Boeing was forced to buy the Hazelwood plant of GKN, a key supplier that makes parts for the F/A-18 Super Hornet and late-model F-15 Eagle aircrafts, in order to safeguard its production.

Agreement includes continued supply of major structural components and assemblies for F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, F-15E Strike Eagle and C-17 Globemaster III. GKN Aerospace has announced that it has signed a strategic agreement with Boeing [NYSE:BA] to solidify a continued working partnership until 2023.

Apr 26, 2024 · The purchase provides “continuity of the production and sustainment of critical parts" for Boeing’s fighter jet programs, the F/A-18 and the F-15 Eagle, a Boeing spokesperson said.

Boeing’s production lines for the F/A-18 «Super Hornet» and F-15EX «Eagle II» fighters were disrupted due to problems with its supplier GKN Aerospace, which wants to close a factory that produces critical components for both aircraft.

GKN Automotive is a world-leading global automotive technology company that pioneered electric drive systems and is now driving the future of transportation.

GKN Ltd is a British multinational automotive and aerospace components business headquartered in Redditch, England. It was a long-running business known for many decades as Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds. It can trace its origins back to 1759 and the birth of the Industrial Revolution.

GKN Aerospace manufactures the world-leading F-35 canopy from its Garden Grove facility, as well as transparencies for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 737, the Airbus A350, HondaJet and Bombardier C-Series.

Apr 20, 2024 · Boeing’s production of the F-15 and F/A-18 fighter jets faces disruption due to an ongoing dispute with a key supplier, GKN Aerospace. GKN plans to shutter its Hazelwood, Missouri factory by the end of 2024, jeopardizing the production of “superplastics” and “flight-control surfaces” critical to both aircraft.

May 11, 2020 · GKN Aerospace and Boeing extend partnership on significant military aircraft contracts. Agreement includes continued supply of major structural components and assemblies for F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, F-15E Strike Eagle and C-17 Globemaster III

In December 2022, Boeing filed a lawsuit against GKN Aerospace's parent company, Melrose Industries. In the lawsuit, the American planemaker accused the United Kingdom-based company of failing to...