Re: U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is likely to be delayed

[Larry Dighera]

BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
review of the company's handling of competitive information to
see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
contract.
(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)

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On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote in Message-Id: >:

>
>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>sources cited by The Journal said.
>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
>
>================================================== ==============
>
>
>
>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>
>>
>>
>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833285&m=100623efa235200020805a&s=rb030625
>>
>>================================================== ==============
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>
>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>
>>>

[Larry Dighera]

BOEING CO. on Monday warned that excessive sanctions for its
alleged misuse of a competitor's documents could force it to
completely scrap its Delta IV rocket, jeopardizing the
government's goal of having at least two companies launching
military satellites. Boeing last week pulled the Delta IV out
of the money-losing commercial satellite market, leaving only
the government market to keep the program in the black. On
Monday, the company's space and defense boss, Jim Albaugh, told
a small group of reporters Boeing could pull out of the Delta IV
program entirely if it fails to turn a profit. "I don't know
what remedies they are going to take," Albaugh told a small
group of reporters. "There is a real probability that we could
lose some launches."
(Reuters 06:34 PM ET 07/21/2003)

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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:37:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote in Message-Id: >:

>
>
>Two former BOEING CO. engineers have been indicted by a grand
>jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with allegations
>that Boeing used documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to
>win a $1.88 billion U.S. Air Force contract. The U.S.
>Attorney's office said the two men, named as Kenneth Branch and
>William Erskine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los
>Angeles late on Thursday. Both men are charged with one count
>of conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets and are
>expected to be arraigned early next month. The charges arise
>from an alleged conspiracy to steal secrets from Lockheed
>Martin in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>multi-billion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
>Boeing has said the managers in question acted alone and have
>since been fired.
>(Reuters 02:05 PM ET 07/18/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843096&m=100623f1876aa05019120a&s=rb030718
>
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>
>
>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:54:25 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>
>>
>>
>>BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
>>documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
>>the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
>>Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
>>both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
>>it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
>>billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
>>two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
>>from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
>>If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
>>stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
>>contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
>>Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
>>which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
>>ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
>>said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
>>review of the company's handling of competitive information to
>>see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
>>contract.
>>(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=842086&m=100623f17281d05019169a&s=rb030717
>>
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>>
>>
>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>
>>>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>>>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>>>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>>>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>>>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>>>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>>>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>>>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>>>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>>>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>>>sources cited by The Journal said.
>>>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
>>>
>>>================================================== ==============
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833285&m=100623efa235200020805a&s=rb030625
>>>>
>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>>>
>>>>>
>
>--<space>
>
>Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
> -- Larry Dighera,

--

Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
-- Larry Dighera,

[Larry Dighera]

The U.S. Air Force announced that it would shift rocket launch
contracts valued at about $1 billion from BOEING CO. to its
rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. for acquiring around 25,000
Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract. Air Force
Undersecretary Peter Teets said Boeing would lose seven
contracts it won in 1998, as well as three launches to be
awarded in the next weeks. In addition, three business units of
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and three of its former
employees would also be suspended from future government work
until corrective action was taken, Teets told a news
conference. He said the company could be reinstated within 60
to 90 days, in time for the company to bid for 15 to 20
launches to be awarded late this year.
(Reuters 04:55 PM ET 07/24/2003)

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:53:58 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote in Message-Id: >:

>
>The U.S. Air Force will recommend that BOEING CO. lose six
>Pentagon contracts worth several hundred million dollars for
>acquiring a competitor's documents as the two battled for a $2
>billion rocket deal in the 1990s, defense officials said.
>Boeing would stand to lose more future contracts under the
>proposed sanctions Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets will
>present later to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is
>expected to make a final decision this week, said the
>officials, who asked not to be named. Rumsfeld could also
>decide to suspend or bar Chicago-based Boeing's rocket unit
>from new contracts for up to a year. A federal grand jury has
>indicted two former Boeing engineers on charges of conspiracy
>for obtaining thousands of pages of proprietary documents from
>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. papers during a 1998 competition in
>which Boeing's Delta IV rocket beat out Lockheed's Atlas V.
>(Reuters 01:39 PM ET 07/23/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=845156&m=100623f1f146a00019368a&s=rb030723
>
>================================================== ==============
>
>
>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:45:29 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>
>>
>>BOEING CO. on Monday warned that excessive sanctions for its
>>alleged misuse of a competitor's documents could force it to
>>completely scrap its Delta IV rocket, jeopardizing the
>>government's goal of having at least two companies launching
>>military satellites. Boeing last week pulled the Delta IV out
>>of the money-losing commercial satellite market, leaving only
>>the government market to keep the program in the black. On
>>Monday, the company's space and defense boss, Jim Albaugh, told
>>a small group of reporters Boeing could pull out of the Delta IV
>>program entirely if it fails to turn a profit. "I don't know
>>what remedies they are going to take," Albaugh told a small
>>group of reporters. "There is a real probability that we could
>>lose some launches."
>>(Reuters 06:34 PM ET 07/21/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843760&m=100623f1dbbfc05019231a&s=rb030721
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:37:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Two former BOEING CO. engineers have been indicted by a grand
>>>jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with allegations
>>>that Boeing used documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to
>>>win a $1.88 billion U.S. Air Force contract. The U.S.
>>>Attorney's office said the two men, named as Kenneth Branch and
>>>William Erskine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los
>>>Angeles late on Thursday. Both men are charged with one count
>>>of conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets and are
>>>expected to be arraigned early next month. The charges arise
>>>from an alleged conspiracy to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>Martin in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>multi-billion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
>>>Boeing has said the managers in question acted alone and have
>>>since been fired.
>>>(Reuters 02:05 PM ET 07/18/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843096&m=100623f1876aa05019120a&s=rb030718
>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:54:25 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
>>>>documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
>>>>the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
>>>>Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
>>>>both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
>>>>it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
>>>>billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
>>>>two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
>>>>from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
>>>>If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
>>>>stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
>>>>contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
>>>>Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
>>>>which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
>>>>ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
>>>>said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
>>>>review of the company's handling of competitive information to
>>>>see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
>>>>contract.
>>>>(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=842086&m=100623f17281d05019169a&s=rb030717
>>>>
>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>>>>>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>>>>>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>>>>>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>>>>>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>>>>>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>>>>>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>>>>>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>>>>>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>>>>>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>>>>>sources cited by The Journal said.
>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
>>>>>
>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>>>>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>>>>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>>>>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>>>>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>>>>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>>>>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>>>>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>>>>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>>>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>>>>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>>>>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>>>>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833285&m=100623efa235200020805a&s=rb030625
>>>>>>
>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>>>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>>>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>>>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>>>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>>>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>>>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>>>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>>>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>>>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>>>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>>>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>>>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>
>>>--<space>
>>>
>>>Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
>>> -- Larry Dighera,

--

Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
-- Larry Dighera,

[Larry Dighera]

BOEING CO. said it has postponed the launch of a Delta IV rocket
lifting a defense satellite into space from Cape Canaveral,
Fla., due to a technical problem with an antenna and no new
launch date has been set. Tuesday was the last day under which
Boeing could launch the satellite -- a Defense Satellite
Communications System spacecraft, DSCS III B6 -- under the Air
Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, said Boeing
spokesman Robert Villanueva. The award was part of the original
group of launches awarded to Boeing under the EELV program,
which is now the subject of investigations and lawsuits. Boeing
recently announced its intentions to shift its focus on the
Delta IV completely away from dwindling commercial customers
and into the defense market.
(Reuters 04:31 PM ET 08/04/2003)

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:57:40 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote in Message-Id: >:

>
>
>The U.S. Air Force announced that it would shift rocket launch
>contracts valued at about $1 billion from BOEING CO. to its
>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. for acquiring around 25,000
>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract. Air Force
>Undersecretary Peter Teets said Boeing would lose seven
>contracts it won in 1998, as well as three launches to be
>awarded in the next weeks. In addition, three business units of
>Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and three of its former
>employees would also be suspended from future government work
>until corrective action was taken, Teets told a news
>conference. He said the company could be reinstated within 60
>to 90 days, in time for the company to bid for 15 to 20
>launches to be awarded late this year.
>(Reuters 04:55 PM ET 07/24/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=846350&m=100623f205f1305019257a&s=rb030724
>
>================================================== ==============
>
>
>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:53:58 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>
>>
>>The U.S. Air Force will recommend that BOEING CO. lose six
>>Pentagon contracts worth several hundred million dollars for
>>acquiring a competitor's documents as the two battled for a $2
>>billion rocket deal in the 1990s, defense officials said.
>>Boeing would stand to lose more future contracts under the
>>proposed sanctions Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets will
>>present later to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is
>>expected to make a final decision this week, said the
>>officials, who asked not to be named. Rumsfeld could also
>>decide to suspend or bar Chicago-based Boeing's rocket unit
>>from new contracts for up to a year. A federal grand jury has
>>indicted two former Boeing engineers on charges of conspiracy
>>for obtaining thousands of pages of proprietary documents from
>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. papers during a 1998 competition in
>>which Boeing's Delta IV rocket beat out Lockheed's Atlas V.
>>(Reuters 01:39 PM ET 07/23/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=845156&m=100623f1f146a00019368a&s=rb030723
>>
>>================================================== ==============
>>
>>
>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:45:29 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>
>>>BOEING CO. on Monday warned that excessive sanctions for its
>>>alleged misuse of a competitor's documents could force it to
>>>completely scrap its Delta IV rocket, jeopardizing the
>>>government's goal of having at least two companies launching
>>>military satellites. Boeing last week pulled the Delta IV out
>>>of the money-losing commercial satellite market, leaving only
>>>the government market to keep the program in the black. On
>>>Monday, the company's space and defense boss, Jim Albaugh, told
>>>a small group of reporters Boeing could pull out of the Delta IV
>>>program entirely if it fails to turn a profit. "I don't know
>>>what remedies they are going to take," Albaugh told a small
>>>group of reporters. "There is a real probability that we could
>>>lose some launches."
>>>(Reuters 06:34 PM ET 07/21/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843760&m=100623f1dbbfc05019231a&s=rb030721
>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:37:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Two former BOEING CO. engineers have been indicted by a grand
>>>>jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with allegations
>>>>that Boeing used documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to
>>>>win a $1.88 billion U.S. Air Force contract. The U.S.
>>>>Attorney's office said the two men, named as Kenneth Branch and
>>>>William Erskine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los
>>>>Angeles late on Thursday. Both men are charged with one count
>>>>of conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets and are
>>>>expected to be arraigned early next month. The charges arise
>>>>from an alleged conspiracy to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>>Martin in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>>multi-billion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
>>>>Boeing has said the managers in question acted alone and have
>>>>since been fired.
>>>>(Reuters 02:05 PM ET 07/18/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843096&m=100623f1876aa05019120a&s=rb030718
>>>>
>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:54:25 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
>>>>>documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
>>>>>the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
>>>>>Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
>>>>>both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
>>>>>it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
>>>>>billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
>>>>>two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
>>>>>from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
>>>>>If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
>>>>>stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
>>>>>contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
>>>>>Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
>>>>>which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
>>>>>ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
>>>>>said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
>>>>>review of the company's handling of competitive information to
>>>>>see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
>>>>>contract.
>>>>>(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=842086&m=100623f17281d05019169a&s=rb030717
>>>>>
>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>>>>>>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>>>>>>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>>>>>>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>>>>>>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>>>>>>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>>>>>>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>>>>>>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>>>>>>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>>>>>>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>>>>>>sources cited by The Journal said.
>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
>>>>>>
>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>>>>>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>>>>>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>>>>>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>>>>>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>>>>>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>>>>>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>>>>>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>>>>>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>>>>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>>>>>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>>>>>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>>>>>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833285&m=100623efa235200020805a&s=rb030625
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>>>>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>>>>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>>>>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>>>>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>>>>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>>>>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>>>>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>>>>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>>>>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>>>>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>>>>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--<space>
>>>>
>>>>Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
>>>> -- Larry Dighera,

--

Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
-- Larry Dighera,

[Larry Dighera]

Boeing Co (BA) (35.68 +0.74)

BOEING CO., banned last month from launching government
satellites for illegally acquiring a competitor's documents,
will try to convince the U.S. Air Force next week that the
company's ethics policies and training will prevent future
breaches. The company said on Thursday it will seek to persuade
the U.S. Air Force to reinstate three business units as
government contractors in a formal response next Monday. "We're
going to demonstrate to the Air Force that Boeing is a presently
responsible contractor, and that we've got appropriate ethics
policies, procedures and training in place to prevent something
like this from happening again," said Boeing spokesman Dan Beck.
(Reuters 06:52 PM ET 08/21/2003)

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http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=857182&m=100623f469bac00019978a&s=rb030821

================================================== ==============



On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 23:30:48 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote in Message-Id: >:

>
>BOEING CO. said it has postponed the launch of a Delta IV rocket
>lifting a defense satellite into space from Cape Canaveral,
>Fla., due to a technical problem with an antenna and no new
>launch date has been set. Tuesday was the last day under which
>Boeing could launch the satellite -- a Defense Satellite
>Communications System spacecraft, DSCS III B6 -- under the Air
>Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, said Boeing
>spokesman Robert Villanueva. The award was part of the original
>group of launches awarded to Boeing under the EELV program,
>which is now the subject of investigations and lawsuits. Boeing
>recently announced its intentions to shift its focus on the
>Delta IV completely away from dwindling commercial customers
>and into the defense market.
>(Reuters 04:31 PM ET 08/04/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=850698&m=100623f2ee04b00019712a&s=rb030804
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:57:40 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>
>>
>>
>>The U.S. Air Force announced that it would shift rocket launch
>>contracts valued at about $1 billion from BOEING CO. to its
>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. for acquiring around 25,000
>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract. Air Force
>>Undersecretary Peter Teets said Boeing would lose seven
>>contracts it won in 1998, as well as three launches to be
>>awarded in the next weeks. In addition, three business units of
>>Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and three of its former
>>employees would also be suspended from future government work
>>until corrective action was taken, Teets told a news
>>conference. He said the company could be reinstated within 60
>>to 90 days, in time for the company to bid for 15 to 20
>>launches to be awarded late this year.
>>(Reuters 04:55 PM ET 07/24/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=846350&m=100623f205f1305019257a&s=rb030724
>>
>>================================================== ==============
>>
>>
>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:53:58 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>
>>>The U.S. Air Force will recommend that BOEING CO. lose six
>>>Pentagon contracts worth several hundred million dollars for
>>>acquiring a competitor's documents as the two battled for a $2
>>>billion rocket deal in the 1990s, defense officials said.
>>>Boeing would stand to lose more future contracts under the
>>>proposed sanctions Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets will
>>>present later to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is
>>>expected to make a final decision this week, said the
>>>officials, who asked not to be named. Rumsfeld could also
>>>decide to suspend or bar Chicago-based Boeing's rocket unit
>>>from new contracts for up to a year. A federal grand jury has
>>>indicted two former Boeing engineers on charges of conspiracy
>>>for obtaining thousands of pages of proprietary documents from
>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. papers during a 1998 competition in
>>>which Boeing's Delta IV rocket beat out Lockheed's Atlas V.
>>>(Reuters 01:39 PM ET 07/23/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=845156&m=100623f1f146a00019368a&s=rb030723
>>>
>>>================================================== ==============
>>>
>>>
>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:45:29 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>BOEING CO. on Monday warned that excessive sanctions for its
>>>>alleged misuse of a competitor's documents could force it to
>>>>completely scrap its Delta IV rocket, jeopardizing the
>>>>government's goal of having at least two companies launching
>>>>military satellites. Boeing last week pulled the Delta IV out
>>>>of the money-losing commercial satellite market, leaving only
>>>>the government market to keep the program in the black. On
>>>>Monday, the company's space and defense boss, Jim Albaugh, told
>>>>a small group of reporters Boeing could pull out of the Delta IV
>>>>program entirely if it fails to turn a profit. "I don't know
>>>>what remedies they are going to take," Albaugh told a small
>>>>group of reporters. "There is a real probability that we could
>>>>lose some launches."
>>>>(Reuters 06:34 PM ET 07/21/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843760&m=100623f1dbbfc05019231a&s=rb030721
>>>>
>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:37:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Two former BOEING CO. engineers have been indicted by a grand
>>>>>jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with allegations
>>>>>that Boeing used documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to
>>>>>win a $1.88 billion U.S. Air Force contract. The U.S.
>>>>>Attorney's office said the two men, named as Kenneth Branch and
>>>>>William Erskine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los
>>>>>Angeles late on Thursday. Both men are charged with one count
>>>>>of conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets and are
>>>>>expected to be arraigned early next month. The charges arise
>>>>>from an alleged conspiracy to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>>>Martin in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>>>multi-billion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
>>>>>Boeing has said the managers in question acted alone and have
>>>>>since been fired.
>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 PM ET 07/18/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843096&m=100623f1876aa05019120a&s=rb030718
>>>>>
>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:54:25 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
>>>>>>documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
>>>>>>the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
>>>>>>Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
>>>>>>both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
>>>>>>it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
>>>>>>billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
>>>>>>two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
>>>>>>from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
>>>>>>If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
>>>>>>stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
>>>>>>contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
>>>>>>Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
>>>>>>which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
>>>>>>ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
>>>>>>said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
>>>>>>review of the company's handling of competitive information to
>>>>>>see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
>>>>>>contract.
>>>>>>(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=842086&m=100623f17281d05019169a&s=rb030717
>>>>>>
>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>>>>>>>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>>>>>>>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>>>>>>>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>>>>>>>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>>>>>>>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>>>>>>>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>>>>>>>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>>>>>>>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>>>>>>>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>>>>>>>sources cited by The Journal said.
>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>>>>>>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>>>>>>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>>>>>>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>>>>>>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>>>>>>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>>>>>>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>>>>>>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>>>>>>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>>>>>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>>>>>>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>>>>>>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833285&m=100623efa235200020805a&s=rb030625
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>>>>>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>>>>>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>>>>>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>>>>>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>>>>>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>>>>>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>>>>>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>>>>>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>>>>>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>>>>>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>>>>>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>--<space>
>>>>>
>>>>>Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
>>>>> -- Larry Dighera,

--

Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
-- Larry Dighera,

[Larry Dighera]

U.S. Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets said that he hopes to
decide by October whether to let BOEING CO. resume bidding for
spy satellite launches after being suspended for obtaining
documents of rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. "It is a necessity
that we have two providers ... that are involved in healthy
businesses," he told reporters. "We need those companies to
succeed in what they're doing." Teets said that in the next six
weeks or so, the Pentagon planned to outline its blueprint for
acquiring more satellite launch vehicles and would likely
divide the work, rather than issue a winner-take-all contract.
He said the actual request for proposals would likely go out at
the end of the year or January 2004.
(Reuters 12:03 PM ET 09/04/2003)

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On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 03:46:46 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote in Message-Id: >:

