Boeing Scaling Back its Air Traffic Management Business

Randy at Home ) wrote:
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: Boeing will probably lose any bid to an off-shore contractor with little or
: no regard for (or understanding of) National Security will under-bid them.
: Any new system be built by the lowest-bidder, you know, like the Space
: Shuttle. It happens all to often in almost every other industry. So why
: should Boeing even bother trying now?
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Boeing is joining the offshoring exodus...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busine...ngindia23.html
Boeing opening office in India to coordinate work there

"By DAN RICHMAN
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

The Boeing Co. said yesterday that it will open an administrative
office in India to better direct local companies doing manufacturing,
software development, and research and development for the
Chicago-based company.

Boeing spokesman Mark Hooper disputed a report in The Times of India
describing the planned office as "a wholly owned software subsidiary"
and a story by Bloomberg News calling it "a software R&D company."

"That has been misreported," Hooper said. "It's been characterized as
us hiring a lot of people. That's just not how it's happening. It's an
office of 10 or fewer employees. There will not be software
development or software R&D going on."

He said administrators in the office will coordinate work already
being done for Boeing by software giants such as Wipro Ltd. and
Infosys Technologies Ltd. The office also will supervise relations
with state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., which provides doors for
some Boeing planes, he said.

At the same time, Hooper left open the possibility that Boeing may
enlarge its Indian office.

"Our intention is to expand our R&D opportunities as they arise," he
said. "We have no specific plans to place work in India, but we'll
evaluate future opportunities that come up."

To open its office, Boeing has filed an application with India's
Foreign Investment Promotion Board, whose role is "to promote
accelerated growth in the industrial sector."

Hooper wouldn't say how much the company will invest in the office.
P-I reporter Dan Richman can be reached at 206-448-8032 or
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