# Boeing opens Advanced Composite Fabrication Center in Mesa, Arizona

Boeing unveiled its new Advanced Composite Fabrication Center in Mesa, Arizona, a 155,000 ft² facility operated by Phantom Works to produce advanced composite components for future combat aircraft. The construction phase is complete and the centre is expected to be fully operational in fall 2022.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-09-12
- Where: Mesa, Arizona, United States
- Value: $150.0M
- Starts operating: 13 Sep 2022
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 155,000 square feet
- Products: advanced composite components for combat aircraft
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [aero-mag.com](https://www.aero-mag.com/boeing-advanced-composite-fabrication-center-13092022), 2022-09-13: "The new Advanced Composite Fabrication Center and the factories that will follow it position Boeing to deliver the most digitally advanced, simply and efficiently produced and intelligently supported aircraft to military customers."
- [defensedaily.com](https://www.defensedaily.com/boeing-opens-new-advanced-composite-fabrication-center-for-future-combat-aircraft-work/advanced-transformational-technology/), 2022-09-13: "Boeing holds a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new Advanced Composite Fabrication Center in Mesa, Arizona."
- [aviacionline.com](https://www.aviacionline.com/boeing-built-a-new-generation-composites-materials-factory), 2022-09-15: "Boeing pioneered a new era of digital aerospace engineering on programs like the T-7, MQ-25 and MQ-28, and now we’re leading the way again by digitally transforming our entire production system to build the next generation of advanced combat aircraft."
- [chamberbusinessnews.com](https://chamberbusinessnews.com/2022/09/26/boeing-sells-apache-helicopters-to-poland-expands-operations-in-mesa/), 2022-09-26: "On September 15th, Boeing opened the 155,000 square-foot Advanced Composition Fabrication Center, a $150 million facility which will produce advanced composite components for future combat aircraft programs."
- [assemblymag.com](https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/97413-boeing-reveals-first-of-new-innovative-defense-factories), 2022-10-25: "The new Advanced Composite Fabrication Center and the factories that will follow it position Boeing to deliver the most digitally advanced, simply and efficiently produced and intelligently supported aircraft to military customers."

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