Aircraft
Boeing Increases Footprint in UK
Various manufacturing, research, training and educational activities are part of Boeing’s push to grow its presence in the UK.
An impression of the airliner maintenance hangar that Boeing is building at Gatwick airport.
An impression of the airliner maintenance hangar that Boeing is building at Gatwick airport.

At the last Farnborough International Airshow, the UK Ministry of Defence handed Boeing $6 billion worth of orders, for nine P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and 50 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. The message was that it was more cost-effective to buy from American production lines, but the UK aerospace industry would benefit from support business. Boeing said it would be creating another 2,000 jobs in the UK, therefore doubling its headcount in the country.