Posted on 05/26/2004 4:14:37 PM PDT by Willie Green
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/973969/posts
Study Predicts Boeing Downsizing
Geographers say airplane manufacturer will exit from passenger jet manufacturing
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/933616/posts
The Bad News From Boeing
Boeing sending IT work overseas
Boeing Commercial Airplanes is shifting more of its software programming work to India and other countries, a trend that worries union officials who've already seen the company off-loading to its partners large tasks of manufacturing and aircraft design.
Boeing's shedding of lower-rung programmers parallels the company's plan to shift much of the manufacturing work on its new 7E7 to outside partners. The trends have led some observers to question the $3.2 billion in tax incentives that kept the 7E7 program here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1090915/posts
Boeing parts, work go overseas
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1146028/posts
Boeing, Hughes settle technology transfer charges
St. Louis — Two U.S. companies agreed to pay $32-million (U.S.) to settle U.S. government charges that they illegally provided technical data to China after Chinese rockets launches failed in 1995 and 1996.
The State Department announced the settlement Wednesday, resolving 123 charges against Boeing Satellite Systems Inc. and Hughes Electronics Corp. for violating the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.The companies were accused of providing forbidden information after two unsuccessful launches of Chinese rockets carrying American satellites.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/858213/posts
U.S. Investigates Purloined Lockheed Documents (by Boeing)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/906102/posts
Boeing may cut more local jobs
It is not clear how deep the next round of cuts will have to go in order to meet anticipated production declines, but they would be in addition to the 5,000 employees already cut this year and about 30,000 positions cut in the 15 months before that....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/931658/posts
$1 Billion in Contracts Yanked From Boeing ^
The Air Force said it was punishing Boeing for its "serious violations of federal law" when it illicitly obtained thousands of pages of trade secrets from aerospace rival...
America upset Sino-US Boeing contract with a small chip (China$Boeing) ^
the US State Department notified Boeing that QRS11, a chip to be installed in the planes, must not be exported to China. It won't be long before Boeing delivers its two B-737 planes to China as stipulated in the contract between China and Boeing.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1033479/posts
What will replace Boeing? R.S.V.P. ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/898137/posts
Boeing looking for buyer of Wichita operations ^
Boeing executives wrote in the April 8 memo to all employees in Wichita, Tulsa, Okla., and McAlester, Okla
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1113972/posts
Another vendor selected for the 7E7
Wichita Business Journal, KS - 11 hours ago
... Boeing officials say the 7E7 pilot controls will be similar in function to the 777 ... parts for the 7E7, which was launched in April, will be built in Wichita.
http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2004/05/31/daily21.html?jst=b_ln_hl
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