Boeing To Produce 777X Parts At Its St. Louis Facility

(RTTNews) - Boeing Co. (BA) said Monday that it will produce 777X parts at its site in St. Louis, Mo., bringing back inside the company work that is currently performed at suppliers or performed overseas for the current 777 program.

The design for those parts will be done in St. Louis, Boeing Aerostructures Australia and other Boeing sites.

The parts built by the St. Louis team will support 777X work at the composite wing center in Everett, Wash., home of the 777X program. The new composite wing center is currently under construction and will be more than 1 million square feet.

In the wing center, Boeing will perform fabrication and assembly of the 777X's composite wing. Additionally, Boeing will perform final assembly of the 777X in Everett.

To accommodate the production work, Boeing will expand its current St. Louis composites facility, which will begin producing parts for the 777X program in 2017.

First delivery of 777X is targeted for 2020.