>
>BOEING CO., in an exception to a U.S. government sanction, has
>won a $56.7 million Air Force contract extending its Delta II
>rocket launch program, the Defense Department said Friday. The
>Air Force Delta II vehicle launches satellites for the Global
>Positioning System, a U.S. military-developed system that
>provides accurate locations worldwide. The next launch was
>scheduled for October, the Pentagon said. The new contract
>extends the existing Boeing Delta II launch arrangement for
>fiscal 2004, which begins Oct. 1, it added in a contract
>announcement. "This award required an exception to the existing
>suspension of three Boeing business units," the Pentagon said
>without specifying why an exception was made.
>(Reuters 05:52 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859486&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>A Delta 4 rocket built by BOEING CO. and carrying a U.S. Defense
>Department satellite successfully launched from the Cape
>Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday. This was the third
>launch for the Delta 4 series, one of two new-generation
>rockets -- along with Lockheed Martin's Atlas 5 -- designed
>under a U.S. Air Force contract to be stronger, more reliable
>and more cost-effective. The DSCS-3 satellite, pronounced
>"discus three" and standing for third generation Defense
>Satellite Communications System, was the 15th of its class
>launched since 1982. It was headed for a geo-stationary orbit
>22,300 miles (35,890 km) above the equator.
>(Reuters 07:34 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859511&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:01:18 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>
>>
>>Boeing Co (BA) (35.68 +0.74)
>>
>>BOEING CO., banned last month from launching government
>>satellites for illegally acquiring a competitor's documents,
>>will try to convince the U.S. Air Force next week that the
>>company's ethics policies and training will prevent future
>>breaches. The company said on Thursday it will seek to persuade
>>the U.S. Air Force to reinstate three business units as
>>government contractors in a formal response next Monday. "We're
>>going to demonstrate to the Air Force that Boeing is a presently
>>responsible contractor, and that we've got appropriate ethics
>>policies, procedures and training in place to prevent something
>>like this from happening again," said Boeing spokesman Dan Beck.
>>(Reuters 06:52 PM ET 08/21/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=857182&m=100623f469bac00019978a&s=rb030821
>>
>>================================================== ==============
>>
>>
>>
>>On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 23:30:48 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>
>>>BOEING CO. said it has postponed the launch of a Delta IV rocket
>>>lifting a defense satellite into space from Cape Canaveral,
>>>Fla., due to a technical problem with an antenna and no new
>>>launch date has been set. Tuesday was the last day under which
>>>Boeing could launch the satellite -- a Defense Satellite
>>>Communications System spacecraft, DSCS III B6 -- under the Air
>>>Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, said Boeing
>>>spokesman Robert Villanueva. The award was part of the original
>>>group of launches awarded to Boeing under the EELV program,
>>>which is now the subject of investigations and lawsuits. Boeing
>>>recently announced its intentions to shift its focus on the
>>>Delta IV completely away from dwindling commercial customers
>>>and into the defense market.
>>>(Reuters 04:31 PM ET 08/04/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=850698&m=100623f2ee04b00019712a&s=rb030804
>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:57:40 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The U.S. Air Force announced that it would shift rocket launch
>>>>contracts valued at about $1 billion from BOEING CO. to its
>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. for acquiring around 25,000
>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract. Air Force
>>>>Undersecretary Peter Teets said Boeing would lose seven
>>>>contracts it won in 1998, as well as three launches to be
>>>>awarded in the next weeks. In addition, three business units of
>>>>Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and three of its former
>>>>employees would also be suspended from future government work
>>>>until corrective action was taken, Teets told a news
>>>>conference. He said the company could be reinstated within 60
>>>>to 90 days, in time for the company to bid for 15 to 20
>>>>launches to be awarded late this year.
>>>>(Reuters 04:55 PM ET 07/24/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=846350&m=100623f205f1305019257a&s=rb030724
>>>>
>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:53:58 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The U.S. Air Force will recommend that BOEING CO. lose six
>>>>>Pentagon contracts worth several hundred million dollars for
>>>>>acquiring a competitor's documents as the two battled for a $2
>>>>>billion rocket deal in the 1990s, defense officials said.
>>>>>Boeing would stand to lose more future contracts under the
>>>>>proposed sanctions Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets will
>>>>>present later to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is
>>>>>expected to make a final decision this week, said the
>>>>>officials, who asked not to be named. Rumsfeld could also
>>>>>decide to suspend or bar Chicago-based Boeing's rocket unit
>>>>>from new contracts for up to a year. A federal grand jury has
>>>>>indicted two former Boeing engineers on charges of conspiracy
>>>>>for obtaining thousands of pages of proprietary documents from
>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. papers during a 1998 competition in
>>>>>which Boeing's Delta IV rocket beat out Lockheed's Atlas V.
>>>>>(Reuters 01:39 PM ET 07/23/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=845156&m=100623f1f146a00019368a&s=rb030723
>>>>>
>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:45:29 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>BOEING CO. on Monday warned that excessive sanctions for its
>>>>>>alleged misuse of a competitor's documents could force it to
>>>>>>completely scrap its Delta IV rocket, jeopardizing the
>>>>>>government's goal of having at least two companies launching
>>>>>>military satellites. Boeing last week pulled the Delta IV out
>>>>>>of the money-losing commercial satellite market, leaving only
>>>>>>the government market to keep the program in the black. On
>>>>>>Monday, the company's space and defense boss, Jim Albaugh, told
>>>>>>a small group of reporters Boeing could pull out of the Delta IV
>>>>>>program entirely if it fails to turn a profit. "I don't know
>>>>>>what remedies they are going to take," Albaugh told a small
>>>>>>group of reporters. "There is a real probability that we could
>>>>>>lose some launches."
>>>>>>(Reuters 06:34 PM ET 07/21/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843760&m=100623f1dbbfc05019231a&s=rb030721
>>>>>>
>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:37:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Two former BOEING CO. engineers have been indicted by a grand
>>>>>>>jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with allegations
>>>>>>>that Boeing used documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to
>>>>>>>win a $1.88 billion U.S. Air Force contract. The U.S.
>>>>>>>Attorney's office said the two men, named as Kenneth Branch and
>>>>>>>William Erskine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los
>>>>>>>Angeles late on Thursday. Both men are charged with one count
>>>>>>>of conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets and are
>>>>>>>expected to be arraigned early next month. The charges arise
>>>>>>>from an alleged conspiracy to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>>>>>Martin in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>>>>>multi-billion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
>>>>>>>Boeing has said the managers in question acted alone and have
>>>>>>>since been fired.
>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 PM ET 07/18/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843096&m=100623f1876aa05019120a&s=rb030718
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:54:25 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
>>>>>>>>documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
>>>>>>>>the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
>>>>>>>>Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
>>>>>>>>both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
>>>>>>>>it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
>>>>>>>>billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
>>>>>>>>two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
>>>>>>>>from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
>>>>>>>>If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
>>>>>>>>stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
>>>>>>>>contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
>>>>>>>>Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
>>>>>>>>which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
>>>>>>>>ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
>>>>>>>>said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
>>>>>>>>review of the company's handling of competitive information to
>>>>>>>>see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
>>>>>>>>contract.
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=842086&m=100623f17281d05019169a&s=rb030717
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>>>>>>>>>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>>>>>>>>>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>>>>>>>>>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>>>>>>>>>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>>>>>>>>>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>>>>>>>>>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>>>>>>>>>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>>>>>>>>>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>>>>>>>>>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>>>>>>>>>sources cited by The Journal said.
>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>>>>>>>>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>>>>>>>>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>>>>>>>>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>>>>>>>>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>>>>>>>>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>>>>>>>>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>>>>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>>>>>>>>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>>>>>>>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>>>>>>>>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>More:
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>>>>>>>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>>>>>>>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>>>>>>>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>>>>>>>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>>>>>>>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>>>>>>>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>>>>>>>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>>>>>>>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>>>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>>>>>>>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>--<space>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
>>>>>>> -- Larry Dighera,

--

Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
-- Larry Dighera,

[Larry Dighera]

The Air Force said it plans to award LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. three
new satellite-launching contracts around Oct. 1 -- deals
off-limits to rival BOEING CO. The Air Force on July 22 shifted
seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and suspended it
from vying for the coming three, worth a combined total of
about $1 billion. The service banned Boeing's rocket units from
bidding after finding that it broke federal law by obtaining
secret Lockheed documents to win a $1.5 billion launch contract
in 1998. The Air Force's No. 2 official, Undersecretary Peter
Teets, on Sept. 4 said Boeing's rocket units' suspension
"absolutely" must be lifted in time for it to compete for the
next round of as many as 20 launches.
(Reuters 03:41 PM ET 09/12/2003)

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BOEING CO. is disciplining six employees after the aerospace and
defense company determined they were involved in acquiring
proprietary LOCKHEED MARTIN documents, The Wall Street Journal
said on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Air
Force in July suspended Boeing from competing for several launch
contracts over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of Lockheed
documents during a 1998 contract competition. The head of
Boeing's Delta IV military rocket program was removed from the
project, though none of the six employees were fired, said the
Journal. A Boeing spokesman confirmed the company's
investigation has resulted in "certain internal
administrative-personnel actions," and declined to give further
comment.
(Reuters 05:44 AM ET 09/12/2003)

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BOEING CO. said penalties imposed by the U.S. Air Force for
improperly obtaining documents from rival Lockheed Martin Corp.
would not result in financial charges. The Air Force in July
shifted seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and
suspended it from competing for three others, worth a combined
$1 billion or so, over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of
Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract competition. "We
think we are fully reserved for that," said Jim Albaugh, head
of Boeing's military and space unit, in a presentation to
investors monitored via Web cast. "We don't see any financial
impact as a result of losing the launches."
(Reuters 01:15 PM ET 09/11/2003)

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On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 17:21:36 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote in Message-Id: >:

>U.S. Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets said that he hopes to
>decide by October whether to let BOEING CO. resume bidding for
>spy satellite launches after being suspended for obtaining
>documents of rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. "It is a necessity
>that we have two providers ... that are involved in healthy
>businesses," he told reporters. "We need those companies to
>succeed in what they're doing." Teets said that in the next six
>weeks or so, the Pentagon planned to outline its blueprint for
>acquiring more satellite launch vehicles and would likely
>divide the work, rather than issue a winner-take-all contract.
>He said the actual request for proposals would likely go out at
>the end of the year or January 2004.
>(Reuters 12:03 PM ET 09/04/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=861041&m=100623f57bf3800020511a&s=rb030904
>
>
>On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 03:46:46 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>
>>
>>BOEING CO., in an exception to a U.S. government sanction, has
>>won a $56.7 million Air Force contract extending its Delta II
>>rocket launch program, the Defense Department said Friday. The
>>Air Force Delta II vehicle launches satellites for the Global
>>Positioning System, a U.S. military-developed system that
>>provides accurate locations worldwide. The next launch was
>>scheduled for October, the Pentagon said. The new contract
>>extends the existing Boeing Delta II launch arrangement for
>>fiscal 2004, which begins Oct. 1, it added in a contract
>>announcement. "This award required an exception to the existing
>>suspension of three Boeing business units," the Pentagon said
>>without specifying why an exception was made.
>>(Reuters 05:52 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859486&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
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>>----------------------------------------------------------------
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>>
>>A Delta 4 rocket built by BOEING CO. and carrying a U.S. Defense
>>Department satellite successfully launched from the Cape
>>Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday. This was the third
>>launch for the Delta 4 series, one of two new-generation
>>rockets -- along with Lockheed Martin's Atlas 5 -- designed
>>under a U.S. Air Force contract to be stronger, more reliable
>>and more cost-effective. The DSCS-3 satellite, pronounced
>>"discus three" and standing for third generation Defense
>>Satellite Communications System, was the 15th of its class
>>launched since 1982. It was headed for a geo-stationary orbit
>>22,300 miles (35,890 km) above the equator.
>>(Reuters 07:34 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859511&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
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>>
>>
>>On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:01:18 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>
>>>Boeing Co (BA) (35.68 +0.74)
>>>
>>>BOEING CO., banned last month from launching government
>>>satellites for illegally acquiring a competitor's documents,
>>>will try to convince the U.S. Air Force next week that the
>>>company's ethics policies and training will prevent future
>>>breaches. The company said on Thursday it will seek to persuade
>>>the U.S. Air Force to reinstate three business units as
>>>government contractors in a formal response next Monday. "We're
>>>going to demonstrate to the Air Force that Boeing is a presently
>>>responsible contractor, and that we've got appropriate ethics
>>>policies, procedures and training in place to prevent something
>>>like this from happening again," said Boeing spokesman Dan Beck.
>>>(Reuters 06:52 PM ET 08/21/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=857182&m=100623f469bac00019978a&s=rb030821
>>>
>>>================================================== ==============
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 23:30:48 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>BOEING CO. said it has postponed the launch of a Delta IV rocket
>>>>lifting a defense satellite into space from Cape Canaveral,
>>>>Fla., due to a technical problem with an antenna and no new
>>>>launch date has been set. Tuesday was the last day under which
>>>>Boeing could launch the satellite -- a Defense Satellite
>>>>Communications System spacecraft, DSCS III B6 -- under the Air
>>>>Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, said Boeing
>>>>spokesman Robert Villanueva. The award was part of the original
>>>>group of launches awarded to Boeing under the EELV program,
>>>>which is now the subject of investigations and lawsuits. Boeing
>>>>recently announced its intentions to shift its focus on the
>>>>Delta IV completely away from dwindling commercial customers
>>>>and into the defense market.
>>>>(Reuters 04:31 PM ET 08/04/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:57:40 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The U.S. Air Force announced that it would shift rocket launch
>>>>>contracts valued at about $1 billion from BOEING CO. to its
>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. for acquiring around 25,000
>>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract. Air Force
>>>>>Undersecretary Peter Teets said Boeing would lose seven
>>>>>contracts it won in 1998, as well as three launches to be
>>>>>awarded in the next weeks. In addition, three business units of
>>>>>Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and three of its former
>>>>>employees would also be suspended from future government work
>>>>>until corrective action was taken, Teets told a news
>>>>>conference. He said the company could be reinstated within 60
>>>>>to 90 days, in time for the company to bid for 15 to 20
>>>>>launches to be awarded late this year.
>>>>>(Reuters 04:55 PM ET 07/24/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=846350&m=100623f205f1305019257a&s=rb030724
>>>>>
>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:53:58 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force will recommend that BOEING CO. lose six
>>>>>>Pentagon contracts worth several hundred million dollars for
>>>>>>acquiring a competitor's documents as the two battled for a $2
>>>>>>billion rocket deal in the 1990s, defense officials said.
>>>>>>Boeing would stand to lose more future contracts under the
>>>>>>proposed sanctions Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets will
>>>>>>present later to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is
>>>>>>expected to make a final decision this week, said the
>>>>>>officials, who asked not to be named. Rumsfeld could also
>>>>>>decide to suspend or bar Chicago-based Boeing's rocket unit
>>>>>>from new contracts for up to a year. A federal grand jury has
>>>>>>indicted two former Boeing engineers on charges of conspiracy
>>>>>>for obtaining thousands of pages of proprietary documents from
>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. papers during a 1998 competition in
>>>>>>which Boeing's Delta IV rocket beat out Lockheed's Atlas V.
>>>>>>(Reuters 01:39 PM ET 07/23/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=845156&m=100623f1f146a00019368a&s=rb030723
>>>>>>
>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:45:29 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>BOEING CO. on Monday warned that excessive sanctions for its
>>>>>>>alleged misuse of a competitor's documents could force it to
>>>>>>>completely scrap its Delta IV rocket, jeopardizing the
>>>>>>>government's goal of having at least two companies launching
>>>>>>>military satellites. Boeing last week pulled the Delta IV out
>>>>>>>of the money-losing commercial satellite market, leaving only
>>>>>>>the government market to keep the program in the black. On
>>>>>>>Monday, the company's space and defense boss, Jim Albaugh, told
>>>>>>>a small group of reporters Boeing could pull out of the Delta IV
>>>>>>>program entirely if it fails to turn a profit. "I don't know
>>>>>>>what remedies they are going to take," Albaugh told a small
>>>>>>>group of reporters. "There is a real probability that we could
>>>>>>>lose some launches."
>>>>>>>(Reuters 06:34 PM ET 07/21/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843760&m=100623f1dbbfc05019231a&s=rb030721
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>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:37:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Two former BOEING CO. engineers have been indicted by a grand
>>>>>>>>jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with allegations
>>>>>>>>that Boeing used documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to
>>>>>>>>win a $1.88 billion U.S. Air Force contract. The U.S.
>>>>>>>>Attorney's office said the two men, named as Kenneth Branch and
>>>>>>>>William Erskine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los
>>>>>>>>Angeles late on Thursday. Both men are charged with one count
>>>>>>>>of conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets and are
>>>>>>>>expected to be arraigned early next month. The charges arise
>>>>>>>>from an alleged conspiracy to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>>>>>>Martin in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>>>>>>multi-billion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
>>>>>>>>Boeing has said the managers in question acted alone and have
>>>>>>>>since been fired.
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 PM ET 07/18/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843096&m=100623f1876aa05019120a&s=rb030718
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:54:25 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
>>>>>>>>>documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
>>>>>>>>>the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
>>>>>>>>>Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
>>>>>>>>>both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
>>>>>>>>>it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
>>>>>>>>>billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
>>>>>>>>>two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
>>>>>>>>>from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
>>>>>>>>>If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
>>>>>>>>>stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
>>>>>>>>>contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
>>>>>>>>>Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
>>>>>>>>>which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
>>>>>>>>>ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
>>>>>>>>>said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
>>>>>>>>>review of the company's handling of competitive information to
>>>>>>>>>see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
>>>>>>>>>contract.
>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=842086&m=100623f17281d05019169a&s=rb030717
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>>>>>>>>>>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>>>>>>>>>>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>>>>>>>>>>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>>>>>>>>>>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>>>>>>>>>>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>>>>>>>>>>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>>>>>>>>>>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>>>>>>>>>>sources cited by The Journal said.
>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>>>>>>>>>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>>>>>>>>>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>>>>>>>>>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>>>>>>>>>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>>>>>>>>>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>>>>>>>>>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>>>>>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>>>>>>>>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>>>>>>>>>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833285&m=100623efa235200020805a&s=rb030625
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>>>>>>>>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>>>>>>>>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>>>>>>>>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>>>>>>>>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>>>>>>>>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>>>>>>>>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>>>>>>>>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>>>>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>>>>>>>>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>--<space>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
>>>>>>>> -- Larry Dighera,

--

Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
-- Larry Dighera,

[Larry Dighera]

The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday said it granted BOEING CO. an
exception to U.S. government sanctions to award it a contract
for one Delta IV rocket to launch a spy satellite into space in
2005. But Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets stressed that he
had not removed the Chicago-based company from its suspension
from rocket launches, and urged the company to continue taking
measures to prevent further problems. The Air Force on July 24
suspended three Boeing units from obtaining government
satellite launch contracts after finding it broke federal law
by obtaining over 25,000 documents from rival Lockheed Martin
Corp. during bidding for the initial EELV contract, valued at
nearly $2 billion. The move had been widely expected, since
Lockheed currently has no capacity to launch rockets from the
West Coast and could not build such a facility in time to
launch the classified satellite, which will replace another
aging satellite.
(Reuters 07:08 PM ET 09/30/2003)

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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:19:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote in Message-Id: >:

