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More than 3,000 Boeing St. Louis machinists reject latest offer; strike continues, defense deliveries at risk

More than 3,000 Boeing machinists at St. Louis‑area defense plants voted Friday to reject the company's latest contract offer, extending a weeks‑long strike now entering its sixth week and approaching a seventh, halting work on fighter, trainer and MQ‑25 programs and putting deliveries at risk.

2025-09-12T10:57:35.119440-07:00

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Associated Press

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More than 3,000 Boeing St. Louis machinists reject latest offer; strike continues, defense deliveries at risk More than 3,000 Boeing machinists at St. Louis‑area defense plants voted Friday to reject the company's latest contract offer, extending a weeks‑long strike now entering its sixth week and approaching a seventh, halting work on fighter, trainer and MQ‑25 programs and putting deliveries at risk.

2025-09-12T10:57:35.119440-07:00

More than 3,000 Boeing St. Louis machinists reject latest offer; strike continues, defense deliveries at risk

Reuters

Boeing St. Louis defense strike enters sixth week as company moves to hire permanent replacements About 3,200 machinists at Boeing’s St. Louis-area defense plants have been on strike for six weeks as talks with IAM District 837 remain stalled, stopping work on F‑15, F/A‑18, T‑7A and MQ‑25 assembly. Boeing has begun hiring permanent replacements amid no breakthrough in negotiations.

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Boeing St. Louis defense strike enters sixth week as company moves to hire permanent replacements

edrmagazine.eu

BIRD Aerosystems launches µDIRCM, wins initial orders for laser DIRCM to protect small helicopters and UAS BIRD Aerosystems has launched the µDIRCM, a compact, lightweight laser-based directed-infrared countermeasures system derived from its SPREOS technology, designed to protect small helicopters and unmanned aerial systems from MANPADS. The company says it has secured initial orders for the system.

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BIRD Aerosystems launches µDIRCM, wins initial orders for laser DIRCM to protect small helicopters and UAS

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