engine issues and significant aircraft delivery delays.

As Boeing plans to acquire the majority of Spirit AeroSystems, with some parts carved out by Airbus, change is coming to the supplier's aftermarket business.

Spirit plans to divest of its Belfast operations as it works to carve up its worldwide operations amid a $8.3 billion transaction with Boeing and Airbus.

Editors unpack a week that started with a unique media briefing at Boeing's Renton facility and ended with the purchase of Spirit AeroSystems.

Spirit AeroSystems is known mainly as a major supplier to the commercial aircraft assembly lines of Boeing and Airbus.

But much like the Spirit deal’s closing, Boeing’s transition, assuming it comes at all, will not happen overnight.