(ManufacturingDive: Washington, D.C.) -- Boeing CEO and president Kelly Ortberg announced that the aircraft manufacturer will invest $1 billion in its Wichita, Kansas, facilities during the next three years, according to a company LinkedIn post. 

The funds will be used to upgrade factories, expand worker training, and bolster the company’s manufacturing system in preparation to increase production rates as well as deliver “safe, quality” aircraft to its customers, according to a fact sheet.

The investment came months after Boeing completed its $8.3 billion acquisition of former fuselage supplier Spirit AeroSystems in December 2025.

Additionally, Boeing partnered with Wichita State University’s Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology to build a new training facility.

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