Saudi Arabia Expands Boeing Defense Presence Amid Region's Growing Aerospace Chapter

AeroTime spoke with Kirk Schultz, Regional Director for International Business Development at Boeing Defense, Space and Security, during WDS 2026. Schultz emphasized the importance of Saudi Arabia as a key market for Boeing, citing the country’s largest user internationally of both F-15 and AH-64 Apache. The company is pitching the F-15EX to Saudi Arabia, which could be an upgrade to the current fleet, bringing them back to a level comparable to the US Air Force.