Boeing Reacquires Spirit AeroSystems: A Strategic Move to Enhance Quality Control and Expand ServicesBoeing has successfully completed its acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, a significant move twenty years after selling off the supplier. This reintegration brings Spirits commercial and aftermarket operations under Boeings umbrella, with a new focus on establishing Spirit Defense as a separate entity. The acquisition, driven by pressure to improve quality control, includes all of Spirits commercial operations tied to Boeing planes and expands Boeings global maintenance, repair, and overhaul services. The Federal Trade Commission cleared the way for this acquisition, with conditions that Boeing divest Spirits operations supplying parts to Airbus and continue supplying competing defense contractors. This decision comes after a door plug incident on a fuselage manufactured by Spirit, triggering a Federal Aviation Administration review that found multiple instances of non-compliance with manufacturing quality control requirements.

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