>
>The Air Force said it plans to award LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. three
>new satellite-launching contracts around Oct. 1 -- deals
>off-limits to rival BOEING CO. The Air Force on July 22 shifted
>seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and suspended it
>from vying for the coming three, worth a combined total of
>about $1 billion. The service banned Boeing's rocket units from
>bidding after finding that it broke federal law by obtaining
>secret Lockheed documents to win a $1.5 billion launch contract
>in 1998. The Air Force's No. 2 official, Undersecretary Peter
>Teets, on Sept. 4 said Boeing's rocket units' suspension
>"absolutely" must be lifted in time for it to compete for the
>next round of as many as 20 launches.
>(Reuters 03:41 PM ET 09/12/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863909&m=100623f624aab05020821a&s=rb030912
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>BOEING CO. is disciplining six employees after the aerospace and
>defense company determined they were involved in acquiring
>proprietary LOCKHEED MARTIN documents, The Wall Street Journal
>said on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Air
>Force in July suspended Boeing from competing for several launch
>contracts over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of Lockheed
>documents during a 1998 contract competition. The head of
>Boeing's Delta IV military rocket program was removed from the
>project, though none of the six employees were fired, said the
>Journal. A Boeing spokesman confirmed the company's
>investigation has resulted in "certain internal
>administrative-personnel actions," and declined to give further
>comment.
>(Reuters 05:44 AM ET 09/12/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863641&m=100623f624aab05020821a&s=rb030912
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>
>BOEING CO. said penalties imposed by the U.S. Air Force for
>improperly obtaining documents from rival Lockheed Martin Corp.
>would not result in financial charges. The Air Force in July
>shifted seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and
>suspended it from competing for three others, worth a combined
>$1 billion or so, over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of
>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract competition. "We
>think we are fully reserved for that," said Jim Albaugh, head
>of Boeing's military and space unit, in a presentation to
>investors monitored via Web cast. "We don't see any financial
>impact as a result of losing the launches."
>(Reuters 01:15 PM ET 09/11/2003)
>
>More:
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>================================================== ==============
>
>
>
>On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 17:21:36 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>
>>U.S. Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets said that he hopes to
>>decide by October whether to let BOEING CO. resume bidding for
>>spy satellite launches after being suspended for obtaining
>>documents of rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. "It is a necessity
>>that we have two providers ... that are involved in healthy
>>businesses," he told reporters. "We need those companies to
>>succeed in what they're doing." Teets said that in the next six
>>weeks or so, the Pentagon planned to outline its blueprint for
>>acquiring more satellite launch vehicles and would likely
>>divide the work, rather than issue a winner-take-all contract.
>>He said the actual request for proposals would likely go out at
>>the end of the year or January 2004.
>>(Reuters 12:03 PM ET 09/04/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=861041&m=100623f57bf3800020511a&s=rb030904
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 03:46:46 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>
>>>BOEING CO., in an exception to a U.S. government sanction, has
>>>won a $56.7 million Air Force contract extending its Delta II
>>>rocket launch program, the Defense Department said Friday. The
>>>Air Force Delta II vehicle launches satellites for the Global
>>>Positioning System, a U.S. military-developed system that
>>>provides accurate locations worldwide. The next launch was
>>>scheduled for October, the Pentagon said. The new contract
>>>extends the existing Boeing Delta II launch arrangement for
>>>fiscal 2004, which begins Oct. 1, it added in a contract
>>>announcement. "This award required an exception to the existing
>>>suspension of three Boeing business units," the Pentagon said
>>>without specifying why an exception was made.
>>>(Reuters 05:52 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859486&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>A Delta 4 rocket built by BOEING CO. and carrying a U.S. Defense
>>>Department satellite successfully launched from the Cape
>>>Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday. This was the third
>>>launch for the Delta 4 series, one of two new-generation
>>>rockets -- along with Lockheed Martin's Atlas 5 -- designed
>>>under a U.S. Air Force contract to be stronger, more reliable
>>>and more cost-effective. The DSCS-3 satellite, pronounced
>>>"discus three" and standing for third generation Defense
>>>Satellite Communications System, was the 15th of its class
>>>launched since 1982. It was headed for a geo-stationary orbit
>>>22,300 miles (35,890 km) above the equator.
>>>(Reuters 07:34 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859511&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:01:18 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Boeing Co (BA) (35.68 +0.74)
>>>>
>>>>BOEING CO., banned last month from launching government
>>>>satellites for illegally acquiring a competitor's documents,
>>>>will try to convince the U.S. Air Force next week that the
>>>>company's ethics policies and training will prevent future
>>>>breaches. The company said on Thursday it will seek to persuade
>>>>the U.S. Air Force to reinstate three business units as
>>>>government contractors in a formal response next Monday. "We're
>>>>going to demonstrate to the Air Force that Boeing is a presently
>>>>responsible contractor, and that we've got appropriate ethics
>>>>policies, procedures and training in place to prevent something
>>>>like this from happening again," said Boeing spokesman Dan Beck.
>>>>(Reuters 06:52 PM ET 08/21/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=857182&m=100623f469bac00019978a&s=rb030821
>>>>
>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 23:30:48 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>BOEING CO. said it has postponed the launch of a Delta IV rocket
>>>>>lifting a defense satellite into space from Cape Canaveral,
>>>>>Fla., due to a technical problem with an antenna and no new
>>>>>launch date has been set. Tuesday was the last day under which
>>>>>Boeing could launch the satellite -- a Defense Satellite
>>>>>Communications System spacecraft, DSCS III B6 -- under the Air
>>>>>Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, said Boeing
>>>>>spokesman Robert Villanueva. The award was part of the original
>>>>>group of launches awarded to Boeing under the EELV program,
>>>>>which is now the subject of investigations and lawsuits. Boeing
>>>>>recently announced its intentions to shift its focus on the
>>>>>Delta IV completely away from dwindling commercial customers
>>>>>and into the defense market.
>>>>>(Reuters 04:31 PM ET 08/04/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=850698&m=100623f2ee04b00019712a&s=rb030804
>>>>>
>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:57:40 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force announced that it would shift rocket launch
>>>>>>contracts valued at about $1 billion from BOEING CO. to its
>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. for acquiring around 25,000
>>>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract. Air Force
>>>>>>Undersecretary Peter Teets said Boeing would lose seven
>>>>>>contracts it won in 1998, as well as three launches to be
>>>>>>awarded in the next weeks. In addition, three business units of
>>>>>>Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and three of its former
>>>>>>employees would also be suspended from future government work
>>>>>>until corrective action was taken, Teets told a news
>>>>>>conference. He said the company could be reinstated within 60
>>>>>>to 90 days, in time for the company to bid for 15 to 20
>>>>>>launches to be awarded late this year.
>>>>>>(Reuters 04:55 PM ET 07/24/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=846350&m=100623f205f1305019257a&s=rb030724
>>>>>>
>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:53:58 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force will recommend that BOEING CO. lose six
>>>>>>>Pentagon contracts worth several hundred million dollars for
>>>>>>>acquiring a competitor's documents as the two battled for a $2
>>>>>>>billion rocket deal in the 1990s, defense officials said.
>>>>>>>Boeing would stand to lose more future contracts under the
>>>>>>>proposed sanctions Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets will
>>>>>>>present later to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is
>>>>>>>expected to make a final decision this week, said the
>>>>>>>officials, who asked not to be named. Rumsfeld could also
>>>>>>>decide to suspend or bar Chicago-based Boeing's rocket unit
>>>>>>>from new contracts for up to a year. A federal grand jury has
>>>>>>>indicted two former Boeing engineers on charges of conspiracy
>>>>>>>for obtaining thousands of pages of proprietary documents from
>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. papers during a 1998 competition in
>>>>>>>which Boeing's Delta IV rocket beat out Lockheed's Atlas V.
>>>>>>>(Reuters 01:39 PM ET 07/23/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=845156&m=100623f1f146a00019368a&s=rb030723
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:45:29 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. on Monday warned that excessive sanctions for its
>>>>>>>>alleged misuse of a competitor's documents could force it to
>>>>>>>>completely scrap its Delta IV rocket, jeopardizing the
>>>>>>>>government's goal of having at least two companies launching
>>>>>>>>military satellites. Boeing last week pulled the Delta IV out
>>>>>>>>of the money-losing commercial satellite market, leaving only
>>>>>>>>the government market to keep the program in the black. On
>>>>>>>>Monday, the company's space and defense boss, Jim Albaugh, told
>>>>>>>>a small group of reporters Boeing could pull out of the Delta IV
>>>>>>>>program entirely if it fails to turn a profit. "I don't know
>>>>>>>>what remedies they are going to take," Albaugh told a small
>>>>>>>>group of reporters. "There is a real probability that we could
>>>>>>>>lose some launches."
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 06:34 PM ET 07/21/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843760&m=100623f1dbbfc05019231a&s=rb030721
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:37:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Two former BOEING CO. engineers have been indicted by a grand
>>>>>>>>>jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with allegations
>>>>>>>>>that Boeing used documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to
>>>>>>>>>win a $1.88 billion U.S. Air Force contract. The U.S.
>>>>>>>>>Attorney's office said the two men, named as Kenneth Branch and
>>>>>>>>>William Erskine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los
>>>>>>>>>Angeles late on Thursday. Both men are charged with one count
>>>>>>>>>of conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets and are
>>>>>>>>>expected to be arraigned early next month. The charges arise
>>>>>>>>>from an alleged conspiracy to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>>>>>>>Martin in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>>>>>>>multi-billion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
>>>>>>>>>Boeing has said the managers in question acted alone and have
>>>>>>>>>since been fired.
>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 PM ET 07/18/2003)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843096&m=100623f1876aa05019120a&s=rb030718
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:54:25 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
>>>>>>>>>>documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
>>>>>>>>>>the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
>>>>>>>>>>Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
>>>>>>>>>>both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
>>>>>>>>>>it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
>>>>>>>>>>billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
>>>>>>>>>>two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
>>>>>>>>>>from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
>>>>>>>>>>If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
>>>>>>>>>>stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
>>>>>>>>>>contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
>>>>>>>>>>Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
>>>>>>>>>>which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
>>>>>>>>>>ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
>>>>>>>>>>review of the company's handling of competitive information to
>>>>>>>>>>see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
>>>>>>>>>>contract.
>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=842086&m=100623f17281d05019169a&s=rb030717
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>>>>>>>>>>>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>>>>>>>>>>>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>>>>>>>>>>>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>>>>>>>>>>>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>>>>>>>>>>>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>>>>>>>>>>>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>>>>>>>>>>>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>>>>>>>>>>>sources cited by The Journal said.
>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>>>>>>>>>>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>>>>>>>>>>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>>>>>>>>>>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>>>>>>>>>>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>>>>>>>>>>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>>>>>>>>>>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>>>>>>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>>>>>>>>>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>>>>>>>>>>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833285&m=100623efa235200020805a&s=rb030625
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>>>>>>>>>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>>>>>>>>>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>>>>>>>>>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>--<space>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
>>>>>>>>> -- Larry Dighera,

--

Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
-- Larry Dighera,

[Larry Dighera]

BOEING CO. said it dismissed its CFO for unethical conduct in the
aerospace company's hiring of a senior Air Force procurement
official. Boeing said CFO Michael Sears was dismissed for
violating company policies by communicating with Darleen Druyun
about future employment even though she had not disqualified
herself from acting in official government capacity on matters
involving Boeing. The company also fired Druyun, who was on the
job less than a year. "Compelling evidence of this misconduct by
Mr. Sears and Ms. Druyun came to light over the last 2 weeks,"
Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit said in a statement. Condit
and Sears, who was a member of the four-person Office of the
Chairman, worked together closely at Boeing's Chicago
headquarters. Sears was said to have greater influence and
responsibility than the typical CFO.
(Reuters 02:50 PM ET 11/24/2003)

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With one big misstep, BOEING CO. CFO Mike Sears threw away a
bright future at the world's largest aerospace company and
reopened a debate over who will succeed Chief Executive Phil
Condit. Condit's potential successors are now led by Alan
Mulally, 58, who was praised for guiding Boeing's Seattle-based
commercial jet unit through an unprecedented airline slump after
the airplane hijackings of Sept. 11, 2001. Mulally's unit is
producing operating profits even as jet deliveries have
crumbled to a projected 280 in 2003 from 527 in 2001 and 40,000
jobs have been cut from a payroll of 93,000. At 53, military and
space boss Jim Albaugh is younger than Mulally, but his business
unit has struggled to overcome satellite production problems and
slumping demand for commercial launches.
(Reuters 04:40 PM ET 11/24/2003)

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On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:00:20 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote in Message-Id: >:

>
>The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday said it granted BOEING CO. an
>exception to U.S. government sanctions to award it a contract
>for one Delta IV rocket to launch a spy satellite into space in
>2005. But Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets stressed that he
>had not removed the Chicago-based company from its suspension
>from rocket launches, and urged the company to continue taking
>measures to prevent further problems. The Air Force on July 24
>suspended three Boeing units from obtaining government
>satellite launch contracts after finding it broke federal law
>by obtaining over 25,000 documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>Corp. during bidding for the initial EELV contract, valued at
>nearly $2 billion. The move had been widely expected, since
>Lockheed currently has no capacity to launch rockets from the
>West Coast and could not build such a facility in time to
>launch the classified satellite, which will replace another
>aging satellite.
>(Reuters 07:08 PM ET 09/30/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=870147&m=100623f7b573800010789a&s=rb030930
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:19:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>
>>
>>The Air Force said it plans to award LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. three
>>new satellite-launching contracts around Oct. 1 -- deals
>>off-limits to rival BOEING CO. The Air Force on July 22 shifted
>>seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and suspended it
>>from vying for the coming three, worth a combined total of
>>about $1 billion. The service banned Boeing's rocket units from
>>bidding after finding that it broke federal law by obtaining
>>secret Lockheed documents to win a $1.5 billion launch contract
>>in 1998. The Air Force's No. 2 official, Undersecretary Peter
>>Teets, on Sept. 4 said Boeing's rocket units' suspension
>>"absolutely" must be lifted in time for it to compete for the
>>next round of as many as 20 launches.
>>(Reuters 03:41 PM ET 09/12/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863909&m=100623f624aab05020821a&s=rb030912
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>BOEING CO. is disciplining six employees after the aerospace and
>>defense company determined they were involved in acquiring
>>proprietary LOCKHEED MARTIN documents, The Wall Street Journal
>>said on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Air
>>Force in July suspended Boeing from competing for several launch
>>contracts over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of Lockheed
>>documents during a 1998 contract competition. The head of
>>Boeing's Delta IV military rocket program was removed from the
>>project, though none of the six employees were fired, said the
>>Journal. A Boeing spokesman confirmed the company's
>>investigation has resulted in "certain internal
>>administrative-personnel actions," and declined to give further
>>comment.
>>(Reuters 05:44 AM ET 09/12/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863641&m=100623f624aab05020821a&s=rb030912
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>BOEING CO. said penalties imposed by the U.S. Air Force for
>>improperly obtaining documents from rival Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>would not result in financial charges. The Air Force in July
>>shifted seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and
>>suspended it from competing for three others, worth a combined
>>$1 billion or so, over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of
>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract competition. "We
>>think we are fully reserved for that," said Jim Albaugh, head
>>of Boeing's military and space unit, in a presentation to
>>investors monitored via Web cast. "We don't see any financial
>>impact as a result of losing the launches."
>>(Reuters 01:15 PM ET 09/11/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863352&m=100623f60fa4100020480a&s=rb030911
>>
>>================================================== ==============
>>
>>
>>
>>On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 17:21:36 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>U.S. Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets said that he hopes to
>>>decide by October whether to let BOEING CO. resume bidding for
>>>spy satellite launches after being suspended for obtaining
>>>documents of rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. "It is a necessity
>>>that we have two providers ... that are involved in healthy
>>>businesses," he told reporters. "We need those companies to
>>>succeed in what they're doing." Teets said that in the next six
>>>weeks or so, the Pentagon planned to outline its blueprint for
>>>acquiring more satellite launch vehicles and would likely
>>>divide the work, rather than issue a winner-take-all contract.
>>>He said the actual request for proposals would likely go out at
>>>the end of the year or January 2004.
>>>(Reuters 12:03 PM ET 09/04/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=861041&m=100623f57bf3800020511a&s=rb030904
>>>
>>>
>>>On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 03:46:46 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>BOEING CO., in an exception to a U.S. government sanction, has
>>>>won a $56.7 million Air Force contract extending its Delta II
>>>>rocket launch program, the Defense Department said Friday. The
>>>>Air Force Delta II vehicle launches satellites for the Global
>>>>Positioning System, a U.S. military-developed system that
>>>>provides accurate locations worldwide. The next launch was
>>>>scheduled for October, the Pentagon said. The new contract
>>>>extends the existing Boeing Delta II launch arrangement for
>>>>fiscal 2004, which begins Oct. 1, it added in a contract
>>>>announcement. "This award required an exception to the existing
>>>>suspension of three Boeing business units," the Pentagon said
>>>>without specifying why an exception was made.
>>>>(Reuters 05:52 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859486&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
>>>>
>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>A Delta 4 rocket built by BOEING CO. and carrying a U.S. Defense
>>>>Department satellite successfully launched from the Cape
>>>>Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday. This was the third
>>>>launch for the Delta 4 series, one of two new-generation
>>>>rockets -- along with Lockheed Martin's Atlas 5 -- designed
>>>>under a U.S. Air Force contract to be stronger, more reliable
>>>>and more cost-effective. The DSCS-3 satellite, pronounced
>>>>"discus three" and standing for third generation Defense
>>>>Satellite Communications System, was the 15th of its class
>>>>launched since 1982. It was headed for a geo-stationary orbit
>>>>22,300 miles (35,890 km) above the equator.
>>>>(Reuters 07:34 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859511&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
>>>>
>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:01:18 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Boeing Co (BA) (35.68 +0.74)
>>>>>
>>>>>BOEING CO., banned last month from launching government
>>>>>satellites for illegally acquiring a competitor's documents,
>>>>>will try to convince the U.S. Air Force next week that the
>>>>>company's ethics policies and training will prevent future
>>>>>breaches. The company said on Thursday it will seek to persuade
>>>>>the U.S. Air Force to reinstate three business units as
>>>>>government contractors in a formal response next Monday. "We're
>>>>>going to demonstrate to the Air Force that Boeing is a presently
>>>>>responsible contractor, and that we've got appropriate ethics
>>>>>policies, procedures and training in place to prevent something
>>>>>like this from happening again," said Boeing spokesman Dan Beck.
>>>>>(Reuters 06:52 PM ET 08/21/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=857182&m=100623f469bac00019978a&s=rb030821
>>>>>
>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 23:30:48 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>BOEING CO. said it has postponed the launch of a Delta IV rocket
>>>>>>lifting a defense satellite into space from Cape Canaveral,
>>>>>>Fla., due to a technical problem with an antenna and no new
>>>>>>launch date has been set. Tuesday was the last day under which
>>>>>>Boeing could launch the satellite -- a Defense Satellite
>>>>>>Communications System spacecraft, DSCS III B6 -- under the Air
>>>>>>Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, said Boeing
>>>>>>spokesman Robert Villanueva. The award was part of the original
>>>>>>group of launches awarded to Boeing under the EELV program,
>>>>>>which is now the subject of investigations and lawsuits. Boeing
>>>>>>recently announced its intentions to shift its focus on the
>>>>>>Delta IV completely away from dwindling commercial customers
>>>>>>and into the defense market.
>>>>>>(Reuters 04:31 PM ET 08/04/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=850698&m=100623f2ee04b00019712a&s=rb030804
>>>>>>
>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:57:40 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force announced that it would shift rocket launch
>>>>>>>contracts valued at about $1 billion from BOEING CO. to its
>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. for acquiring around 25,000
>>>>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract. Air Force
>>>>>>>Undersecretary Peter Teets said Boeing would lose seven
>>>>>>>contracts it won in 1998, as well as three launches to be
>>>>>>>awarded in the next weeks. In addition, three business units of
>>>>>>>Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and three of its former
>>>>>>>employees would also be suspended from future government work
>>>>>>>until corrective action was taken, Teets told a news
>>>>>>>conference. He said the company could be reinstated within 60
>>>>>>>to 90 days, in time for the company to bid for 15 to 20
>>>>>>>launches to be awarded late this year.
>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:55 PM ET 07/24/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=846350&m=100623f205f1305019257a&s=rb030724
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:53:58 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force will recommend that BOEING CO. lose six
>>>>>>>>Pentagon contracts worth several hundred million dollars for
>>>>>>>>acquiring a competitor's documents as the two battled for a $2
>>>>>>>>billion rocket deal in the 1990s, defense officials said.
>>>>>>>>Boeing would stand to lose more future contracts under the
>>>>>>>>proposed sanctions Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets will
>>>>>>>>present later to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is
>>>>>>>>expected to make a final decision this week, said the
>>>>>>>>officials, who asked not to be named. Rumsfeld could also
>>>>>>>>decide to suspend or bar Chicago-based Boeing's rocket unit
>>>>>>>>from new contracts for up to a year. A federal grand jury has
>>>>>>>>indicted two former Boeing engineers on charges of conspiracy
>>>>>>>>for obtaining thousands of pages of proprietary documents from
>>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. papers during a 1998 competition in
>>>>>>>>which Boeing's Delta IV rocket beat out Lockheed's Atlas V.
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 01:39 PM ET 07/23/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=845156&m=100623f1f146a00019368a&s=rb030723
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:45:29 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. on Monday warned that excessive sanctions for its
>>>>>>>>>alleged misuse of a competitor's documents could force it to
>>>>>>>>>completely scrap its Delta IV rocket, jeopardizing the
>>>>>>>>>government's goal of having at least two companies launching
>>>>>>>>>military satellites. Boeing last week pulled the Delta IV out
>>>>>>>>>of the money-losing commercial satellite market, leaving only
>>>>>>>>>the government market to keep the program in the black. On
>>>>>>>>>Monday, the company's space and defense boss, Jim Albaugh, told
>>>>>>>>>a small group of reporters Boeing could pull out of the Delta IV
>>>>>>>>>program entirely if it fails to turn a profit. "I don't know
>>>>>>>>>what remedies they are going to take," Albaugh told a small
>>>>>>>>>group of reporters. "There is a real probability that we could
>>>>>>>>>lose some launches."
>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 06:34 PM ET 07/21/2003)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843760&m=100623f1dbbfc05019231a&s=rb030721
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:37:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Two former BOEING CO. engineers have been indicted by a grand
>>>>>>>>>>jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with allegations
>>>>>>>>>>that Boeing used documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to
>>>>>>>>>>win a $1.88 billion U.S. Air Force contract. The U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>Attorney's office said the two men, named as Kenneth Branch and
>>>>>>>>>>William Erskine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los
>>>>>>>>>>Angeles late on Thursday. Both men are charged with one count
>>>>>>>>>>of conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets and are
>>>>>>>>>>expected to be arraigned early next month. The charges arise
>>>>>>>>>>from an alleged conspiracy to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>>>>>>>>Martin in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>>>>>>>>multi-billion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
>>>>>>>>>>Boeing has said the managers in question acted alone and have
>>>>>>>>>>since been fired.
>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 PM ET 07/18/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843096&m=100623f1876aa05019120a&s=rb030718
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:54:25 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
>>>>>>>>>>>documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
>>>>>>>>>>>the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
>>>>>>>>>>>Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
>>>>>>>>>>>both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
>>>>>>>>>>>it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
>>>>>>>>>>>billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
>>>>>>>>>>>two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
>>>>>>>>>>>from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
>>>>>>>>>>>If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
>>>>>>>>>>>stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
>>>>>>>>>>>contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
>>>>>>>>>>>Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
>>>>>>>>>>>which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
>>>>>>>>>>>ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
>>>>>>>>>>>review of the company's handling of competitive information to
>>>>>>>>>>>see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
>>>>>>>>>>>contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=842086&m=100623f17281d05019169a&s=rb030717
>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>>>>>>>>>>>>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>>>>>>>>>>>>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>>>>>>>>>>>>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>>>>>>>>>>>>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>>>>>>>>>>>>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>>>>>>>>>>>>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>>>>>>>>>>>>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>>>>>>>>>>>>sources cited by The Journal said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>>>>>>>>>>>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>>>>>>>>>>>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833285&m=100623efa235200020805a&s=rb030625
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>--<space>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
>>>>>>>>>> -- Larry Dighera,

[James Cho]

What's that? Say again?

