BAE Systems Wins Place on 737 Max
The Boeing 737 Max will use BAE Systems' spoiler control electronics under a contract announced July 2. (Photo: Boeing)
The Boeing 737 Max will use BAE Systems' spoiler control electronics under a contract announced July 2. (Photo: Boeing)

BAE Systems has won a contract to provide the spoiler control electronics for the new Boeing 737 Max, the UK-based company announced Tuesday. The deal boosts BAE’s comparatively small but resurgent civil business at a time of sagging defense spending. Europe’s largest defense contractor, BAE relinquished its once major position in civil aerospace manufacturing when it sold its 20-percent share of Airbus to EADS in 2006.