Candid discussion of the new business environment in the defense industry and how Boeing intends to grow a $33B business. Since tacking charge of Boeing Defense, Space & Security late last year, Chris Chadwick has been building a plan to … Continue reading
Boeing wins “space taxi” contract worth $4.2B, partners with SpaceX. Meanwhile, Boeing teams with Jeff Bezos(!) to compete with Elon Musk and SpaceX. Should be epic. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and other senior officials gathered today at Kennedy Space Center … Continue reading
For uniquely contrarian point of view on the Internet of Things, try Bruce Sterling’s extended essay (excerpted after the link) The first thing to understand about the “Internet of Things” is that it’s not about Things on the Internet. It’s … Continue reading
We could use some good news. FedEx: 9% Growth in 2014 Ground segment riding the e-commerce wave Ground division is expected to thrive on the back of e-commerce sales growth. According to FedEx, online shopping the world over could reach … Continue reading
Boeing slams Al Jazeera over documentary The Boeing Co. calls a new documentary from Al Jazeera English about its 787 Dreamliner “as biased a production as we have seen in some time” and called it “neither balanced nor accurate in … Continue reading
Roger Ebert reflected on the value of slowing down and taking a look at life — and drawing what you see The break in our childish innocence comes the first time we use an eraser. We draw a chin and … Continue reading
The Seattle Times’ take on the Al Jazeera allegations Boeing watchers may find that a documentary on the Dreamliner that debuts this week on Al Jazeera English, like the 787’s smoldering batteries in 2013, produces more heat than light. Like … Continue reading
Consider the source. But this is catching some attention in the press, and I’m sure, around the executive hallways at Boeing A worker at one of two Boeing 787 assembly lines in Charleston, in the US state of South Carolina, … Continue reading
Why FedEx might be OK with a ruling against them in the independent contractor case. “I view the decision in our case as one that should be powerfully influential in challenges to the use of independent contractors in the ‘sharing … Continue reading
Cisco avoids claims that systems led to Chinese torture Cisco Systems Inc. is off the hook in a California federal suit alleging it orchestrated surveillance systems for the Chinese government that were used to torture and persecute members of a … Continue reading