[Larry Dighera]

The United States will seek civil damages from BOEING CO. to
cover the cost of switching satellite launch providers amid the
company's alleged theft of a rival's documents to win a military
contract, The Wall Street Journal said. The newspaper, citing
people familiar with the government's strategy, said the
Chicago-based aerospace company could face civil claims of
least $170 million -- much of the cost of shifting certain
launches to LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. -- the competitor from whom
the documents were taken, according to some internal Pentagon
estimates, it said. In May, the U.S. Justice Department said it
launched a criminal and civil investigation into whether Boeing
gathered sensitive documents of Lockheed in the late 1990s
while bidding to make the rockets used to launch U.S.
government satellites.
(Reuters 03:37 AM ET 12/18/2003)

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Boeing Co (BA) (41.35 +0.49)

BOEING CO. released the first phase of an ethics review by former
U.S. Sen. Warren Rudman finding no fundamental flaws or systemic
failure at the world's largest aerospace company. The Boeing
board of directors requested the Rudman review last July. It
followed news of a federal investigation of charges that two
former Boeing managers conspired to steal secrets from Lockheed
Martin Corp. in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
multibillion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle rocket
program. The report is dated Nov. 3, before the unexpected
firing of former CFO Mike Sears over hiring discussions with an
Air Force official who was still working on Boeing business. A
separate review of hiring practices spawned by that event, in
which missile defense executive Darleen Druyun was also
dismissed, is still ongoing and will be released in Q1 2004,
Boeing said.
(Reuters 01:25 PM ET 12/18/2003)

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On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:18:19 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote in Message-Id: >:

>BOEING CO. said it dismissed its CFO for unethical conduct in the
>aerospace company's hiring of a senior Air Force procurement
>official. Boeing said CFO Michael Sears was dismissed for
>violating company policies by communicating with Darleen Druyun
>about future employment even though she had not disqualified
>herself from acting in official government capacity on matters
>involving Boeing. The company also fired Druyun, who was on the
>job less than a year. "Compelling evidence of this misconduct by
>Mr. Sears and Ms. Druyun came to light over the last 2 weeks,"
>Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit said in a statement. Condit
>and Sears, who was a member of the four-person Office of the
>Chairman, worked together closely at Boeing's Chicago
>headquarters. Sears was said to have greater influence and
>responsibility than the typical CFO.
>(Reuters 02:50 PM ET 11/24/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=893897&m=100623fc295dd00022863a&s=rb031124
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>With one big misstep, BOEING CO. CFO Mike Sears threw away a
>bright future at the world's largest aerospace company and
>reopened a debate over who will succeed Chief Executive Phil
>Condit. Condit's potential successors are now led by Alan
>Mulally, 58, who was praised for guiding Boeing's Seattle-based
>commercial jet unit through an unprecedented airline slump after
>the airplane hijackings of Sept. 11, 2001. Mulally's unit is
>producing operating profits even as jet deliveries have
>crumbled to a projected 280 in 2003 from 527 in 2001 and 40,000
>jobs have been cut from a payroll of 93,000. At 53, military and
>space boss Jim Albaugh is younger than Mulally, but his business
>unit has struggled to overcome satellite production problems and
>slumping demand for commercial launches.
>(Reuters 04:40 PM ET 11/24/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=893952&m=100623fc295dd00022863a&s=rb031124
>
>================================================== ==============
>
>
>
>On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:00:20 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>
>>
>>The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday said it granted BOEING CO. an
>>exception to U.S. government sanctions to award it a contract
>>for one Delta IV rocket to launch a spy satellite into space in
>>2005. But Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets stressed that he
>>had not removed the Chicago-based company from its suspension
>>from rocket launches, and urged the company to continue taking
>>measures to prevent further problems. The Air Force on July 24
>>suspended three Boeing units from obtaining government
>>satellite launch contracts after finding it broke federal law
>>by obtaining over 25,000 documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>Corp. during bidding for the initial EELV contract, valued at
>>nearly $2 billion. The move had been widely expected, since
>>Lockheed currently has no capacity to launch rockets from the
>>West Coast and could not build such a facility in time to
>>launch the classified satellite, which will replace another
>>aging satellite.
>>(Reuters 07:08 PM ET 09/30/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=870147&m=100623f7b573800010789a&s=rb030930
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>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:19:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>
>>>The Air Force said it plans to award LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. three
>>>new satellite-launching contracts around Oct. 1 -- deals
>>>off-limits to rival BOEING CO. The Air Force on July 22 shifted
>>>seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and suspended it
>>>from vying for the coming three, worth a combined total of
>>>about $1 billion. The service banned Boeing's rocket units from
>>>bidding after finding that it broke federal law by obtaining
>>>secret Lockheed documents to win a $1.5 billion launch contract
>>>in 1998. The Air Force's No. 2 official, Undersecretary Peter
>>>Teets, on Sept. 4 said Boeing's rocket units' suspension
>>>"absolutely" must be lifted in time for it to compete for the
>>>next round of as many as 20 launches.
>>>(Reuters 03:41 PM ET 09/12/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863909&m=100623f624aab05020821a&s=rb030912
>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>BOEING CO. is disciplining six employees after the aerospace and
>>>defense company determined they were involved in acquiring
>>>proprietary LOCKHEED MARTIN documents, The Wall Street Journal
>>>said on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Air
>>>Force in July suspended Boeing from competing for several launch
>>>contracts over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of Lockheed
>>>documents during a 1998 contract competition. The head of
>>>Boeing's Delta IV military rocket program was removed from the
>>>project, though none of the six employees were fired, said the
>>>Journal. A Boeing spokesman confirmed the company's
>>>investigation has resulted in "certain internal
>>>administrative-personnel actions," and declined to give further
>>>comment.
>>>(Reuters 05:44 AM ET 09/12/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863641&m=100623f624aab05020821a&s=rb030912
>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>BOEING CO. said penalties imposed by the U.S. Air Force for
>>>improperly obtaining documents from rival Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>would not result in financial charges. The Air Force in July
>>>shifted seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and
>>>suspended it from competing for three others, worth a combined
>>>$1 billion or so, over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of
>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract competition. "We
>>>think we are fully reserved for that," said Jim Albaugh, head
>>>of Boeing's military and space unit, in a presentation to
>>>investors monitored via Web cast. "We don't see any financial
>>>impact as a result of losing the launches."
>>>(Reuters 01:15 PM ET 09/11/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863352&m=100623f60fa4100020480a&s=rb030911
>>>
>>>================================================== ==============
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 17:21:36 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>
>>>>U.S. Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets said that he hopes to
>>>>decide by October whether to let BOEING CO. resume bidding for
>>>>spy satellite launches after being suspended for obtaining
>>>>documents of rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. "It is a necessity
>>>>that we have two providers ... that are involved in healthy
>>>>businesses," he told reporters. "We need those companies to
>>>>succeed in what they're doing." Teets said that in the next six
>>>>weeks or so, the Pentagon planned to outline its blueprint for
>>>>acquiring more satellite launch vehicles and would likely
>>>>divide the work, rather than issue a winner-take-all contract.
>>>>He said the actual request for proposals would likely go out at
>>>>the end of the year or January 2004.
>>>>(Reuters 12:03 PM ET 09/04/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=861041&m=100623f57bf3800020511a&s=rb030904
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 03:46:46 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>BOEING CO., in an exception to a U.S. government sanction, has
>>>>>won a $56.7 million Air Force contract extending its Delta II
>>>>>rocket launch program, the Defense Department said Friday. The
>>>>>Air Force Delta II vehicle launches satellites for the Global
>>>>>Positioning System, a U.S. military-developed system that
>>>>>provides accurate locations worldwide. The next launch was
>>>>>scheduled for October, the Pentagon said. The new contract
>>>>>extends the existing Boeing Delta II launch arrangement for
>>>>>fiscal 2004, which begins Oct. 1, it added in a contract
>>>>>announcement. "This award required an exception to the existing
>>>>>suspension of three Boeing business units," the Pentagon said
>>>>>without specifying why an exception was made.
>>>>>(Reuters 05:52 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859486&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
>>>>>
>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>A Delta 4 rocket built by BOEING CO. and carrying a U.S. Defense
>>>>>Department satellite successfully launched from the Cape
>>>>>Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday. This was the third
>>>>>launch for the Delta 4 series, one of two new-generation
>>>>>rockets -- along with Lockheed Martin's Atlas 5 -- designed
>>>>>under a U.S. Air Force contract to be stronger, more reliable
>>>>>and more cost-effective. The DSCS-3 satellite, pronounced
>>>>>"discus three" and standing for third generation Defense
>>>>>Satellite Communications System, was the 15th of its class
>>>>>launched since 1982. It was headed for a geo-stationary orbit
>>>>>22,300 miles (35,890 km) above the equator.
>>>>>(Reuters 07:34 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859511&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
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>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:01:18 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Boeing Co (BA) (35.68 +0.74)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>BOEING CO., banned last month from launching government
>>>>>>satellites for illegally acquiring a competitor's documents,
>>>>>>will try to convince the U.S. Air Force next week that the
>>>>>>company's ethics policies and training will prevent future
>>>>>>breaches. The company said on Thursday it will seek to persuade
>>>>>>the U.S. Air Force to reinstate three business units as
>>>>>>government contractors in a formal response next Monday. "We're
>>>>>>going to demonstrate to the Air Force that Boeing is a presently
>>>>>>responsible contractor, and that we've got appropriate ethics
>>>>>>policies, procedures and training in place to prevent something
>>>>>>like this from happening again," said Boeing spokesman Dan Beck.
>>>>>>(Reuters 06:52 PM ET 08/21/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=857182&m=100623f469bac00019978a&s=rb030821
>>>>>>
>>>>>>================================================== =============
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 23:30:48 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>BOEING CO. said it has postponed the launch of a Delta IV rocket
>>>>>>>lifting a defense satellite into space from Cape Canaveral,
>>>>>>>Fla., due to a technical problem with an antenna and no new
>>>>>>>launch date has been set. Tuesday was the last day under which
>>>>>>>Boeing could launch the satellite -- a Defense Satellite
>>>>>>>Communications System spacecraft, DSCS III B6 -- under the Air
>>>>>>>Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, said Boeing
>>>>>>>spokesman Robert Villanueva. The award was part of the original
>>>>>>>group of launches awarded to Boeing under the EELV program,
>>>>>>>which is now the subject of investigations and lawsuits. Boeing
>>>>>>>recently announced its intentions to shift its focus on the
>>>>>>>Delta IV completely away from dwindling commercial customers
>>>>>>>and into the defense market.
>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:31 PM ET 08/04/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=850698&m=100623f2ee04b00019712a&s=rb030804
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>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:57:40 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force announced that it would shift rocket launch
>>>>>>>>contracts valued at about $1 billion from BOEING CO. to its
>>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. for acquiring around 25,000
>>>>>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract. Air Force
>>>>>>>>Undersecretary Peter Teets said Boeing would lose seven
>>>>>>>>contracts it won in 1998, as well as three launches to be
>>>>>>>>awarded in the next weeks. In addition, three business units of
>>>>>>>>Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and three of its former
>>>>>>>>employees would also be suspended from future government work
>>>>>>>>until corrective action was taken, Teets told a news
>>>>>>>>conference. He said the company could be reinstated within 60
>>>>>>>>to 90 days, in time for the company to bid for 15 to 20
>>>>>>>>launches to be awarded late this year.
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:55 PM ET 07/24/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=846350&m=100623f205f1305019257a&s=rb030724
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:53:58 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force will recommend that BOEING CO. lose six
>>>>>>>>>Pentagon contracts worth several hundred million dollars for
>>>>>>>>>acquiring a competitor's documents as the two battled for a $2
>>>>>>>>>billion rocket deal in the 1990s, defense officials said.
>>>>>>>>>Boeing would stand to lose more future contracts under the
>>>>>>>>>proposed sanctions Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets will
>>>>>>>>>present later to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is
>>>>>>>>>expected to make a final decision this week, said the
>>>>>>>>>officials, who asked not to be named. Rumsfeld could also
>>>>>>>>>decide to suspend or bar Chicago-based Boeing's rocket unit
>>>>>>>>>from new contracts for up to a year. A federal grand jury has
>>>>>>>>>indicted two former Boeing engineers on charges of conspiracy
>>>>>>>>>for obtaining thousands of pages of proprietary documents from
>>>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. papers during a 1998 competition in
>>>>>>>>>which Boeing's Delta IV rocket beat out Lockheed's Atlas V.
>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 01:39 PM ET 07/23/2003)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=845156&m=100623f1f146a00019368a&s=rb030723
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:45:29 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. on Monday warned that excessive sanctions for its
>>>>>>>>>>alleged misuse of a competitor's documents could force it to
>>>>>>>>>>completely scrap its Delta IV rocket, jeopardizing the
>>>>>>>>>>government's goal of having at least two companies launching
>>>>>>>>>>military satellites. Boeing last week pulled the Delta IV out
>>>>>>>>>>of the money-losing commercial satellite market, leaving only
>>>>>>>>>>the government market to keep the program in the black. On
>>>>>>>>>>Monday, the company's space and defense boss, Jim Albaugh, told
>>>>>>>>>>a small group of reporters Boeing could pull out of the Delta IV
>>>>>>>>>>program entirely if it fails to turn a profit. "I don't know
>>>>>>>>>>what remedies they are going to take," Albaugh told a small
>>>>>>>>>>group of reporters. "There is a real probability that we could
>>>>>>>>>>lose some launches."
>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 06:34 PM ET 07/21/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843760&m=100623f1dbbfc05019231a&s=rb030721
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>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:37:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Two former BOEING CO. engineers have been indicted by a grand
>>>>>>>>>>>jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with allegations
>>>>>>>>>>>that Boeing used documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to
>>>>>>>>>>>win a $1.88 billion U.S. Air Force contract. The U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>Attorney's office said the two men, named as Kenneth Branch and
>>>>>>>>>>>William Erskine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los
>>>>>>>>>>>Angeles late on Thursday. Both men are charged with one count
>>>>>>>>>>>of conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets and are
>>>>>>>>>>>expected to be arraigned early next month. The charges arise
>>>>>>>>>>>from an alleged conspiracy to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>>>>>>>>>Martin in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>>>>>>>>>multi-billion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing has said the managers in question acted alone and have
>>>>>>>>>>>since been fired.
>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 PM ET 07/18/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843096&m=100623f1876aa05019120a&s=rb030718
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:54:25 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
>>>>>>>>>>>>documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
>>>>>>>>>>>>the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
>>>>>>>>>>>>Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
>>>>>>>>>>>>both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
>>>>>>>>>>>>billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
>>>>>>>>>>>>two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
>>>>>>>>>>>>from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
>>>>>>>>>>>>If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
>>>>>>>>>>>>stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
>>>>>>>>>>>>contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
>>>>>>>>>>>>Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
>>>>>>>>>>>>which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
>>>>>>>>>>>>ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
>>>>>>>>>>>>review of the company's handling of competitive information to
>>>>>>>>>>>>see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
>>>>>>>>>>>>contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=842086&m=100623f17281d05019169a&s=rb030717
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>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>>>>>>>>>>>>>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>>>>>>>>>>>>>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>>>>>>>>>>>>>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>sources cited by The Journal said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833285&m=100623efa235200020805a&s=rb030625
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>--<space>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
>>>>>>>>>>> -- Larry Dighera,

[Larry Dighera]

The cost to the U.S. government of BOEING CO.'s illegal use of
documents belonging to rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. is about
$223 million, a senior U.S. defense official said. The cost
resulted from switching some of its satellite launch business
from Boeing to Lockheed, the official told reporters at a
briefing on the Air Force space budget. Justice Department
lawyers are expected to seek civil damages from Boeing, which
could top $660 million under federal false-claims laws that
allow triple damages. "Two hundred twenty three million is
probably the cost to the government of the Procurement
Integrity Act violation," the official said on Friday. His
remarks were embargoed until the White House presented its
budget to Congress on Monday.
(Reuters 11:06 AM ET 02/02/2004)

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On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:31:39 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote in Message-Id: >:

