The U.S. Navy and its Poseidon industry team marked the beginning of the P-8A production last month at Spirit AeroSystems' [SPR] Wichita, Kan., the Navy said. The P-8A is the first Navy aircraft to be produced on an existing commercial production line, the Navy said. The P-8A fuselage, a derivative of Boeing's [BA] Next Generation 737-800, will be built at Spirit then shipped to Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Renton, Wash., for wing assemblies, the Navy added. "It has been a…
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