WICHITA, KS—Spirit Aerosystems is preparing to produce up to 60 fuselages a month to keep up with demand from Boeing’s 737 assembly plant in Renton, WA.
MOBILE, AL—Airbus is poised to announce plans for a commercial-jet assembly plant here, its first in the United States, to meet demand as North American airlines renew their fleets.
STUART, FL—Triumph Aerostructures’ Vought Aircraft Div. hopes to begin a 16,000-square-foot expansion to its assembly plant here by the end of July. The plant makes flaps for the Boeing 777.
FORT WORTH, TX—Lockheed has reached a tentative deal with a union that has been on strike for eight weeks at the defense contractor’s assembly plant here.
WASHINGTON—A 14-month Congressional investigation uncovered 1,800 cases of counterfeit electronic components for American military equipment, including missiles, targeting systems and instrument panels. All totaled, the cases involved more than 1 million bogus parts.