>
>The United States will seek civil damages from BOEING CO. to
>cover the cost of switching satellite launch providers amid the
>company's alleged theft of a rival's documents to win a military
>contract, The Wall Street Journal said. The newspaper, citing
>people familiar with the government's strategy, said the
>Chicago-based aerospace company could face civil claims of
>least $170 million -- much of the cost of shifting certain
>launches to LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. -- the competitor from whom
>the documents were taken, according to some internal Pentagon
>estimates, it said. In May, the U.S. Justice Department said it
>launched a criminal and civil investigation into whether Boeing
>gathered sensitive documents of Lockheed in the late 1990s
>while bidding to make the rockets used to launch U.S.
>government satellites.
>(Reuters 03:37 AM ET 12/18/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=902435&m=100623fe23dd000023306a&s=rb031218
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>Boeing Co (BA) (41.35 +0.49)
>
>BOEING CO. released the first phase of an ethics review by former
>U.S. Sen. Warren Rudman finding no fundamental flaws or systemic
>failure at the world's largest aerospace company. The Boeing
>board of directors requested the Rudman review last July. It
>followed news of a federal investigation of charges that two
>former Boeing managers conspired to steal secrets from Lockheed
>Martin Corp. in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>multibillion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle rocket
>program. The report is dated Nov. 3, before the unexpected
>firing of former CFO Mike Sears over hiring discussions with an
>Air Force official who was still working on Boeing business. A
>separate review of hiring practices spawned by that event, in
>which missile defense executive Darleen Druyun was also
>dismissed, is still ongoing and will be released in Q1 2004,
>Boeing said.
>(Reuters 01:25 PM ET 12/18/2003)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=902717&m=100623fe23dd000023306a&s=rb031218
>
>================================================== ==============
>
>On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:18:19 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>
>>BOEING CO. said it dismissed its CFO for unethical conduct in the
>>aerospace company's hiring of a senior Air Force procurement
>>official. Boeing said CFO Michael Sears was dismissed for
>>violating company policies by communicating with Darleen Druyun
>>about future employment even though she had not disqualified
>>herself from acting in official government capacity on matters
>>involving Boeing. The company also fired Druyun, who was on the
>>job less than a year. "Compelling evidence of this misconduct by
>>Mr. Sears and Ms. Druyun came to light over the last 2 weeks,"
>>Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit said in a statement. Condit
>>and Sears, who was a member of the four-person Office of the
>>Chairman, worked together closely at Boeing's Chicago
>>headquarters. Sears was said to have greater influence and
>>responsibility than the typical CFO.
>>(Reuters 02:50 PM ET 11/24/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=893897&m=100623fc295dd00022863a&s=rb031124
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>With one big misstep, BOEING CO. CFO Mike Sears threw away a
>>bright future at the world's largest aerospace company and
>>reopened a debate over who will succeed Chief Executive Phil
>>Condit. Condit's potential successors are now led by Alan
>>Mulally, 58, who was praised for guiding Boeing's Seattle-based
>>commercial jet unit through an unprecedented airline slump after
>>the airplane hijackings of Sept. 11, 2001. Mulally's unit is
>>producing operating profits even as jet deliveries have
>>crumbled to a projected 280 in 2003 from 527 in 2001 and 40,000
>>jobs have been cut from a payroll of 93,000. At 53, military and
>>space boss Jim Albaugh is younger than Mulally, but his business
>>unit has struggled to overcome satellite production problems and
>>slumping demand for commercial launches.
>>(Reuters 04:40 PM ET 11/24/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=893952&m=100623fc295dd00022863a&s=rb031124
>>
>>================================================== ==============
>>
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:00:20 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>
>>>The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday said it granted BOEING CO. an
>>>exception to U.S. government sanctions to award it a contract
>>>for one Delta IV rocket to launch a spy satellite into space in
>>>2005. But Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets stressed that he
>>>had not removed the Chicago-based company from its suspension
>>>from rocket launches, and urged the company to continue taking
>>>measures to prevent further problems. The Air Force on July 24
>>>suspended three Boeing units from obtaining government
>>>satellite launch contracts after finding it broke federal law
>>>by obtaining over 25,000 documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>Corp. during bidding for the initial EELV contract, valued at
>>>nearly $2 billion. The move had been widely expected, since
>>>Lockheed currently has no capacity to launch rockets from the
>>>West Coast and could not build such a facility in time to
>>>launch the classified satellite, which will replace another
>>>aging satellite.
>>>(Reuters 07:08 PM ET 09/30/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=870147&m=100623f7b573800010789a&s=rb030930
>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:19:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>The Air Force said it plans to award LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. three
>>>>new satellite-launching contracts around Oct. 1 -- deals
>>>>off-limits to rival BOEING CO. The Air Force on July 22 shifted
>>>>seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and suspended it
>>>>from vying for the coming three, worth a combined total of
>>>>about $1 billion. The service banned Boeing's rocket units from
>>>>bidding after finding that it broke federal law by obtaining
>>>>secret Lockheed documents to win a $1.5 billion launch contract
>>>>in 1998. The Air Force's No. 2 official, Undersecretary Peter
>>>>Teets, on Sept. 4 said Boeing's rocket units' suspension
>>>>"absolutely" must be lifted in time for it to compete for the
>>>>next round of as many as 20 launches.
>>>>(Reuters 03:41 PM ET 09/12/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863909&m=100623f624aab05020821a&s=rb030912
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>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>BOEING CO. is disciplining six employees after the aerospace and
>>>>defense company determined they were involved in acquiring
>>>>proprietary LOCKHEED MARTIN documents, The Wall Street Journal
>>>>said on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Air
>>>>Force in July suspended Boeing from competing for several launch
>>>>contracts over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of Lockheed
>>>>documents during a 1998 contract competition. The head of
>>>>Boeing's Delta IV military rocket program was removed from the
>>>>project, though none of the six employees were fired, said the
>>>>Journal. A Boeing spokesman confirmed the company's
>>>>investigation has resulted in "certain internal
>>>>administrative-personnel actions," and declined to give further
>>>>comment.
>>>>(Reuters 05:44 AM ET 09/12/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863641&m=100623f624aab05020821a&s=rb030912
>>>>
>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>BOEING CO. said penalties imposed by the U.S. Air Force for
>>>>improperly obtaining documents from rival Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>would not result in financial charges. The Air Force in July
>>>>shifted seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and
>>>>suspended it from competing for three others, worth a combined
>>>>$1 billion or so, over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of
>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract competition. "We
>>>>think we are fully reserved for that," said Jim Albaugh, head
>>>>of Boeing's military and space unit, in a presentation to
>>>>investors monitored via Web cast. "We don't see any financial
>>>>impact as a result of losing the launches."
>>>>(Reuters 01:15 PM ET 09/11/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863352&m=100623f60fa4100020480a&s=rb030911
>>>>
>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 17:21:36 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>
>>>>>U.S. Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets said that he hopes to
>>>>>decide by October whether to let BOEING CO. resume bidding for
>>>>>spy satellite launches after being suspended for obtaining
>>>>>documents of rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. "It is a necessity
>>>>>that we have two providers ... that are involved in healthy
>>>>>businesses," he told reporters. "We need those companies to
>>>>>succeed in what they're doing." Teets said that in the next six
>>>>>weeks or so, the Pentagon planned to outline its blueprint for
>>>>>acquiring more satellite launch vehicles and would likely
>>>>>divide the work, rather than issue a winner-take-all contract.
>>>>>He said the actual request for proposals would likely go out at
>>>>>the end of the year or January 2004.
>>>>>(Reuters 12:03 PM ET 09/04/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=861041&m=100623f57bf3800020511a&s=rb030904
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 03:46:46 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>BOEING CO., in an exception to a U.S. government sanction, has
>>>>>>won a $56.7 million Air Force contract extending its Delta II
>>>>>>rocket launch program, the Defense Department said Friday. The
>>>>>>Air Force Delta II vehicle launches satellites for the Global
>>>>>>Positioning System, a U.S. military-developed system that
>>>>>>provides accurate locations worldwide. The next launch was
>>>>>>scheduled for October, the Pentagon said. The new contract
>>>>>>extends the existing Boeing Delta II launch arrangement for
>>>>>>fiscal 2004, which begins Oct. 1, it added in a contract
>>>>>>announcement. "This award required an exception to the existing
>>>>>>suspension of three Boeing business units," the Pentagon said
>>>>>>without specifying why an exception was made.
>>>>>>(Reuters 05:52 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859486&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
>>>>>>
>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>A Delta 4 rocket built by BOEING CO. and carrying a U.S. Defense
>>>>>>Department satellite successfully launched from the Cape
>>>>>>Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday. This was the third
>>>>>>launch for the Delta 4 series, one of two new-generation
>>>>>>rockets -- along with Lockheed Martin's Atlas 5 -- designed
>>>>>>under a U.S. Air Force contract to be stronger, more reliable
>>>>>>and more cost-effective. The DSCS-3 satellite, pronounced
>>>>>>"discus three" and standing for third generation Defense
>>>>>>Satellite Communications System, was the 15th of its class
>>>>>>launched since 1982. It was headed for a geo-stationary orbit
>>>>>>22,300 miles (35,890 km) above the equator.
>>>>>>(Reuters 07:34 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859511&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
>>>>>>
>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:01:18 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Boeing Co (BA) (35.68 +0.74)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>BOEING CO., banned last month from launching government
>>>>>>>satellites for illegally acquiring a competitor's documents,
>>>>>>>will try to convince the U.S. Air Force next week that the
>>>>>>>company's ethics policies and training will prevent future
>>>>>>>breaches. The company said on Thursday it will seek to persuade
>>>>>>>the U.S. Air Force to reinstate three business units as
>>>>>>>government contractors in a formal response next Monday. "We're
>>>>>>>going to demonstrate to the Air Force that Boeing is a presently
>>>>>>>responsible contractor, and that we've got appropriate ethics
>>>>>>>policies, procedures and training in place to prevent something
>>>>>>>like this from happening again," said Boeing spokesman Dan Beck.
>>>>>>>(Reuters 06:52 PM ET 08/21/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=857182&m=100623f469bac00019978a&s=rb030821
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 23:30:48 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. said it has postponed the launch of a Delta IV rocket
>>>>>>>>lifting a defense satellite into space from Cape Canaveral,
>>>>>>>>Fla., due to a technical problem with an antenna and no new
>>>>>>>>launch date has been set. Tuesday was the last day under which
>>>>>>>>Boeing could launch the satellite -- a Defense Satellite
>>>>>>>>Communications System spacecraft, DSCS III B6 -- under the Air
>>>>>>>>Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, said Boeing
>>>>>>>>spokesman Robert Villanueva. The award was part of the original
>>>>>>>>group of launches awarded to Boeing under the EELV program,
>>>>>>>>which is now the subject of investigations and lawsuits. Boeing
>>>>>>>>recently announced its intentions to shift its focus on the
>>>>>>>>Delta IV completely away from dwindling commercial customers
>>>>>>>>and into the defense market.
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:31 PM ET 08/04/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=850698&m=100623f2ee04b00019712a&s=rb030804
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>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:57:40 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force announced that it would shift rocket launch
>>>>>>>>>contracts valued at about $1 billion from BOEING CO. to its
>>>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. for acquiring around 25,000
>>>>>>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract. Air Force
>>>>>>>>>Undersecretary Peter Teets said Boeing would lose seven
>>>>>>>>>contracts it won in 1998, as well as three launches to be
>>>>>>>>>awarded in the next weeks. In addition, three business units of
>>>>>>>>>Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and three of its former
>>>>>>>>>employees would also be suspended from future government work
>>>>>>>>>until corrective action was taken, Teets told a news
>>>>>>>>>conference. He said the company could be reinstated within 60
>>>>>>>>>to 90 days, in time for the company to bid for 15 to 20
>>>>>>>>>launches to be awarded late this year.
>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:55 PM ET 07/24/2003)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=846350&m=100623f205f1305019257a&s=rb030724
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:53:58 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force will recommend that BOEING CO. lose six
>>>>>>>>>>Pentagon contracts worth several hundred million dollars for
>>>>>>>>>>acquiring a competitor's documents as the two battled for a $2
>>>>>>>>>>billion rocket deal in the 1990s, defense officials said.
>>>>>>>>>>Boeing would stand to lose more future contracts under the
>>>>>>>>>>proposed sanctions Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets will
>>>>>>>>>>present later to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is
>>>>>>>>>>expected to make a final decision this week, said the
>>>>>>>>>>officials, who asked not to be named. Rumsfeld could also
>>>>>>>>>>decide to suspend or bar Chicago-based Boeing's rocket unit
>>>>>>>>>>from new contracts for up to a year. A federal grand jury has
>>>>>>>>>>indicted two former Boeing engineers on charges of conspiracy
>>>>>>>>>>for obtaining thousands of pages of proprietary documents from
>>>>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. papers during a 1998 competition in
>>>>>>>>>>which Boeing's Delta IV rocket beat out Lockheed's Atlas V.
>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 01:39 PM ET 07/23/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=845156&m=100623f1f146a00019368a&s=rb030723
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:45:29 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. on Monday warned that excessive sanctions for its
>>>>>>>>>>>alleged misuse of a competitor's documents could force it to
>>>>>>>>>>>completely scrap its Delta IV rocket, jeopardizing the
>>>>>>>>>>>government's goal of having at least two companies launching
>>>>>>>>>>>military satellites. Boeing last week pulled the Delta IV out
>>>>>>>>>>>of the money-losing commercial satellite market, leaving only
>>>>>>>>>>>the government market to keep the program in the black. On
>>>>>>>>>>>Monday, the company's space and defense boss, Jim Albaugh, told
>>>>>>>>>>>a small group of reporters Boeing could pull out of the Delta IV
>>>>>>>>>>>program entirely if it fails to turn a profit. "I don't know
>>>>>>>>>>>what remedies they are going to take," Albaugh told a small
>>>>>>>>>>>group of reporters. "There is a real probability that we could
>>>>>>>>>>>lose some launches."
>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 06:34 PM ET 07/21/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843760&m=100623f1dbbfc05019231a&s=rb030721
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:37:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Two former BOEING CO. engineers have been indicted by a grand
>>>>>>>>>>>>jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with allegations
>>>>>>>>>>>>that Boeing used documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to
>>>>>>>>>>>>win a $1.88 billion U.S. Air Force contract. The U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Attorney's office said the two men, named as Kenneth Branch and
>>>>>>>>>>>>William Erskine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los
>>>>>>>>>>>>Angeles late on Thursday. Both men are charged with one count
>>>>>>>>>>>>of conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets and are
>>>>>>>>>>>>expected to be arraigned early next month. The charges arise
>>>>>>>>>>>>from an alleged conspiracy to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>>>>>>>>>>Martin in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>multi-billion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing has said the managers in question acted alone and have
>>>>>>>>>>>>since been fired.
>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 PM ET 07/18/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843096&m=100623f1876aa05019120a&s=rb030718
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:54:25 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
>>>>>>>>>>>>>billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
>>>>>>>>>>>>>two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
>>>>>>>>>>>>>from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
>>>>>>>>>>>>>contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>review of the company's handling of competitive information to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
>>>>>>>>>>>>>contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=842086&m=100623f17281d05019169a&s=rb030717
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sources cited by The Journal said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833285&m=100623efa235200020805a&s=rb030625
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>--<space>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Larry Dighera,

[Larry Dighera]

A Los Angeles jury has rejected claims of a former scientist at
BOEING CO. that he was fired for reporting that a company
executive possessed documents belonging to rival Lockheed
Martin Corp., the scientist's lawyer said. Attorney Megan
Wagner, who represented former Boeing employee Krishnan
Raghavan, said she would appeal the unanimous verdict reached
by the Superior Court jury on Wednesday following a 6-week
trial. Boeing last year fired two employees and disciplined a
third amid two federal probes over the stolen documents, which
also led the U.S. Air Force to shift at least $1 billion worth
of rocket launches from Boeing to Lockheed. A Boeing spokesman
did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
Raghavan, 51, was laid off in August 2001 after 13 years at the
company. Boeing argued the move was driven by economic reasons.
(Reuters 02:53 PM ET 02/19/2004)

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On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 14:50:42 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote in Message-Id: >:

>The cost to the U.S. government of BOEING CO.'s illegal use of
>documents belonging to rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. is about
>$223 million, a senior U.S. defense official said. The cost
>resulted from switching some of its satellite launch business
>from Boeing to Lockheed, the official told reporters at a
>briefing on the Air Force space budget. Justice Department
>lawyers are expected to seek civil damages from Boeing, which
>could top $660 million under federal false-claims laws that
>allow triple damages. "Two hundred twenty three million is
>probably the cost to the government of the Procurement
>Integrity Act violation," the official said on Friday. His
>remarks were embargoed until the White House presented its
>budget to Congress on Monday.
>(Reuters 11:06 AM ET 02/02/2004)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=918022&m=10062401ee16605024673a&s=rb040202
>
>================================================== ==============
>
>On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:31:39 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>
>>
>>The United States will seek civil damages from BOEING CO. to
>>cover the cost of switching satellite launch providers amid the
>>company's alleged theft of a rival's documents to win a military
>>contract, The Wall Street Journal said. The newspaper, citing
>>people familiar with the government's strategy, said the
>>Chicago-based aerospace company could face civil claims of
>>least $170 million -- much of the cost of shifting certain
>>launches to LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. -- the competitor from whom
>>the documents were taken, according to some internal Pentagon
>>estimates, it said. In May, the U.S. Justice Department said it
>>launched a criminal and civil investigation into whether Boeing
>>gathered sensitive documents of Lockheed in the late 1990s
>>while bidding to make the rockets used to launch U.S.
>>government satellites.
>>(Reuters 03:37 AM ET 12/18/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=902435&m=100623fe23dd000023306a&s=rb031218
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>Boeing Co (BA) (41.35 +0.49)
>>
>>BOEING CO. released the first phase of an ethics review by former
>>U.S. Sen. Warren Rudman finding no fundamental flaws or systemic
>>failure at the world's largest aerospace company. The Boeing
>>board of directors requested the Rudman review last July. It
>>followed news of a federal investigation of charges that two
>>former Boeing managers conspired to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>Martin Corp. in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>multibillion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle rocket
>>program. The report is dated Nov. 3, before the unexpected
>>firing of former CFO Mike Sears over hiring discussions with an
>>Air Force official who was still working on Boeing business. A
>>separate review of hiring practices spawned by that event, in
>>which missile defense executive Darleen Druyun was also
>>dismissed, is still ongoing and will be released in Q1 2004,
>>Boeing said.
>>(Reuters 01:25 PM ET 12/18/2003)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=902717&m=100623fe23dd000023306a&s=rb031218
>>
>>================================================== ==============
>>
>>On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:18:19 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>BOEING CO. said it dismissed its CFO for unethical conduct in the
>>>aerospace company's hiring of a senior Air Force procurement
>>>official. Boeing said CFO Michael Sears was dismissed for
>>>violating company policies by communicating with Darleen Druyun
>>>about future employment even though she had not disqualified
>>>herself from acting in official government capacity on matters
>>>involving Boeing. The company also fired Druyun, who was on the
>>>job less than a year. "Compelling evidence of this misconduct by
>>>Mr. Sears and Ms. Druyun came to light over the last 2 weeks,"
>>>Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit said in a statement. Condit
>>>and Sears, who was a member of the four-person Office of the
>>>Chairman, worked together closely at Boeing's Chicago
>>>headquarters. Sears was said to have greater influence and
>>>responsibility than the typical CFO.
>>>(Reuters 02:50 PM ET 11/24/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=893897&m=100623fc295dd00022863a&s=rb031124
>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>With one big misstep, BOEING CO. CFO Mike Sears threw away a
>>>bright future at the world's largest aerospace company and
>>>reopened a debate over who will succeed Chief Executive Phil
>>>Condit. Condit's potential successors are now led by Alan
>>>Mulally, 58, who was praised for guiding Boeing's Seattle-based
>>>commercial jet unit through an unprecedented airline slump after
>>>the airplane hijackings of Sept. 11, 2001. Mulally's unit is
>>>producing operating profits even as jet deliveries have
>>>crumbled to a projected 280 in 2003 from 527 in 2001 and 40,000
>>>jobs have been cut from a payroll of 93,000. At 53, military and
>>>space boss Jim Albaugh is younger than Mulally, but his business
>>>unit has struggled to overcome satellite production problems and
>>>slumping demand for commercial launches.
>>>(Reuters 04:40 PM ET 11/24/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=893952&m=100623fc295dd00022863a&s=rb031124
>>>
>>>================================================== ==============
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:00:20 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday said it granted BOEING CO. an
>>>>exception to U.S. government sanctions to award it a contract
>>>>for one Delta IV rocket to launch a spy satellite into space in
>>>>2005. But Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets stressed that he
>>>>had not removed the Chicago-based company from its suspension
>>>>from rocket launches, and urged the company to continue taking
>>>>measures to prevent further problems. The Air Force on July 24
>>>>suspended three Boeing units from obtaining government
>>>>satellite launch contracts after finding it broke federal law
>>>>by obtaining over 25,000 documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>Corp. during bidding for the initial EELV contract, valued at
>>>>nearly $2 billion. The move had been widely expected, since
>>>>Lockheed currently has no capacity to launch rockets from the
>>>>West Coast and could not build such a facility in time to
>>>>launch the classified satellite, which will replace another
>>>>aging satellite.
>>>>(Reuters 07:08 PM ET 09/30/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=870147&m=100623f7b573800010789a&s=rb030930
>>>>
>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:19:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The Air Force said it plans to award LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. three
>>>>>new satellite-launching contracts around Oct. 1 -- deals
>>>>>off-limits to rival BOEING CO. The Air Force on July 22 shifted
>>>>>seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and suspended it
>>>>>from vying for the coming three, worth a combined total of
>>>>>about $1 billion. The service banned Boeing's rocket units from
>>>>>bidding after finding that it broke federal law by obtaining
>>>>>secret Lockheed documents to win a $1.5 billion launch contract
>>>>>in 1998. The Air Force's No. 2 official, Undersecretary Peter
>>>>>Teets, on Sept. 4 said Boeing's rocket units' suspension
>>>>>"absolutely" must be lifted in time for it to compete for the
>>>>>next round of as many as 20 launches.
>>>>>(Reuters 03:41 PM ET 09/12/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863909&m=100623f624aab05020821a&s=rb030912
>>>>>
>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>BOEING CO. is disciplining six employees after the aerospace and
>>>>>defense company determined they were involved in acquiring
>>>>>proprietary LOCKHEED MARTIN documents, The Wall Street Journal
>>>>>said on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Air
>>>>>Force in July suspended Boeing from competing for several launch
>>>>>contracts over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of Lockheed
>>>>>documents during a 1998 contract competition. The head of
>>>>>Boeing's Delta IV military rocket program was removed from the
>>>>>project, though none of the six employees were fired, said the
>>>>>Journal. A Boeing spokesman confirmed the company's
>>>>>investigation has resulted in "certain internal
>>>>>administrative-personnel actions," and declined to give further
>>>>>comment.
>>>>>(Reuters 05:44 AM ET 09/12/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863641&m=100623f624aab05020821a&s=rb030912
>>>>>
>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>BOEING CO. said penalties imposed by the U.S. Air Force for
>>>>>improperly obtaining documents from rival Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>would not result in financial charges. The Air Force in July
>>>>>shifted seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and
>>>>>suspended it from competing for three others, worth a combined
>>>>>$1 billion or so, over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of
>>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract competition. "We
>>>>>think we are fully reserved for that," said Jim Albaugh, head
>>>>>of Boeing's military and space unit, in a presentation to
>>>>>investors monitored via Web cast. "We don't see any financial
>>>>>impact as a result of losing the launches."
>>>>>(Reuters 01:15 PM ET 09/11/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863352&m=100623f60fa4100020480a&s=rb030911
>>>>>
>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 17:21:36 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>
>>>>>>U.S. Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets said that he hopes to
>>>>>>decide by October whether to let BOEING CO. resume bidding for
>>>>>>spy satellite launches after being suspended for obtaining
>>>>>>documents of rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. "It is a necessity
>>>>>>that we have two providers ... that are involved in healthy
>>>>>>businesses," he told reporters. "We need those companies to
>>>>>>succeed in what they're doing." Teets said that in the next six
>>>>>>weeks or so, the Pentagon planned to outline its blueprint for
>>>>>>acquiring more satellite launch vehicles and would likely
>>>>>>divide the work, rather than issue a winner-take-all contract.
>>>>>>He said the actual request for proposals would likely go out at
>>>>>>the end of the year or January 2004.
>>>>>>(Reuters 12:03 PM ET 09/04/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=861041&m=100623f57bf3800020511a&s=rb030904
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 03:46:46 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>BOEING CO., in an exception to a U.S. government sanction, has
>>>>>>>won a $56.7 million Air Force contract extending its Delta II
>>>>>>>rocket launch program, the Defense Department said Friday. The
>>>>>>>Air Force Delta II vehicle launches satellites for the Global
>>>>>>>Positioning System, a U.S. military-developed system that
>>>>>>>provides accurate locations worldwide. The next launch was
>>>>>>>scheduled for October, the Pentagon said. The new contract
>>>>>>>extends the existing Boeing Delta II launch arrangement for
>>>>>>>fiscal 2004, which begins Oct. 1, it added in a contract
>>>>>>>announcement. "This award required an exception to the existing
>>>>>>>suspension of three Boeing business units," the Pentagon said
>>>>>>>without specifying why an exception was made.
>>>>>>>(Reuters 05:52 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859486&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>A Delta 4 rocket built by BOEING CO. and carrying a U.S. Defense
>>>>>>>Department satellite successfully launched from the Cape
>>>>>>>Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday. This was the third
>>>>>>>launch for the Delta 4 series, one of two new-generation
>>>>>>>rockets -- along with Lockheed Martin's Atlas 5 -- designed
>>>>>>>under a U.S. Air Force contract to be stronger, more reliable
>>>>>>>and more cost-effective. The DSCS-3 satellite, pronounced
>>>>>>>"discus three" and standing for third generation Defense
>>>>>>>Satellite Communications System, was the 15th of its class
>>>>>>>launched since 1982. It was headed for a geo-stationary orbit
>>>>>>>22,300 miles (35,890 km) above the equator.
>>>>>>>(Reuters 07:34 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859511&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:01:18 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Boeing Co (BA) (35.68 +0.74)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., banned last month from launching government
>>>>>>>>satellites for illegally acquiring a competitor's documents,
>>>>>>>>will try to convince the U.S. Air Force next week that the
>>>>>>>>company's ethics policies and training will prevent future
>>>>>>>>breaches. The company said on Thursday it will seek to persuade
>>>>>>>>the U.S. Air Force to reinstate three business units as
>>>>>>>>government contractors in a formal response next Monday. "We're
>>>>>>>>going to demonstrate to the Air Force that Boeing is a presently
>>>>>>>>responsible contractor, and that we've got appropriate ethics
>>>>>>>>policies, procedures and training in place to prevent something
>>>>>>>>like this from happening again," said Boeing spokesman Dan Beck.
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 06:52 PM ET 08/21/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=857182&m=100623f469bac00019978a&s=rb030821
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 23:30:48 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. said it has postponed the launch of a Delta IV rocket
>>>>>>>>>lifting a defense satellite into space from Cape Canaveral,
>>>>>>>>>Fla., due to a technical problem with an antenna and no new
>>>>>>>>>launch date has been set. Tuesday was the last day under which
>>>>>>>>>Boeing could launch the satellite -- a Defense Satellite
>>>>>>>>>Communications System spacecraft, DSCS III B6 -- under the Air
>>>>>>>>>Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, said Boeing
>>>>>>>>>spokesman Robert Villanueva. The award was part of the original
>>>>>>>>>group of launches awarded to Boeing under the EELV program,
>>>>>>>>>which is now the subject of investigations and lawsuits. Boeing
>>>>>>>>>recently announced its intentions to shift its focus on the
>>>>>>>>>Delta IV completely away from dwindling commercial customers
>>>>>>>>>and into the defense market.
>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:31 PM ET 08/04/2003)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=850698&m=100623f2ee04b00019712a&s=rb030804
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:57:40 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force announced that it would shift rocket launch
>>>>>>>>>>contracts valued at about $1 billion from BOEING CO. to its
>>>>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. for acquiring around 25,000
>>>>>>>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract. Air Force
>>>>>>>>>>Undersecretary Peter Teets said Boeing would lose seven
>>>>>>>>>>contracts it won in 1998, as well as three launches to be
>>>>>>>>>>awarded in the next weeks. In addition, three business units of
>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and three of its former
>>>>>>>>>>employees would also be suspended from future government work
>>>>>>>>>>until corrective action was taken, Teets told a news
>>>>>>>>>>conference. He said the company could be reinstated within 60
>>>>>>>>>>to 90 days, in time for the company to bid for 15 to 20
>>>>>>>>>>launches to be awarded late this year.
>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:55 PM ET 07/24/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=846350&m=100623f205f1305019257a&s=rb030724
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:53:58 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force will recommend that BOEING CO. lose six
>>>>>>>>>>>Pentagon contracts worth several hundred million dollars for
>>>>>>>>>>>acquiring a competitor's documents as the two battled for a $2
>>>>>>>>>>>billion rocket deal in the 1990s, defense officials said.
>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing would stand to lose more future contracts under the
>>>>>>>>>>>proposed sanctions Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets will
>>>>>>>>>>>present later to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is
>>>>>>>>>>>expected to make a final decision this week, said the
>>>>>>>>>>>officials, who asked not to be named. Rumsfeld could also
>>>>>>>>>>>decide to suspend or bar Chicago-based Boeing's rocket unit
>>>>>>>>>>>from new contracts for up to a year. A federal grand jury has
>>>>>>>>>>>indicted two former Boeing engineers on charges of conspiracy
>>>>>>>>>>>for obtaining thousands of pages of proprietary documents from
>>>>>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. papers during a 1998 competition in
>>>>>>>>>>>which Boeing's Delta IV rocket beat out Lockheed's Atlas V.
>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 01:39 PM ET 07/23/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=845156&m=100623f1f146a00019368a&s=rb030723
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:45:29 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. on Monday warned that excessive sanctions for its
>>>>>>>>>>>>alleged misuse of a competitor's documents could force it to
>>>>>>>>>>>>completely scrap its Delta IV rocket, jeopardizing the
>>>>>>>>>>>>government's goal of having at least two companies launching
>>>>>>>>>>>>military satellites. Boeing last week pulled the Delta IV out
>>>>>>>>>>>>of the money-losing commercial satellite market, leaving only
>>>>>>>>>>>>the government market to keep the program in the black. On
>>>>>>>>>>>>Monday, the company's space and defense boss, Jim Albaugh, told
>>>>>>>>>>>>a small group of reporters Boeing could pull out of the Delta IV
>>>>>>>>>>>>program entirely if it fails to turn a profit. "I don't know
>>>>>>>>>>>>what remedies they are going to take," Albaugh told a small
>>>>>>>>>>>>group of reporters. "There is a real probability that we could
>>>>>>>>>>>>lose some launches."
>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 06:34 PM ET 07/21/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843760&m=100623f1dbbfc05019231a&s=rb030721
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:37:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Two former BOEING CO. engineers have been indicted by a grand
>>>>>>>>>>>>>jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with allegations
>>>>>>>>>>>>>that Boeing used documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>win a $1.88 billion U.S. Air Force contract. The U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Attorney's office said the two men, named as Kenneth Branch and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>William Erskine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Angeles late on Thursday. Both men are charged with one count
>>>>>>>>>>>>>of conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets and are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>expected to be arraigned early next month. The charges arise
>>>>>>>>>>>>>from an alleged conspiracy to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Martin in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>multi-billion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing has said the managers in question acted alone and have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>since been fired.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 PM ET 07/18/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843096&m=100623f1876aa05019120a&s=rb030718
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:54:25 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>review of the company's handling of competitive information to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=842086&m=100623f17281d05019169a&s=rb030717
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sources cited by The Journal said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833285&m=100623efa235200020805a&s=rb030625
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>--<space>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Larry Dighera,

