Boeing Starliner's first crewed mission scrubbed

Re:Boeing Starliner's first crewed mission scrubbed by fch42 on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @08:16AM (#40284576)

according to https://www.statista.com/statistics/268999/sales-in-defense-... roughly 1/3rd of Boeing's current revenue already is from their defense business.

Also, their commercial airliner side used to be a "balancer" and a backup, they never were tied to the "next big gun thing" like maybe Raytheon or Lockheed are. Funny as it sounds ... Boeing's current struggles can't be blamed on them being overly cosy with government, or overly wasteful thanks to the Pentagon's deep pockets.

Not sure though that more defense money/contracts would help. "solve" what is reported about their inner culture.

would you elaborate ?

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Re:Boeing Starliner's first crewed mission scrubbed by ikekkdcjkfke on Friday May 10, 2024 @04:41AM (#40316666)

I was talking about the wasted time competing with SpaceX which has taken the industry to a whole other level, and that the time could be spent on more pressing matters, like mass drone warfare both defense and attack

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