Boeing relocates defense HQ to American heartland, leaving blue state behind

After practically a decade in Virginia, Boeing introduced Wednesday that it’s shifting its Protection, Aerospace and Safety headquarters out of the state again to St. Louis. This comes simply weeks after new Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger took workplace, changing Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

Boeing mentioned in an announcement Wednesday that the choice to maneuver its protection headquarters to St. Louis highlights the corporate’s management’s dedication to being current and engaged with teammates who design, manufacture and ship important protection and aerospace merchandise and capabilities for purchasers within the U.S. and around the globe.

The corporate mentioned it’s shifting ahead with a multi-billion greenback funding in “essentially the most superior fighter plane manufacturing amenities on the earth,” together with in St. Louis.

The change will transfer the protection headquarters from Arlington, Virginia, again to the previous St. Louis location the place most of the firm’s merchandise are designed and manufactured. Boeing’s headquarters had been in Arlington, a suburb of Washington, DC, for nearly a decade, and the corporate moved in 2017.

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Boeing cited the management’s proximity to its staff as the explanation for the transfer. (REUTERS/Matt Mills)

Citing management’s proximity to its staff, Boeing mentioned that “by aligning management with the workforce and investing in state-of-the-art amenities, Boeing is poised to strengthen its core companies and drive innovation in protection options for the U.S. army and world allies.”

Steve Parker, CEO of Boeing Protection, Area & Safety, mentioned that “the headquarters transfer, coupled with the truth that our senior leaders are primarily based and spend their time in main engineering, manufacturing and manufacturing facilities throughout the US, displays our continued deal with disciplined efficiency throughout our enterprise.”

“It will be important that leaders stand facet by facet with our teammates, hearken to their suggestions and take motion to take away obstacles as we proceed to stabilize and strengthen our enterprise,” Parker added.

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Boeing’s MQ-25 unmanned plane system. (Boeing picture by Eric Shindelbower)

Missouri’s Republican governor, Mike Kehoe, known as the transfer a serious “victory for the heartland.”

“Missouri is the most effective place within the nation for aerospace and protection manufacturing, and having the Boeing Protection headquarters again the place it belongs is a win for our staff and a win for the homeland,” Kehoe mentioned, including, “We’re proud to have this management returning to the manufacturing flooring, the place the actual work of defending our nation occurs on daily basis.”

The departure comes simply over a month after Spanberger took workplace as governor of Virginia. Though she campaigned as a practical centrist, critics have mentioned her actions on day one depicted a really completely different method.

In a flurry of government orders following her inauguration, the Democrat dismissed the previous administration. Glenn Youngkin’s 287(g) order, which established cooperation with ICE, reprioritized variety, fairness, and inclusion and leveraged broad affordability initiatives, together with housing regulation revisions that align with progressive approaches to zoning.

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Abigail Spanberger, Governor of Virginia, speaks throughout the opening ceremony on the Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, on Saturday, January 17, 2026. (Steve Helber/AP)

Former Home colleague Pat Fallon, R-Texas, who serves on the Home Armed Companies Committee, has criticized Spanberger’s management, telling Fox Information Digital that Abigail Spanberger, lower than a month into workplace as Virginia’s governor, has demonstrated his dedication to turning the Commonwealth into California.

Whereas Boeing’s Protection, Area & Safety headquarters returns to St. Louis, Boeing’s world headquarters seems to stay in Arlington, Virginia after shifting in Might 2022, months after Youngkin grew to become governor of Virginia.

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Spanberger’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s after-hours request for remark.

Alec Schemmel and Charles Creitz of Fox Information Digital contributed to this report.