# Boeing to invest $200M in new Navy aircraft facility at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport

Boeing will invest $200 million to manufacture the U.S. Navy's latest unmanned aircraft at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-09-17
- Where: Mascoutah, Illinois, United States
- Value: $200.0M
- Jobs: 150
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 300,000 sq. ft.
- Products: unmanned aircraft
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Boeing](https://endata.com/companies/685.md)

## Sources

- [apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-chicago-illinois-us-navy-7e9a277ab96610cdb178cc3d66d5d115), 2021-09-17: "Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing Co. will invest $200 million to manufacture the U.S. Navy’s latest unmanned aircraft at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport."
- [aviationweek.com](https://aviationweek.com/shows-events/afa-air-space-cyber-conference/boeing-announces-new-mq-25-factory), 2021-09-17: "Boeing announced Sept. 17 it is building a new facility at the MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Illinois to manufacture the U.S. Navy’s unmanned MQ-25 Stingray tanker."
- [einpresswire.com](https://www.einpresswire.com/article/551879430/sep-17-2021-gov-pritzker-announces-boeing-s-200-million-manufacturing-investment-in-new-u-s-navy-aircraft-in-metro-east), 2021-09-20: "The world's largest aerospace company is doubling down on Illinois because of our unparalleled assets in the transportation and logistics sector and the world-class talent of our people."
- [areadevelopment.com](https://www.areadevelopment.com/newsitems/10-11-2021/boeing-midamerica-st-louis-airport-mascoutah-illinois.shtml), 2021-10-11: "The team and state-of-the-art technology we're bringing to the Navy's MQ-25 program is unprecedented, and we're incredibly proud to be expanding both as we build the future of autonomous systems in Illinois."

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