[Larry Dighera]

The U.S. Air Force will reinstate the good standing of BOEING
CO., allowing the company's rocket units to resume bidding on
government projects, The Wall Street Journal said. After being
punished last year for illegally acquiring a competitor's
documents during bidding in a major rocket competition, Boeing
executives and Air Force officials are putting the final
touches on an accord that would designate Boeing as a
"presently responsible" contractor, the Journal said. Under the
agreement, Boeing will pay the Air Force costs relating to the
investigation and put in place ethics programs while giving the
Pentagon regular updates on compliance. The Journal said
payments Boeing may make will not exceed several million
dollars, but added that a final accord has not been reached
yet. The settlement also will not resolve U.S. Justice
Department criminal and civil probes, the Journal said.
(Reuters 02:11 AM ET 04/05/2004)

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On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 10:05:00 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote in Message-Id: >:

>A Los Angeles jury has rejected claims of a former scientist at
>BOEING CO. that he was fired for reporting that a company
>executive possessed documents belonging to rival Lockheed
>Martin Corp., the scientist's lawyer said. Attorney Megan
>Wagner, who represented former Boeing employee Krishnan
>Raghavan, said she would appeal the unanimous verdict reached
>by the Superior Court jury on Wednesday following a 6-week
>trial. Boeing last year fired two employees and disciplined a
>third amid two federal probes over the stolen documents, which
>also led the U.S. Air Force to shift at least $1 billion worth
>of rocket launches from Boeing to Lockheed. A Boeing spokesman
>did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
>Raghavan, 51, was laid off in August 2001 after 13 years at the
>company. Boeing argued the move was driven by economic reasons.
>(Reuters 02:53 PM ET 02/19/2004)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=926465&m=100624035480205024662a&s=rb040219
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>---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 14:50:42 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>
>>The cost to the U.S. government of BOEING CO.'s illegal use of
>>documents belonging to rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. is about
>>$223 million, a senior U.S. defense official said. The cost
>>resulted from switching some of its satellite launch business
>>from Boeing to Lockheed, the official told reporters at a
>>briefing on the Air Force space budget. Justice Department
>>lawyers are expected to seek civil damages from Boeing, which
>>could top $660 million under federal false-claims laws that
>>allow triple damages. "Two hundred twenty three million is
>>probably the cost to the government of the Procurement
>>Integrity Act violation," the official said on Friday. His
>>remarks were embargoed until the White House presented its
>>budget to Congress on Monday.
>>(Reuters 11:06 AM ET 02/02/2004)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=918022&m=10062401ee16605024673a&s=rb040202
>>
>>================================================== ==============
>>
>>On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:31:39 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>
>>>The United States will seek civil damages from BOEING CO. to
>>>cover the cost of switching satellite launch providers amid the
>>>company's alleged theft of a rival's documents to win a military
>>>contract, The Wall Street Journal said. The newspaper, citing
>>>people familiar with the government's strategy, said the
>>>Chicago-based aerospace company could face civil claims of
>>>least $170 million -- much of the cost of shifting certain
>>>launches to LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. -- the competitor from whom
>>>the documents were taken, according to some internal Pentagon
>>>estimates, it said. In May, the U.S. Justice Department said it
>>>launched a criminal and civil investigation into whether Boeing
>>>gathered sensitive documents of Lockheed in the late 1990s
>>>while bidding to make the rockets used to launch U.S.
>>>government satellites.
>>>(Reuters 03:37 AM ET 12/18/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=902435&m=100623fe23dd000023306a&s=rb031218
>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>Boeing Co (BA) (41.35 +0.49)
>>>
>>>BOEING CO. released the first phase of an ethics review by former
>>>U.S. Sen. Warren Rudman finding no fundamental flaws or systemic
>>>failure at the world's largest aerospace company. The Boeing
>>>board of directors requested the Rudman review last July. It
>>>followed news of a federal investigation of charges that two
>>>former Boeing managers conspired to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>Martin Corp. in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>multibillion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle rocket
>>>program. The report is dated Nov. 3, before the unexpected
>>>firing of former CFO Mike Sears over hiring discussions with an
>>>Air Force official who was still working on Boeing business. A
>>>separate review of hiring practices spawned by that event, in
>>>which missile defense executive Darleen Druyun was also
>>>dismissed, is still ongoing and will be released in Q1 2004,
>>>Boeing said.
>>>(Reuters 01:25 PM ET 12/18/2003)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=902717&m=100623fe23dd000023306a&s=rb031218
>>>
>>>================================================== ==============
>>>
>>>On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:18:19 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>
>>>>BOEING CO. said it dismissed its CFO for unethical conduct in the
>>>>aerospace company's hiring of a senior Air Force procurement
>>>>official. Boeing said CFO Michael Sears was dismissed for
>>>>violating company policies by communicating with Darleen Druyun
>>>>about future employment even though she had not disqualified
>>>>herself from acting in official government capacity on matters
>>>>involving Boeing. The company also fired Druyun, who was on the
>>>>job less than a year. "Compelling evidence of this misconduct by
>>>>Mr. Sears and Ms. Druyun came to light over the last 2 weeks,"
>>>>Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit said in a statement. Condit
>>>>and Sears, who was a member of the four-person Office of the
>>>>Chairman, worked together closely at Boeing's Chicago
>>>>headquarters. Sears was said to have greater influence and
>>>>responsibility than the typical CFO.
>>>>(Reuters 02:50 PM ET 11/24/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=893897&m=100623fc295dd00022863a&s=rb031124
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>>>>With one big misstep, BOEING CO. CFO Mike Sears threw away a
>>>>bright future at the world's largest aerospace company and
>>>>reopened a debate over who will succeed Chief Executive Phil
>>>>Condit. Condit's potential successors are now led by Alan
>>>>Mulally, 58, who was praised for guiding Boeing's Seattle-based
>>>>commercial jet unit through an unprecedented airline slump after
>>>>the airplane hijackings of Sept. 11, 2001. Mulally's unit is
>>>>producing operating profits even as jet deliveries have
>>>>crumbled to a projected 280 in 2003 from 527 in 2001 and 40,000
>>>>jobs have been cut from a payroll of 93,000. At 53, military and
>>>>space boss Jim Albaugh is younger than Mulally, but his business
>>>>unit has struggled to overcome satellite production problems and
>>>>slumping demand for commercial launches.
>>>>(Reuters 04:40 PM ET 11/24/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=893952&m=100623fc295dd00022863a&s=rb031124
>>>>
>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:00:20 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday said it granted BOEING CO. an
>>>>>exception to U.S. government sanctions to award it a contract
>>>>>for one Delta IV rocket to launch a spy satellite into space in
>>>>>2005. But Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets stressed that he
>>>>>had not removed the Chicago-based company from its suspension
>>>>>from rocket launches, and urged the company to continue taking
>>>>>measures to prevent further problems. The Air Force on July 24
>>>>>suspended three Boeing units from obtaining government
>>>>>satellite launch contracts after finding it broke federal law
>>>>>by obtaining over 25,000 documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>Corp. during bidding for the initial EELV contract, valued at
>>>>>nearly $2 billion. The move had been widely expected, since
>>>>>Lockheed currently has no capacity to launch rockets from the
>>>>>West Coast and could not build such a facility in time to
>>>>>launch the classified satellite, which will replace another
>>>>>aging satellite.
>>>>>(Reuters 07:08 PM ET 09/30/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=870147&m=100623f7b573800010789a&s=rb030930
>>>>>
>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:19:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The Air Force said it plans to award LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. three
>>>>>>new satellite-launching contracts around Oct. 1 -- deals
>>>>>>off-limits to rival BOEING CO. The Air Force on July 22 shifted
>>>>>>seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and suspended it
>>>>>>from vying for the coming three, worth a combined total of
>>>>>>about $1 billion. The service banned Boeing's rocket units from
>>>>>>bidding after finding that it broke federal law by obtaining
>>>>>>secret Lockheed documents to win a $1.5 billion launch contract
>>>>>>in 1998. The Air Force's No. 2 official, Undersecretary Peter
>>>>>>Teets, on Sept. 4 said Boeing's rocket units' suspension
>>>>>>"absolutely" must be lifted in time for it to compete for the
>>>>>>next round of as many as 20 launches.
>>>>>>(Reuters 03:41 PM ET 09/12/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>BOEING CO. is disciplining six employees after the aerospace and
>>>>>>defense company determined they were involved in acquiring
>>>>>>proprietary LOCKHEED MARTIN documents, The Wall Street Journal
>>>>>>said on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Air
>>>>>>Force in July suspended Boeing from competing for several launch
>>>>>>contracts over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of Lockheed
>>>>>>documents during a 1998 contract competition. The head of
>>>>>>Boeing's Delta IV military rocket program was removed from the
>>>>>>project, though none of the six employees were fired, said the
>>>>>>Journal. A Boeing spokesman confirmed the company's
>>>>>>investigation has resulted in "certain internal
>>>>>>administrative-personnel actions," and declined to give further
>>>>>>comment.
>>>>>>(Reuters 05:44 AM ET 09/12/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>BOEING CO. said penalties imposed by the U.S. Air Force for
>>>>>>improperly obtaining documents from rival Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>would not result in financial charges. The Air Force in July
>>>>>>shifted seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and
>>>>>>suspended it from competing for three others, worth a combined
>>>>>>$1 billion or so, over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of
>>>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract competition. "We
>>>>>>think we are fully reserved for that," said Jim Albaugh, head
>>>>>>of Boeing's military and space unit, in a presentation to
>>>>>>investors monitored via Web cast. "We don't see any financial
>>>>>>impact as a result of losing the launches."
>>>>>>(Reuters 01:15 PM ET 09/11/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863352&m=100623f60fa4100020480a&s=rb030911
>>>>>>
>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 17:21:36 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>U.S. Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets said that he hopes to
>>>>>>>decide by October whether to let BOEING CO. resume bidding for
>>>>>>>spy satellite launches after being suspended for obtaining
>>>>>>>documents of rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. "It is a necessity
>>>>>>>that we have two providers ... that are involved in healthy
>>>>>>>businesses," he told reporters. "We need those companies to
>>>>>>>succeed in what they're doing." Teets said that in the next six
>>>>>>>weeks or so, the Pentagon planned to outline its blueprint for
>>>>>>>acquiring more satellite launch vehicles and would likely
>>>>>>>divide the work, rather than issue a winner-take-all contract.
>>>>>>>He said the actual request for proposals would likely go out at
>>>>>>>the end of the year or January 2004.
>>>>>>>(Reuters 12:03 PM ET 09/04/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=861041&m=100623f57bf3800020511a&s=rb030904
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 03:46:46 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., in an exception to a U.S. government sanction, has
>>>>>>>>won a $56.7 million Air Force contract extending its Delta II
>>>>>>>>rocket launch program, the Defense Department said Friday. The
>>>>>>>>Air Force Delta II vehicle launches satellites for the Global
>>>>>>>>Positioning System, a U.S. military-developed system that
>>>>>>>>provides accurate locations worldwide. The next launch was
>>>>>>>>scheduled for October, the Pentagon said. The new contract
>>>>>>>>extends the existing Boeing Delta II launch arrangement for
>>>>>>>>fiscal 2004, which begins Oct. 1, it added in a contract
>>>>>>>>announcement. "This award required an exception to the existing
>>>>>>>>suspension of three Boeing business units," the Pentagon said
>>>>>>>>without specifying why an exception was made.
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 05:52 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859486&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
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>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>A Delta 4 rocket built by BOEING CO. and carrying a U.S. Defense
>>>>>>>>Department satellite successfully launched from the Cape
>>>>>>>>Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday. This was the third
>>>>>>>>launch for the Delta 4 series, one of two new-generation
>>>>>>>>rockets -- along with Lockheed Martin's Atlas 5 -- designed
>>>>>>>>under a U.S. Air Force contract to be stronger, more reliable
>>>>>>>>and more cost-effective. The DSCS-3 satellite, pronounced
>>>>>>>>"discus three" and standing for third generation Defense
>>>>>>>>Satellite Communications System, was the 15th of its class
>>>>>>>>launched since 1982. It was headed for a geo-stationary orbit
>>>>>>>>22,300 miles (35,890 km) above the equator.
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 07:34 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859511&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:01:18 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Boeing Co (BA) (35.68 +0.74)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., banned last month from launching government
>>>>>>>>>satellites for illegally acquiring a competitor's documents,
>>>>>>>>>will try to convince the U.S. Air Force next week that the
>>>>>>>>>company's ethics policies and training will prevent future
>>>>>>>>>breaches. The company said on Thursday it will seek to persuade
>>>>>>>>>the U.S. Air Force to reinstate three business units as
>>>>>>>>>government contractors in a formal response next Monday. "We're
>>>>>>>>>going to demonstrate to the Air Force that Boeing is a presently
>>>>>>>>>responsible contractor, and that we've got appropriate ethics
>>>>>>>>>policies, procedures and training in place to prevent something
>>>>>>>>>like this from happening again," said Boeing spokesman Dan Beck.
>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 06:52 PM ET 08/21/2003)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=857182&m=100623f469bac00019978a&s=rb030821
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 23:30:48 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. said it has postponed the launch of a Delta IV rocket
>>>>>>>>>>lifting a defense satellite into space from Cape Canaveral,
>>>>>>>>>>Fla., due to a technical problem with an antenna and no new
>>>>>>>>>>launch date has been set. Tuesday was the last day under which
>>>>>>>>>>Boeing could launch the satellite -- a Defense Satellite
>>>>>>>>>>Communications System spacecraft, DSCS III B6 -- under the Air
>>>>>>>>>>Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, said Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>spokesman Robert Villanueva. The award was part of the original
>>>>>>>>>>group of launches awarded to Boeing under the EELV program,
>>>>>>>>>>which is now the subject of investigations and lawsuits. Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>recently announced its intentions to shift its focus on the
>>>>>>>>>>Delta IV completely away from dwindling commercial customers
>>>>>>>>>>and into the defense market.
>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:31 PM ET 08/04/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=850698&m=100623f2ee04b00019712a&s=rb030804
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:57:40 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force announced that it would shift rocket launch
>>>>>>>>>>>contracts valued at about $1 billion from BOEING CO. to its
>>>>>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. for acquiring around 25,000
>>>>>>>>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract. Air Force
>>>>>>>>>>>Undersecretary Peter Teets said Boeing would lose seven
>>>>>>>>>>>contracts it won in 1998, as well as three launches to be
>>>>>>>>>>>awarded in the next weeks. In addition, three business units of
>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and three of its former
>>>>>>>>>>>employees would also be suspended from future government work
>>>>>>>>>>>until corrective action was taken, Teets told a news
>>>>>>>>>>>conference. He said the company could be reinstated within 60
>>>>>>>>>>>to 90 days, in time for the company to bid for 15 to 20
>>>>>>>>>>>launches to be awarded late this year.
>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:55 PM ET 07/24/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=846350&m=100623f205f1305019257a&s=rb030724
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:53:58 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force will recommend that BOEING CO. lose six
>>>>>>>>>>>>Pentagon contracts worth several hundred million dollars for
>>>>>>>>>>>>acquiring a competitor's documents as the two battled for a $2
>>>>>>>>>>>>billion rocket deal in the 1990s, defense officials said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing would stand to lose more future contracts under the
>>>>>>>>>>>>proposed sanctions Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets will
>>>>>>>>>>>>present later to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is
>>>>>>>>>>>>expected to make a final decision this week, said the
>>>>>>>>>>>>officials, who asked not to be named. Rumsfeld could also
>>>>>>>>>>>>decide to suspend or bar Chicago-based Boeing's rocket unit
>>>>>>>>>>>>from new contracts for up to a year. A federal grand jury has
>>>>>>>>>>>>indicted two former Boeing engineers on charges of conspiracy
>>>>>>>>>>>>for obtaining thousands of pages of proprietary documents from
>>>>>>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. papers during a 1998 competition in
>>>>>>>>>>>>which Boeing's Delta IV rocket beat out Lockheed's Atlas V.
>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 01:39 PM ET 07/23/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=845156&m=100623f1f146a00019368a&s=rb030723
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:45:29 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. on Monday warned that excessive sanctions for its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>alleged misuse of a competitor's documents could force it to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>completely scrap its Delta IV rocket, jeopardizing the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>government's goal of having at least two companies launching
>>>>>>>>>>>>>military satellites. Boeing last week pulled the Delta IV out
>>>>>>>>>>>>>of the money-losing commercial satellite market, leaving only
>>>>>>>>>>>>>the government market to keep the program in the black. On
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Monday, the company's space and defense boss, Jim Albaugh, told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>a small group of reporters Boeing could pull out of the Delta IV
>>>>>>>>>>>>>program entirely if it fails to turn a profit. "I don't know
>>>>>>>>>>>>>what remedies they are going to take," Albaugh told a small
>>>>>>>>>>>>>group of reporters. "There is a real probability that we could
>>>>>>>>>>>>>lose some launches."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 06:34 PM ET 07/21/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843760&m=100623f1dbbfc05019231a&s=rb030721
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:37:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Two former BOEING CO. engineers have been indicted by a grand
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with allegations
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>that Boeing used documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>win a $1.88 billion U.S. Air Force contract. The U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Attorney's office said the two men, named as Kenneth Branch and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>William Erskine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Angeles late on Thursday. Both men are charged with one count
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>of conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets and are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>expected to be arraigned early next month. The charges arise
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>from an alleged conspiracy to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Martin in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>multi-billion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing has said the managers in question acted alone and have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>since been fired.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 PM ET 07/18/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843096&m=100623f1876aa05019120a&s=rb030718
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:54:25 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>review of the company's handling of competitive information to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=842086&m=100623f17281d05019169a&s=rb030717
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sources cited by The Journal said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833285&m=100623efa235200020805a&s=rb030625
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--<space>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Larry Dighera,

[Larry Dighera]

BOEING CO. on Tuesday said it has hired an independent ethics
officer who will report to the U.S. government as part of an
emerging agreement that would end sanctions banning Boeing from
bidding on billions of dollars of military rocket launch
contracts. Dan Beck, spokesman for the company, said the new
ethics officer, along with a staff of four or five, would
monitor Boeing's compliance with myriad ethics rules and alert
the Air Force about any future transgressions. He said Boeing
had also agreed in the negotiations not to ask the military to
reimburse a portion of tens of millions of dollars in Boeing
expenditures related to the ethics issues. A 4-hour session
last July alone cost the company $15 million, the Wall Street
Journal reported Tuesday.
(Reuters 05:37 PM ET 05/04/2004)

