SEATTLE—Boeing’s commercial airplane division will speed up production of its new 787 Dreamliner to five per month beginning this fall.

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, OH—Nextant Aerospace, a company that rebuilds corporate jets, is expanding its assembly plant here and adding 75 to 80 jobs.

AUSTIN, TX— BAE Systems has completed construction of a new assembly plant here. The factory will produce electronic assemblies for military applications.

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC—The first Boeing 787 assembled in South Carolina rolled off the line here Friday.

OLDSMAR, FL—A three-alarm fire broke out at the Lockheed Martin assembly plant here on Tuesday afternoon.

FORT WORTH, TX—Some 3,600 machinists at Lockheed’s assembly plant here went on strike Sunday over higher insurance costs.

WICHITA, KS—A Spirit Aerosystems assembly plant here that makes fuselages for Boeing was shut down after a tornado damaged roofs and knocked out power Saturday night. The company is assessing damage at the facility and said it was too early to tell how production might be affected.

CHANUTE, KS—Spirit AeroSystems has opened a new assembly plant here. The factory opened with 16 workers but could eventually employ 150.

PLAINVILLE, CT—Aerospace supplier EDAC Technologies Corp. has purchased a 181,000-square-foot assembly plant here.

PALMDALE, CA—Northrop Grumman Corp. has delivered the first F-35 center fuselage produced by its Integrated Assembly Line (IAL). The IAL maximizes robotics and automation, providing additional capacity and assembly capability while meeting engineering tolerances that are not easily achieved using manual methods.