2010 is crucial for Spirit

Published April 30, 2010 at 11:44 a.m.

This year is pivotal for Spirit AeroSystems...The company has six new development programs in the works. All of them — Boeing's 787, 747-8 and P-8A, Gulfstream's G250 and G650, and the BR725 thrust reverser — are in the flight test stage.

They will be moving into the initial stages of production, said Spirit CEO Jeff Turner.

"They all need care and feeding at the same time," Turner said. "It's like having sextuplets instead of having one (child) every couple of years."

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