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Kansas Senator Questions Defense Industrial Base Impact, If Boeing Buys Spirit Aerosystems

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024

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Kansas Senator Questions Defense Industrial Base Impact, If Boeing Buys Spirit Aerosystems

Pictured is U.S. Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense panel on May 15.

Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) on May 15 questioned the impact of Boeing's [BA] proposed buy of Wichita-based Spirit Aerosystems [SPR], which supplies commercial and military programs, including the Airbus A350 airliner, Boeing's troubled 737 Max and 787 Dreamliner, the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider future stealth bomber for the U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Sikorsky CH-53K helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps, and the Bell [TXT] V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the U.S. Army's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. "In…

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