Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Air Force memo: Boeing used proprietary info at least twice in U.S. contract efforts

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Boeing Co. has used proprietary informationbelonging to a competitor at least twice in trying to win agovernment contract, according to an Air Force memo filed in LockheedMartin's lawsuit against Boeing.

The nine-page memorandum suggested that the Chicago-based defensecontractor's improprieties extended beyond the "handful of people"that Boeing blamed for unethical behavior in winning a $1.88 billionrocket launch contract in 1998 that Lockheed Martin had also bid for.

The memo revealed that the Air Force had considered suspendingBoeing in 1999 in a separate case because its employees used aproprietary document belonging to competitor Raytheon Co. for …

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