Spirit Aerosystems branching out with CH-53K subcontract

BRANCHING OUT: Spirit Aerosystem's contract to build the cabin and main fuselage for the Sikorsky CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter for the U.S. Marines is its first on a rotorcraft. Until 2005 when the company was spun off by Boeing, Spirit's work was naturally restricted to that airframer's fixed-wing...

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