Established 2005, Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in North America, Europe and Asia. Their history traces back to 1927 as Stearman Aircraft Company which was acquired by Boeing in 1929. Boeing sold its Wichita Division and Oklahoma operations in 2005
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Spirit Delivered Final CH-53K Prototype Fuselage, 08-Jun-18 : #aircraft The sixth and final System Demonstration Test Article (SDTA) CH-53K fuselage completed by Spirit AeroSystems. 200 production helicopters to follow.
Fifth CH-53K Fuselage Delivered, 25-Apr-18 : Spirit AeroSystems delivered the 5th System Demonstration Test Article (SDTA) CH-53K fuselage to Sikorsky. The 6th, and final prototype, is underway
Spirit AeroSystems Built V-280 Fuselage, 19-Dec-17 : Spirit AeroSystems designed and built fuselage for the Bell V-280 lifted off for the first time on December 18, 2017
Design Software Used in the Bell V-280 Fuselage, 09-Dec-15 : HyperSizer from Collier Research was the software package used by Spirit AeroSystems for the detailed sizing of Bell V-280 prototype fuselage
Spirit AeroSystems First Bell V-280 Fuselage, 22-Sep-15 : Spirit AeroSystems has completed the first fuselage to Bell Helicopter for the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) program. V-280 first flight is scheduled for the second half of 2017
