CHARLESTON, SC—Boeing is negotiating with a Charleston International Airport for a huge tract of land near its existing 787 Dreamliner assembly line to build a second assembly plant.

LITTLETON, CO—Lockheed Martin’s new assembly plant to build the next generation of Global Positioning System satellites will draw upon some Hollywood magic: 3D glasses and virtual reality.

RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, PA—Boeing has opened its newly renovated Chinook assembly plant here. The aerospace giant invested $130 million to upgrade the plant.

STUART, FL—Triumph Aerostructures expects to hire 80 new employees as it expands its assembly plant here by 16,000 square feet.

COLUMBUS, MS—Aurora Flight Sciences has added automated fiber placement equipment at its assembly plant here so it can make larger and more complex composite structures for the aerospace industry.

SEATTLE—Top-level talks might be the only way to end a seven-year state-aid dispute between aerospace manufacturers Boeing and Airbus, an EU diplomat said Wednesday after the WTO sent both sides its ruling on the issue. The decision, given confidentially, was made on a European Union appeal against U.S. government aid to Boeing.

Airbus has manufacturing facilities across the globe, including Tianjin, China, and Broughton and Filton in the United Kingdom.

A major new report from the Council on Competitiveness provides a multipoint plan to reignite American manufacturing.

SEATTLE—Boeing said replacing improperly installed shims on its new 787 Dreamliners will take 10 to 14 days per airplane and doesn’t indicate that the model needs a redesign.

PINELLAS PARK, FL—Lockheed Martin has opened a new assembly plant here to produce aircraft canopy components for the F-35 fighter.