The Boeing Co. recently received the Best of Arizona Award from the Arizona Association for Economic Development, recognizing the company’s extraordinary economic impact and long-standing leadership in the state’s aerospace and defense industry.
The prestigious award honors an organization or individual whose dedication to economic development has made a significant statewide impact, according to a release from the city of Mesa.
Boeing’s Arizona presence is anchored in Mesa, where its campus has served for decades as the home of AH-64 Apache helicopter production and advanced aerospace manufacturing. Boeing employs more than 4,500 Arizonans, works with more than 270 suppliers and vendors statewide, supports an estimated 49,000 direct and indirect jobs and generated $1.1 billion in supplier spending in 2025, it states in the release.
