Overview
- Boeing completed the acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, reabsorbing 737, 767, 777 and 787 structures as well as P-8 and KC-46 fuselage work while bringing spares and aftermarket services in house.
- About 15,000 Spirit employees at Wichita, Dallas, Tulsa and Prestwick are joining Boeing, with portions of Belfast operating separately as Short Brothers, a Boeing Company.
- Airbus finalized the purchase of Spirit assets in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Morocco for $439 million, adding over 4,000 employees and securing components for A220, A320 and A350 programs.
- FTC approval required divesting Spirit’s Airbus-supplying businesses and the Malaysia aerostructures site to CTRM to safeguard competition across the transatlantic supply chain.
- Legacy Spirit Defense will operate as a non‑integrated subsidiary within Boeing Defense with independent governance to continue supplying multiple defense primes.