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BOEING has hired an independent ethics watchdog that will inform
the U.S. government of any future ethical breaches at the
aircraft maker, The Wall Street Journal said. The Boeing move
comes on the heels of ethics scandals at the aerospace giant
and was demanded by the Air Force as part of a larger
administrative settlement under negotiation, the Journal said,
citing people familiar with the details. In April a former top
U.S. Air Force procurement official, Darleen Druyun, pleaded
guilty to one conspiracy count for violating a
conflict-of-interest law by negotiating an eventual job at
Boeing while she was still overseeing talks for a
multibillion-dollar midair refueling tanker deal.
(Reuters 04:49 AM ET 05/04/2004)

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Apr 2004 18:21:28 GMT, Larry Dighera > wrote in
Message-Id: >:

>
>The U.S. Air Force will reinstate the good standing of BOEING
>CO., allowing the company's rocket units to resume bidding on
>government projects, The Wall Street Journal said. After being
>punished last year for illegally acquiring a competitor's
>documents during bidding in a major rocket competition, Boeing
>executives and Air Force officials are putting the final
>touches on an accord that would designate Boeing as a
>"presently responsible" contractor, the Journal said. Under the
>agreement, Boeing will pay the Air Force costs relating to the
>investigation and put in place ethics programs while giving the
>Pentagon regular updates on compliance. The Journal said
>payments Boeing may make will not exceed several million
>dollars, but added that a final accord has not been reached
>yet. The settlement also will not resolve U.S. Justice
>Department criminal and civil probes, the Journal said.
>(Reuters 02:11 AM ET 04/05/2004)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=943710&m=100624071dfb000025568a&s=rb040405
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>
>On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 10:05:00 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>
>>A Los Angeles jury has rejected claims of a former scientist at
>>BOEING CO. that he was fired for reporting that a company
>>executive possessed documents belonging to rival Lockheed
>>Martin Corp., the scientist's lawyer said. Attorney Megan
>>Wagner, who represented former Boeing employee Krishnan
>>Raghavan, said she would appeal the unanimous verdict reached
>>by the Superior Court jury on Wednesday following a 6-week
>>trial. Boeing last year fired two employees and disciplined a
>>third amid two federal probes over the stolen documents, which
>>also led the U.S. Air Force to shift at least $1 billion worth
>>of rocket launches from Boeing to Lockheed. A Boeing spokesman
>>did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
>>Raghavan, 51, was laid off in August 2001 after 13 years at the
>>company. Boeing argued the move was driven by economic reasons.
>>(Reuters 02:53 PM ET 02/19/2004)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=926465&m=100624035480205024662a&s=rb040219
>>
>>---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 14:50:42 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>The cost to the U.S. government of BOEING CO.'s illegal use of
>>>documents belonging to rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. is about
>>>$223 million, a senior U.S. defense official said. The cost
>>>resulted from switching some of its satellite launch business
>>>from Boeing to Lockheed, the official told reporters at a
>>>briefing on the Air Force space budget. Justice Department
>>>lawyers are expected to seek civil damages from Boeing, which
>>>could top $660 million under federal false-claims laws that
>>>allow triple damages. "Two hundred twenty three million is
>>>probably the cost to the government of the Procurement
>>>Integrity Act violation," the official said on Friday. His
>>>remarks were embargoed until the White House presented its
>>>budget to Congress on Monday.
>>>(Reuters 11:06 AM ET 02/02/2004)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=918022&m=10062401ee16605024673a&s=rb040202
>>>
>>>================================================== ==============
>>>
>>>On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:31:39 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>The United States will seek civil damages from BOEING CO. to
>>>>cover the cost of switching satellite launch providers amid the
>>>>company's alleged theft of a rival's documents to win a military
>>>>contract, The Wall Street Journal said. The newspaper, citing
>>>>people familiar with the government's strategy, said the
>>>>Chicago-based aerospace company could face civil claims of
>>>>least $170 million -- much of the cost of shifting certain
>>>>launches to LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. -- the competitor from whom
>>>>the documents were taken, according to some internal Pentagon
>>>>estimates, it said. In May, the U.S. Justice Department said it
>>>>launched a criminal and civil investigation into whether Boeing
>>>>gathered sensitive documents of Lockheed in the late 1990s
>>>>while bidding to make the rockets used to launch U.S.
>>>>government satellites.
>>>>(Reuters 03:37 AM ET 12/18/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=902435&m=100623fe23dd000023306a&s=rb031218
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>>>>Boeing Co (BA) (41.35 +0.49)
>>>>
>>>>BOEING CO. released the first phase of an ethics review by former
>>>>U.S. Sen. Warren Rudman finding no fundamental flaws or systemic
>>>>failure at the world's largest aerospace company. The Boeing
>>>>board of directors requested the Rudman review last July. It
>>>>followed news of a federal investigation of charges that two
>>>>former Boeing managers conspired to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>>Martin Corp. in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>>multibillion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle rocket
>>>>program. The report is dated Nov. 3, before the unexpected
>>>>firing of former CFO Mike Sears over hiring discussions with an
>>>>Air Force official who was still working on Boeing business. A
>>>>separate review of hiring practices spawned by that event, in
>>>>which missile defense executive Darleen Druyun was also
>>>>dismissed, is still ongoing and will be released in Q1 2004,
>>>>Boeing said.
>>>>(Reuters 01:25 PM ET 12/18/2003)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=902717&m=100623fe23dd000023306a&s=rb031218
>>>>
>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>
>>>>On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:18:19 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>
>>>>>BOEING CO. said it dismissed its CFO for unethical conduct in the
>>>>>aerospace company's hiring of a senior Air Force procurement
>>>>>official. Boeing said CFO Michael Sears was dismissed for
>>>>>violating company policies by communicating with Darleen Druyun
>>>>>about future employment even though she had not disqualified
>>>>>herself from acting in official government capacity on matters
>>>>>involving Boeing. The company also fired Druyun, who was on the
>>>>>job less than a year. "Compelling evidence of this misconduct by
>>>>>Mr. Sears and Ms. Druyun came to light over the last 2 weeks,"
>>>>>Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit said in a statement. Condit
>>>>>and Sears, who was a member of the four-person Office of the
>>>>>Chairman, worked together closely at Boeing's Chicago
>>>>>headquarters. Sears was said to have greater influence and
>>>>>responsibility than the typical CFO.
>>>>>(Reuters 02:50 PM ET 11/24/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=893897&m=100623fc295dd00022863a&s=rb031124
>>>>>
>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>With one big misstep, BOEING CO. CFO Mike Sears threw away a
>>>>>bright future at the world's largest aerospace company and
>>>>>reopened a debate over who will succeed Chief Executive Phil
>>>>>Condit. Condit's potential successors are now led by Alan
>>>>>Mulally, 58, who was praised for guiding Boeing's Seattle-based
>>>>>commercial jet unit through an unprecedented airline slump after
>>>>>the airplane hijackings of Sept. 11, 2001. Mulally's unit is
>>>>>producing operating profits even as jet deliveries have
>>>>>crumbled to a projected 280 in 2003 from 527 in 2001 and 40,000
>>>>>jobs have been cut from a payroll of 93,000. At 53, military and
>>>>>space boss Jim Albaugh is younger than Mulally, but his business
>>>>>unit has struggled to overcome satellite production problems and
>>>>>slumping demand for commercial launches.
>>>>>(Reuters 04:40 PM ET 11/24/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=893952&m=100623fc295dd00022863a&s=rb031124
>>>>>
>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:00:20 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday said it granted BOEING CO. an
>>>>>>exception to U.S. government sanctions to award it a contract
>>>>>>for one Delta IV rocket to launch a spy satellite into space in
>>>>>>2005. But Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets stressed that he
>>>>>>had not removed the Chicago-based company from its suspension
>>>>>>from rocket launches, and urged the company to continue taking
>>>>>>measures to prevent further problems. The Air Force on July 24
>>>>>>suspended three Boeing units from obtaining government
>>>>>>satellite launch contracts after finding it broke federal law
>>>>>>by obtaining over 25,000 documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>Corp. during bidding for the initial EELV contract, valued at
>>>>>>nearly $2 billion. The move had been widely expected, since
>>>>>>Lockheed currently has no capacity to launch rockets from the
>>>>>>West Coast and could not build such a facility in time to
>>>>>>launch the classified satellite, which will replace another
>>>>>>aging satellite.
>>>>>>(Reuters 07:08 PM ET 09/30/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=870147&m=100623f7b573800010789a&s=rb030930
>>>>>>
>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:19:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The Air Force said it plans to award LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. three
>>>>>>>new satellite-launching contracts around Oct. 1 -- deals
>>>>>>>off-limits to rival BOEING CO. The Air Force on July 22 shifted
>>>>>>>seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and suspended it
>>>>>>>from vying for the coming three, worth a combined total of
>>>>>>>about $1 billion. The service banned Boeing's rocket units from
>>>>>>>bidding after finding that it broke federal law by obtaining
>>>>>>>secret Lockheed documents to win a $1.5 billion launch contract
>>>>>>>in 1998. The Air Force's No. 2 official, Undersecretary Peter
>>>>>>>Teets, on Sept. 4 said Boeing's rocket units' suspension
>>>>>>>"absolutely" must be lifted in time for it to compete for the
>>>>>>>next round of as many as 20 launches.
>>>>>>>(Reuters 03:41 PM ET 09/12/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863909&m=100623f624aab05020821a&s=rb030912
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>BOEING CO. is disciplining six employees after the aerospace and
>>>>>>>defense company determined they were involved in acquiring
>>>>>>>proprietary LOCKHEED MARTIN documents, The Wall Street Journal
>>>>>>>said on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Air
>>>>>>>Force in July suspended Boeing from competing for several launch
>>>>>>>contracts over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of Lockheed
>>>>>>>documents during a 1998 contract competition. The head of
>>>>>>>Boeing's Delta IV military rocket program was removed from the
>>>>>>>project, though none of the six employees were fired, said the
>>>>>>>Journal. A Boeing spokesman confirmed the company's
>>>>>>>investigation has resulted in "certain internal
>>>>>>>administrative-personnel actions," and declined to give further
>>>>>>>comment.
>>>>>>>(Reuters 05:44 AM ET 09/12/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863641&m=100623f624aab05020821a&s=rb030912
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>BOEING CO. said penalties imposed by the U.S. Air Force for
>>>>>>>improperly obtaining documents from rival Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>would not result in financial charges. The Air Force in July
>>>>>>>shifted seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and
>>>>>>>suspended it from competing for three others, worth a combined
>>>>>>>$1 billion or so, over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of
>>>>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract competition. "We
>>>>>>>think we are fully reserved for that," said Jim Albaugh, head
>>>>>>>of Boeing's military and space unit, in a presentation to
>>>>>>>investors monitored via Web cast. "We don't see any financial
>>>>>>>impact as a result of losing the launches."
>>>>>>>(Reuters 01:15 PM ET 09/11/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863352&m=100623f60fa4100020480a&s=rb030911
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 17:21:36 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>U.S. Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets said that he hopes to
>>>>>>>>decide by October whether to let BOEING CO. resume bidding for
>>>>>>>>spy satellite launches after being suspended for obtaining
>>>>>>>>documents of rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. "It is a necessity
>>>>>>>>that we have two providers ... that are involved in healthy
>>>>>>>>businesses," he told reporters. "We need those companies to
>>>>>>>>succeed in what they're doing." Teets said that in the next six
>>>>>>>>weeks or so, the Pentagon planned to outline its blueprint for
>>>>>>>>acquiring more satellite launch vehicles and would likely
>>>>>>>>divide the work, rather than issue a winner-take-all contract.
>>>>>>>>He said the actual request for proposals would likely go out at
>>>>>>>>the end of the year or January 2004.
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 12:03 PM ET 09/04/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=861041&m=100623f57bf3800020511a&s=rb030904
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 03:46:46 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., in an exception to a U.S. government sanction, has
>>>>>>>>>won a $56.7 million Air Force contract extending its Delta II
>>>>>>>>>rocket launch program, the Defense Department said Friday. The
>>>>>>>>>Air Force Delta II vehicle launches satellites for the Global
>>>>>>>>>Positioning System, a U.S. military-developed system that
>>>>>>>>>provides accurate locations worldwide. The next launch was
>>>>>>>>>scheduled for October, the Pentagon said. The new contract
>>>>>>>>>extends the existing Boeing Delta II launch arrangement for
>>>>>>>>>fiscal 2004, which begins Oct. 1, it added in a contract
>>>>>>>>>announcement. "This award required an exception to the existing
>>>>>>>>>suspension of three Boeing business units," the Pentagon said
>>>>>>>>>without specifying why an exception was made.
>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 05:52 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859486&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>A Delta 4 rocket built by BOEING CO. and carrying a U.S. Defense
>>>>>>>>>Department satellite successfully launched from the Cape
>>>>>>>>>Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday. This was the third
>>>>>>>>>launch for the Delta 4 series, one of two new-generation
>>>>>>>>>rockets -- along with Lockheed Martin's Atlas 5 -- designed
>>>>>>>>>under a U.S. Air Force contract to be stronger, more reliable
>>>>>>>>>and more cost-effective. The DSCS-3 satellite, pronounced
>>>>>>>>>"discus three" and standing for third generation Defense
>>>>>>>>>Satellite Communications System, was the 15th of its class
>>>>>>>>>launched since 1982. It was headed for a geo-stationary orbit
>>>>>>>>>22,300 miles (35,890 km) above the equator.
>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 07:34 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859511&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:01:18 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Co (BA) (35.68 +0.74)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., banned last month from launching government
>>>>>>>>>>satellites for illegally acquiring a competitor's documents,
>>>>>>>>>>will try to convince the U.S. Air Force next week that the
>>>>>>>>>>company's ethics policies and training will prevent future
>>>>>>>>>>breaches. The company said on Thursday it will seek to persuade
>>>>>>>>>>the U.S. Air Force to reinstate three business units as
>>>>>>>>>>government contractors in a formal response next Monday. "We're
>>>>>>>>>>going to demonstrate to the Air Force that Boeing is a presently
>>>>>>>>>>responsible contractor, and that we've got appropriate ethics
>>>>>>>>>>policies, procedures and training in place to prevent something
>>>>>>>>>>like this from happening again," said Boeing spokesman Dan Beck.
>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 06:52 PM ET 08/21/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=857182&m=100623f469bac00019978a&s=rb030821
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 23:30:48 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. said it has postponed the launch of a Delta IV rocket
>>>>>>>>>>>lifting a defense satellite into space from Cape Canaveral,
>>>>>>>>>>>Fla., due to a technical problem with an antenna and no new
>>>>>>>>>>>launch date has been set. Tuesday was the last day under which
>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing could launch the satellite -- a Defense Satellite
>>>>>>>>>>>Communications System spacecraft, DSCS III B6 -- under the Air
>>>>>>>>>>>Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, said Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>spokesman Robert Villanueva. The award was part of the original
>>>>>>>>>>>group of launches awarded to Boeing under the EELV program,
>>>>>>>>>>>which is now the subject of investigations and lawsuits. Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>recently announced its intentions to shift its focus on the
>>>>>>>>>>>Delta IV completely away from dwindling commercial customers
>>>>>>>>>>>and into the defense market.
>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:31 PM ET 08/04/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=850698&m=100623f2ee04b00019712a&s=rb030804
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:57:40 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force announced that it would shift rocket launch
>>>>>>>>>>>>contracts valued at about $1 billion from BOEING CO. to its
>>>>>>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. for acquiring around 25,000
>>>>>>>>>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract. Air Force
>>>>>>>>>>>>Undersecretary Peter Teets said Boeing would lose seven
>>>>>>>>>>>>contracts it won in 1998, as well as three launches to be
>>>>>>>>>>>>awarded in the next weeks. In addition, three business units of
>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and three of its former
>>>>>>>>>>>>employees would also be suspended from future government work
>>>>>>>>>>>>until corrective action was taken, Teets told a news
>>>>>>>>>>>>conference. He said the company could be reinstated within 60
>>>>>>>>>>>>to 90 days, in time for the company to bid for 15 to 20
>>>>>>>>>>>>launches to be awarded late this year.
>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:55 PM ET 07/24/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=846350&m=100623f205f1305019257a&s=rb030724
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:53:58 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force will recommend that BOEING CO. lose six
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pentagon contracts worth several hundred million dollars for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>acquiring a competitor's documents as the two battled for a $2
>>>>>>>>>>>>>billion rocket deal in the 1990s, defense officials said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing would stand to lose more future contracts under the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>proposed sanctions Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>present later to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>expected to make a final decision this week, said the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>officials, who asked not to be named. Rumsfeld could also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>decide to suspend or bar Chicago-based Boeing's rocket unit
>>>>>>>>>>>>>from new contracts for up to a year. A federal grand jury has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>indicted two former Boeing engineers on charges of conspiracy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>for obtaining thousands of pages of proprietary documents from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. papers during a 1998 competition in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>which Boeing's Delta IV rocket beat out Lockheed's Atlas V.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 01:39 PM ET 07/23/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=845156&m=100623f1f146a00019368a&s=rb030723
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:45:29 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. on Monday warned that excessive sanctions for its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>alleged misuse of a competitor's documents could force it to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>completely scrap its Delta IV rocket, jeopardizing the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>government's goal of having at least two companies launching
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>military satellites. Boeing last week pulled the Delta IV out
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>of the money-losing commercial satellite market, leaving only
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the government market to keep the program in the black. On
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Monday, the company's space and defense boss, Jim Albaugh, told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>a small group of reporters Boeing could pull out of the Delta IV
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>program entirely if it fails to turn a profit. "I don't know
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>what remedies they are going to take," Albaugh told a small
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>group of reporters. "There is a real probability that we could
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>lose some launches."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 06:34 PM ET 07/21/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843760&m=100623f1dbbfc05019231a&s=rb030721
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:37:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Two former BOEING CO. engineers have been indicted by a grand
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with allegations
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>that Boeing used documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>win a $1.88 billion U.S. Air Force contract. The U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Attorney's office said the two men, named as Kenneth Branch and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>William Erskine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Angeles late on Thursday. Both men are charged with one count
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>of conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets and are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>expected to be arraigned early next month. The charges arise
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>from an alleged conspiracy to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Martin in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>multi-billion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing has said the managers in question acted alone and have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>since been fired.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 PM ET 07/18/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843096&m=100623f1876aa05019120a&s=rb030718
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:54:25 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>review of the company's handling of competitive information to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=842086&m=100623f17281d05019169a&s=rb030717
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sources cited by The Journal said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833285&m=100623efa235200020805a&s=rb030625
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--<space>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Larry Dighera,

[Larry Dighera]

A third BOEING CO. employee was charged on Tuesday in an ongoing
federal probe into allegations that Boeing stole trade secrets
from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP., federal prosecutors said.
Larry Satchell, 65, faces charges of conspiracy, obstruction of
justice, theft of trade secrets and violating the federal
Procurement Integrity Act, Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris
Johnson said. He was expected to surrender to federal
authorities in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Johnson said. Satchell
is accused of plotting with ex-Boeing engineers Kenneth Branch
and William Erskine to use more than 25,000 pages of
proprietary Lockheed documents to bid against Lockheed on 28
U.S. Air Force satellite launch contracts worth $1.9 billion in
1998. Boeing won 19 of the contracts. Lockheed, the top U.S.
military contractor, won nine. As punishment, the Air Force
later shifted $1 billion worth of launch work to Lockheed from
Boeing and suspended Boeing from related launch competitions on
the program. Boeing disciplined Satchell in 1999, and he retired
3 days later, Beck said.
(Reuters 06:40 PM ET 05/11/2004)

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On Wed, 05 May 2004 23:43:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
wrote in Message-Id: >:

