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Turbulence for Boeing
It has already been a rough year for Boeing due to the Great Recession and a Pentagon “efficiency drive” that may threaten some of the Chicago-based company’s defense contracts. Now the World Trade...
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Pentagon somewhat responsibly showers Boeing with cash
In what the Obama administration has billed as a cost-cutting move, Chicago-based Boeing has inked a four-year, $5.3 billion deal with the Defense Dept. to make 124 fighter jets and electronic attack...
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Defense contracting made difficult
aerial refueling In the latest chapter of a veritable Russian novel on defense contracting, The World Trade Organization will make a confidential ruling Jan. 31 on whether Chicago-based Boeing...
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Refueling a defense contracting dispute
midair refueling tanker In the latest twist in a ten-year controversy over a $35 billion defense contract for midair refueling tankers, seven U.S. senators want Pentagon Inspector General Gordon...
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Boeing’s big score
Midair refueling tanker The Air Force has rewarded Chicago-based Boeing a contract that could exceed $100 billion to build midair refueling tankers. Boeing won over the European Aeronautics and Defense...
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It’s over
It looks like we can finally stick a fork in the nine-year battle between Boeing and EADS for a defense contract to build midair refueling tankers. Boeing won the contract 10 days ago and Paul Merrion...
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Airplane!: The inspection
As you may have heard, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 recently landed in Sacramento — with a five-foot fuselage tear along the roof. Consequently, the Federal Aviation Administration wants...
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How will Boeing’s fight with labor play in Chicago?
The Washington Post’s Michael Fletcher and Jia Lynn Yang have a good piece on the politics of the National Labor Relations Board’s lawsuit against Boeing for moving an assembly plant from Washington...
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Chicago goes to Washington
Paul Merrion of Crain’s Chicago Business breaks down which Chicago companies did the most lobbying in Washington, D.C. during the second quarter. Defense contracting behemoth Boeing unsurprisingly did...
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Conventional labor disputes
Chicago's McCormick Place Even as both private and public sector unions lose power, labor is a powerful force in Chicago. But Illinois politicians — even Democrats who get union contributions — argue...
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