
Boeing [BA] on Monday said it has agreed to acquire the commercial operations of the Spirit AeroSystems [SPR] that support its programs and additional commercial, defense and aftermarket operations, in an all-stock transaction valued at $4.7 billion. Only 13 percent of Spirit’s $6 billion in sales in 2023 were defense and space related, and most of that, 75 percent, is with Boeing for work on programs such as the Navy’s P-8 submarine hunting aircraft, the Air Force’s KC-46 aerial refueling…