>BOEING CO. on Tuesday said it has hired an independent ethics
>officer who will report to the U.S. government as part of an
>emerging agreement that would end sanctions banning Boeing from
>bidding on billions of dollars of military rocket launch
>contracts. Dan Beck, spokesman for the company, said the new
>ethics officer, along with a staff of four or five, would
>monitor Boeing's compliance with myriad ethics rules and alert
>the Air Force about any future transgressions. He said Boeing
>had also agreed in the negotiations not to ask the military to
>reimburse a portion of tens of millions of dollars in Boeing
>expenditures related to the ethics issues. A 4-hour session
>last July alone cost the company $15 million, the Wall Street
>Journal reported Tuesday.
>(Reuters 05:37 PM ET 05/04/2004)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=956922&m=1006240996ba500026060a&s=rb040504
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>BOEING has hired an independent ethics watchdog that will inform
>the U.S. government of any future ethical breaches at the
>aircraft maker, The Wall Street Journal said. The Boeing move
>comes on the heels of ethics scandals at the aerospace giant
>and was demanded by the Air Force as part of a larger
>administrative settlement under negotiation, the Journal said,
>citing people familiar with the details. In April a former top
>U.S. Air Force procurement official, Darleen Druyun, pleaded
>guilty to one conspiracy count for violating a
>conflict-of-interest law by negotiating an eventual job at
>Boeing while she was still overseeing talks for a
>multibillion-dollar midair refueling tanker deal.
>(Reuters 04:49 AM ET 05/04/2004)
>
>More:
>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=956452&m=1006240981e1005025790a&s=rb040504
>
>----------------------------------------------------------On Sun, 11
>Apr 2004 18:21:28 GMT, Larry Dighera > wrote in
>Message-Id: >:
>
>>
>>The U.S. Air Force will reinstate the good standing of BOEING
>>CO., allowing the company's rocket units to resume bidding on
>>government projects, The Wall Street Journal said. After being
>>punished last year for illegally acquiring a competitor's
>>documents during bidding in a major rocket competition, Boeing
>>executives and Air Force officials are putting the final
>>touches on an accord that would designate Boeing as a
>>"presently responsible" contractor, the Journal said. Under the
>>agreement, Boeing will pay the Air Force costs relating to the
>>investigation and put in place ethics programs while giving the
>>Pentagon regular updates on compliance. The Journal said
>>payments Boeing may make will not exceed several million
>>dollars, but added that a final accord has not been reached
>>yet. The settlement also will not resolve U.S. Justice
>>Department criminal and civil probes, the Journal said.
>>(Reuters 02:11 AM ET 04/05/2004)
>>
>>More:
>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=943710&m=100624071dfb000025568a&s=rb040405
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 10:05:00 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>
>>>A Los Angeles jury has rejected claims of a former scientist at
>>>BOEING CO. that he was fired for reporting that a company
>>>executive possessed documents belonging to rival Lockheed
>>>Martin Corp., the scientist's lawyer said. Attorney Megan
>>>Wagner, who represented former Boeing employee Krishnan
>>>Raghavan, said she would appeal the unanimous verdict reached
>>>by the Superior Court jury on Wednesday following a 6-week
>>>trial. Boeing last year fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>third amid two federal probes over the stolen documents, which
>>>also led the U.S. Air Force to shift at least $1 billion worth
>>>of rocket launches from Boeing to Lockheed. A Boeing spokesman
>>>did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
>>>Raghavan, 51, was laid off in August 2001 after 13 years at the
>>>company. Boeing argued the move was driven by economic reasons.
>>>(Reuters 02:53 PM ET 02/19/2004)
>>>
>>>More:
>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=926465&m=100624035480205024662a&s=rb040219
>>>
>>>---------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 14:50:42 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>
>>>>The cost to the U.S. government of BOEING CO.'s illegal use of
>>>>documents belonging to rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. is about
>>>>$223 million, a senior U.S. defense official said. The cost
>>>>resulted from switching some of its satellite launch business
>>>>from Boeing to Lockheed, the official told reporters at a
>>>>briefing on the Air Force space budget. Justice Department
>>>>lawyers are expected to seek civil damages from Boeing, which
>>>>could top $660 million under federal false-claims laws that
>>>>allow triple damages. "Two hundred twenty three million is
>>>>probably the cost to the government of the Procurement
>>>>Integrity Act violation," the official said on Friday. His
>>>>remarks were embargoed until the White House presented its
>>>>budget to Congress on Monday.
>>>>(Reuters 11:06 AM ET 02/02/2004)
>>>>
>>>>More:
>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=918022&m=10062401ee16605024673a&s=rb040202
>>>>
>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:31:39 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The United States will seek civil damages from BOEING CO. to
>>>>>cover the cost of switching satellite launch providers amid the
>>>>>company's alleged theft of a rival's documents to win a military
>>>>>contract, The Wall Street Journal said. The newspaper, citing
>>>>>people familiar with the government's strategy, said the
>>>>>Chicago-based aerospace company could face civil claims of
>>>>>least $170 million -- much of the cost of shifting certain
>>>>>launches to LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. -- the competitor from whom
>>>>>the documents were taken, according to some internal Pentagon
>>>>>estimates, it said. In May, the U.S. Justice Department said it
>>>>>launched a criminal and civil investigation into whether Boeing
>>>>>gathered sensitive documents of Lockheed in the late 1990s
>>>>>while bidding to make the rockets used to launch U.S.
>>>>>government satellites.
>>>>>(Reuters 03:37 AM ET 12/18/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=902435&m=100623fe23dd000023306a&s=rb031218
>>>>>
>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>Boeing Co (BA) (41.35 +0.49)
>>>>>
>>>>>BOEING CO. released the first phase of an ethics review by former
>>>>>U.S. Sen. Warren Rudman finding no fundamental flaws or systemic
>>>>>failure at the world's largest aerospace company. The Boeing
>>>>>board of directors requested the Rudman review last July. It
>>>>>followed news of a federal investigation of charges that two
>>>>>former Boeing managers conspired to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>>>Martin Corp. in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>>>multibillion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle rocket
>>>>>program. The report is dated Nov. 3, before the unexpected
>>>>>firing of former CFO Mike Sears over hiring discussions with an
>>>>>Air Force official who was still working on Boeing business. A
>>>>>separate review of hiring practices spawned by that event, in
>>>>>which missile defense executive Darleen Druyun was also
>>>>>dismissed, is still ongoing and will be released in Q1 2004,
>>>>>Boeing said.
>>>>>(Reuters 01:25 PM ET 12/18/2003)
>>>>>
>>>>>More:
>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=902717&m=100623fe23dd000023306a&s=rb031218
>>>>>
>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>
>>>>>On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:18:19 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>
>>>>>>BOEING CO. said it dismissed its CFO for unethical conduct in the
>>>>>>aerospace company's hiring of a senior Air Force procurement
>>>>>>official. Boeing said CFO Michael Sears was dismissed for
>>>>>>violating company policies by communicating with Darleen Druyun
>>>>>>about future employment even though she had not disqualified
>>>>>>herself from acting in official government capacity on matters
>>>>>>involving Boeing. The company also fired Druyun, who was on the
>>>>>>job less than a year. "Compelling evidence of this misconduct by
>>>>>>Mr. Sears and Ms. Druyun came to light over the last 2 weeks,"
>>>>>>Boeing Chairman and CEO Phil Condit said in a statement. Condit
>>>>>>and Sears, who was a member of the four-person Office of the
>>>>>>Chairman, worked together closely at Boeing's Chicago
>>>>>>headquarters. Sears was said to have greater influence and
>>>>>>responsibility than the typical CFO.
>>>>>>(Reuters 02:50 PM ET 11/24/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=893897&m=100623fc295dd00022863a&s=rb031124
>>>>>>
>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>With one big misstep, BOEING CO. CFO Mike Sears threw away a
>>>>>>bright future at the world's largest aerospace company and
>>>>>>reopened a debate over who will succeed Chief Executive Phil
>>>>>>Condit. Condit's potential successors are now led by Alan
>>>>>>Mulally, 58, who was praised for guiding Boeing's Seattle-based
>>>>>>commercial jet unit through an unprecedented airline slump after
>>>>>>the airplane hijackings of Sept. 11, 2001. Mulally's unit is
>>>>>>producing operating profits even as jet deliveries have
>>>>>>crumbled to a projected 280 in 2003 from 527 in 2001 and 40,000
>>>>>>jobs have been cut from a payroll of 93,000. At 53, military and
>>>>>>space boss Jim Albaugh is younger than Mulally, but his business
>>>>>>unit has struggled to overcome satellite production problems and
>>>>>>slumping demand for commercial launches.
>>>>>>(Reuters 04:40 PM ET 11/24/2003)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=893952&m=100623fc295dd00022863a&s=rb031124
>>>>>>
>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:00:20 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday said it granted BOEING CO. an
>>>>>>>exception to U.S. government sanctions to award it a contract
>>>>>>>for one Delta IV rocket to launch a spy satellite into space in
>>>>>>>2005. But Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets stressed that he
>>>>>>>had not removed the Chicago-based company from its suspension
>>>>>>>from rocket launches, and urged the company to continue taking
>>>>>>>measures to prevent further problems. The Air Force on July 24
>>>>>>>suspended three Boeing units from obtaining government
>>>>>>>satellite launch contracts after finding it broke federal law
>>>>>>>by obtaining over 25,000 documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>>Corp. during bidding for the initial EELV contract, valued at
>>>>>>>nearly $2 billion. The move had been widely expected, since
>>>>>>>Lockheed currently has no capacity to launch rockets from the
>>>>>>>West Coast and could not build such a facility in time to
>>>>>>>launch the classified satellite, which will replace another
>>>>>>>aging satellite.
>>>>>>>(Reuters 07:08 PM ET 09/30/2003)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=870147&m=100623f7b573800010789a&s=rb030930
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:19:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The Air Force said it plans to award LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. three
>>>>>>>>new satellite-launching contracts around Oct. 1 -- deals
>>>>>>>>off-limits to rival BOEING CO. The Air Force on July 22 shifted
>>>>>>>>seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and suspended it
>>>>>>>>from vying for the coming three, worth a combined total of
>>>>>>>>about $1 billion. The service banned Boeing's rocket units from
>>>>>>>>bidding after finding that it broke federal law by obtaining
>>>>>>>>secret Lockheed documents to win a $1.5 billion launch contract
>>>>>>>>in 1998. The Air Force's No. 2 official, Undersecretary Peter
>>>>>>>>Teets, on Sept. 4 said Boeing's rocket units' suspension
>>>>>>>>"absolutely" must be lifted in time for it to compete for the
>>>>>>>>next round of as many as 20 launches.
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 03:41 PM ET 09/12/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863909&m=100623f624aab05020821a&s=rb030912
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>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. is disciplining six employees after the aerospace and
>>>>>>>>defense company determined they were involved in acquiring
>>>>>>>>proprietary LOCKHEED MARTIN documents, The Wall Street Journal
>>>>>>>>said on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Air
>>>>>>>>Force in July suspended Boeing from competing for several launch
>>>>>>>>contracts over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of Lockheed
>>>>>>>>documents during a 1998 contract competition. The head of
>>>>>>>>Boeing's Delta IV military rocket program was removed from the
>>>>>>>>project, though none of the six employees were fired, said the
>>>>>>>>Journal. A Boeing spokesman confirmed the company's
>>>>>>>>investigation has resulted in "certain internal
>>>>>>>>administrative-personnel actions," and declined to give further
>>>>>>>>comment.
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 05:44 AM ET 09/12/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863641&m=100623f624aab05020821a&s=rb030912
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. said penalties imposed by the U.S. Air Force for
>>>>>>>>improperly obtaining documents from rival Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>>would not result in financial charges. The Air Force in July
>>>>>>>>shifted seven launch contracts from Boeing to Lockheed and
>>>>>>>>suspended it from competing for three others, worth a combined
>>>>>>>>$1 billion or so, over Boeing's possession of 25,000 pages of
>>>>>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract competition. "We
>>>>>>>>think we are fully reserved for that," said Jim Albaugh, head
>>>>>>>>of Boeing's military and space unit, in a presentation to
>>>>>>>>investors monitored via Web cast. "We don't see any financial
>>>>>>>>impact as a result of losing the launches."
>>>>>>>>(Reuters 01:15 PM ET 09/11/2003)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=863352&m=100623f60fa4100020480a&s=rb030911
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 17:21:36 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>U.S. Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets said that he hopes to
>>>>>>>>>decide by October whether to let BOEING CO. resume bidding for
>>>>>>>>>spy satellite launches after being suspended for obtaining
>>>>>>>>>documents of rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. "It is a necessity
>>>>>>>>>that we have two providers ... that are involved in healthy
>>>>>>>>>businesses," he told reporters. "We need those companies to
>>>>>>>>>succeed in what they're doing." Teets said that in the next six
>>>>>>>>>weeks or so, the Pentagon planned to outline its blueprint for
>>>>>>>>>acquiring more satellite launch vehicles and would likely
>>>>>>>>>divide the work, rather than issue a winner-take-all contract.
>>>>>>>>>He said the actual request for proposals would likely go out at
>>>>>>>>>the end of the year or January 2004.
>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 12:03 PM ET 09/04/2003)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=861041&m=100623f57bf3800020511a&s=rb030904
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 03:46:46 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., in an exception to a U.S. government sanction, has
>>>>>>>>>>won a $56.7 million Air Force contract extending its Delta II
>>>>>>>>>>rocket launch program, the Defense Department said Friday. The
>>>>>>>>>>Air Force Delta II vehicle launches satellites for the Global
>>>>>>>>>>Positioning System, a U.S. military-developed system that
>>>>>>>>>>provides accurate locations worldwide. The next launch was
>>>>>>>>>>scheduled for October, the Pentagon said. The new contract
>>>>>>>>>>extends the existing Boeing Delta II launch arrangement for
>>>>>>>>>>fiscal 2004, which begins Oct. 1, it added in a contract
>>>>>>>>>>announcement. "This award required an exception to the existing
>>>>>>>>>>suspension of three Boeing business units," the Pentagon said
>>>>>>>>>>without specifying why an exception was made.
>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 05:52 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859486&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
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>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>A Delta 4 rocket built by BOEING CO. and carrying a U.S. Defense
>>>>>>>>>>Department satellite successfully launched from the Cape
>>>>>>>>>>Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday. This was the third
>>>>>>>>>>launch for the Delta 4 series, one of two new-generation
>>>>>>>>>>rockets -- along with Lockheed Martin's Atlas 5 -- designed
>>>>>>>>>>under a U.S. Air Force contract to be stronger, more reliable
>>>>>>>>>>and more cost-effective. The DSCS-3 satellite, pronounced
>>>>>>>>>>"discus three" and standing for third generation Defense
>>>>>>>>>>Satellite Communications System, was the 15th of its class
>>>>>>>>>>launched since 1982. It was headed for a geo-stationary orbit
>>>>>>>>>>22,300 miles (35,890 km) above the equator.
>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 07:34 PM ET 08/29/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=859511&m=100623f551c0a05020427a&s=rb030829
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>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:01:18 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Co (BA) (35.68 +0.74)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., banned last month from launching government
>>>>>>>>>>>satellites for illegally acquiring a competitor's documents,
>>>>>>>>>>>will try to convince the U.S. Air Force next week that the
>>>>>>>>>>>company's ethics policies and training will prevent future
>>>>>>>>>>>breaches. The company said on Thursday it will seek to persuade
>>>>>>>>>>>the U.S. Air Force to reinstate three business units as
>>>>>>>>>>>government contractors in a formal response next Monday. "We're
>>>>>>>>>>>going to demonstrate to the Air Force that Boeing is a presently
>>>>>>>>>>>responsible contractor, and that we've got appropriate ethics
>>>>>>>>>>>policies, procedures and training in place to prevent something
>>>>>>>>>>>like this from happening again," said Boeing spokesman Dan Beck.
>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 06:52 PM ET 08/21/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=857182&m=100623f469bac00019978a&s=rb030821
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>================================================== ==============
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 23:30:48 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. said it has postponed the launch of a Delta IV rocket
>>>>>>>>>>>>lifting a defense satellite into space from Cape Canaveral,
>>>>>>>>>>>>Fla., due to a technical problem with an antenna and no new
>>>>>>>>>>>>launch date has been set. Tuesday was the last day under which
>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing could launch the satellite -- a Defense Satellite
>>>>>>>>>>>>Communications System spacecraft, DSCS III B6 -- under the Air
>>>>>>>>>>>>Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, said Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>spokesman Robert Villanueva. The award was part of the original
>>>>>>>>>>>>group of launches awarded to Boeing under the EELV program,
>>>>>>>>>>>>which is now the subject of investigations and lawsuits. Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>recently announced its intentions to shift its focus on the
>>>>>>>>>>>>Delta IV completely away from dwindling commercial customers
>>>>>>>>>>>>and into the defense market.
>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:31 PM ET 08/04/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=850698&m=100623f2ee04b00019712a&s=rb030804
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:57:40 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force announced that it would shift rocket launch
>>>>>>>>>>>>>contracts valued at about $1 billion from BOEING CO. to its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. for acquiring around 25,000
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Lockheed documents during a 1998 contract. Air Force
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Undersecretary Peter Teets said Boeing would lose seven
>>>>>>>>>>>>>contracts it won in 1998, as well as three launches to be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>awarded in the next weeks. In addition, three business units of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and three of its former
>>>>>>>>>>>>>employees would also be suspended from future government work
>>>>>>>>>>>>>until corrective action was taken, Teets told a news
>>>>>>>>>>>>>conference. He said the company could be reinstated within 60
>>>>>>>>>>>>>to 90 days, in time for the company to bid for 15 to 20
>>>>>>>>>>>>>launches to be awarded late this year.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:55 PM ET 07/24/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=846350&m=100623f205f1305019257a&s=rb030724
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:53:58 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The U.S. Air Force will recommend that BOEING CO. lose six
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pentagon contracts worth several hundred million dollars for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>acquiring a competitor's documents as the two battled for a $2
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>billion rocket deal in the 1990s, defense officials said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing would stand to lose more future contracts under the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>proposed sanctions Air Force Undersecretary Peter Teets will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>present later to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>expected to make a final decision this week, said the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>officials, who asked not to be named. Rumsfeld could also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>decide to suspend or bar Chicago-based Boeing's rocket unit
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>from new contracts for up to a year. A federal grand jury has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>indicted two former Boeing engineers on charges of conspiracy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>for obtaining thousands of pages of proprietary documents from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. papers during a 1998 competition in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>which Boeing's Delta IV rocket beat out Lockheed's Atlas V.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 01:39 PM ET 07/23/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=845156&m=100623f1f146a00019368a&s=rb030723
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:45:29 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO. on Monday warned that excessive sanctions for its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>alleged misuse of a competitor's documents could force it to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>completely scrap its Delta IV rocket, jeopardizing the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>government's goal of having at least two companies launching
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>military satellites. Boeing last week pulled the Delta IV out
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>of the money-losing commercial satellite market, leaving only
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the government market to keep the program in the black. On
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Monday, the company's space and defense boss, Jim Albaugh, told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>a small group of reporters Boeing could pull out of the Delta IV
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>program entirely if it fails to turn a profit. "I don't know
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>what remedies they are going to take," Albaugh told a small
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>group of reporters. "There is a real probability that we could
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>lose some launches."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 06:34 PM ET 07/21/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843760&m=100623f1dbbfc05019231a&s=rb030721
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:37:09 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Two former BOEING CO. engineers have been indicted by a grand
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with allegations
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>that Boeing used documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>win a $1.88 billion U.S. Air Force contract. The U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Attorney's office said the two men, named as Kenneth Branch and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>William Erskine, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Angeles late on Thursday. Both men are charged with one count
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>of conspiracy to conceal and possess trade secrets and are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>expected to be arraigned early next month. The charges arise
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>from an alleged conspiracy to steal secrets from Lockheed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Martin in 1997 and 1998 during the bidding for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>multi-billion dollar Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing has said the managers in question acted alone and have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>since been fired.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 PM ET 07/18/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=843096&m=100623f1876aa05019120a&s=rb030718
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:54:25 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice Department over whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>it used papers from LOCKHEED MARTIN to win a contract worth
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>billions of dollars. The Justice Department last month charged
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>two former Boeing managers with conspiring to steal secrets
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>from Lockheed. Boeing has denied a broader role in the matter.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>If investigators conclude that Boeing itself was involved in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>stealing secrets, it could be banned from space-related
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>contracts for a limited time, defense officials have told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Reuters. High-level talks between Boeing and the Air Force,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>which personally involve Air Force Secretary James Roche, are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ongoing, The Wall Street Journal said. Additionally, Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>said former Senator Warren B. Rudman will head an independent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>review of the company's handling of competitive information to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>see whether it acted improperly in winning a government
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 04:36 AM ET 07/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=842086&m=100623f17281d05019169a&s=rb030717
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:40:33 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Federal prosecutors have charged two former BOEING CO. officials
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>with conspiracy in connection with allegations that Boeing used
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents from rival LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. to win a $1.88
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>billion rocket contract, The Wall Street Journal reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>engineers, who were fired by Boeing in 1999 in connection with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the incident, were charged with conspiracy, stealing trade
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>secrets and other violations, the newspaper reported. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>complaints, filed in the Los Angeles U.S. district court,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>suggest a federal probe of the issue has sped up significantly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>and could point to more senior Boeing officials, unnamed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sources cited by The Journal said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 02:05 AM ET 06/26/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833708&m=100623efb747c00020802a&s=rb030626
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 01:13:51 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BOEING CO.'s chief executive said the company was conducting an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>internal probe to determine whether a scandal that prompted it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>to run full-page newspaper ads this month went deeper. "Two
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Boeing) people were directly implicated, there's a question
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>right now: Did that go any further?," Phil Condit told
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>reporters at a lunch meeting, adding an internal probe was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>under way. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing Co employees used documents from rival Lockheed Martin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Corp. in a bid to win a $1.88 billion rocket launcher contract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boeing in May said it fired two employees and disciplined a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>third in 1999 in connection with the incident and this month
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>took out full-page newspaper advertisements in top U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>newspapers to explain its position.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 11:33 AM ET 06/25/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=833285&m=100623efa235200020805a&s=rb030625
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:19:02 GMT, Larry Dighera >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote in Message-Id: >:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>A U.S. Air Force award of four rocket launches this year is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>likely to be delayed as a result of the government's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>investigation into BOEING's alleged misuse of a competitor's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>proprietary documents during bidding, a top company executive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>said. In an interview at the Paris Air Show, Jim Albaugh, chief
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business, said
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>he was unsure just how long the contract award would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>delayed. The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle programme
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>launches spy and communications satellites for the U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>military. The government has been looking into how Boeing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>handled the alleged misuse of propietary Lockheed Martin Corp.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>documents by two former Boeing employees. Lockheed has also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sued Boeing in an unusually public display of animosity.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(Reuters 09:42 AM ET 06/17/2003)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>More:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://q1.schwab.com/s/r?l=248&a=829617&m=100623eef96c205020353a&s=rb030617
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>--<space>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Larry Dighera,

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Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
-- Larry Dighera,