 The B&W seaplanes were offered to the Navy for testing, however, the Navy was not interested and regular production of aircraft would not commence until 1917, when US entry into World War I boosted the demand for Navy seaplanes.In 1917 operations were consolidated at the Heath Shipyard site which, with completion of the Duwamish channelization in 1916, became suited for the entire development and manufacturing process from fabrication through flight testing.The renamed Boeing Company began producing aircraft in the simple barn-like structure, known as the Red Barn.