Boeing Kicks Everyone’s Asses

By Sean Corbett in News on Oct 4, 2006 1:02PM

And it must have something to do with having their corporate HQ in Chicago, right?

Boeing led the Dow Jones to new heights yesterday when the market finally broke its almost seven-year-old record high set in January of 2000. That’s got to be good news for somebody, but as Chicagoist doesn’t work at a major corporation, we’re keeping faith in trickle-down economics!

Boeing and Lockheed are forming a partnership to launch government satellites. We never associated Chicago with building rockets for the government, but apparently Boeing and Lockheed are the only suppliers of heavy rockets in the country.

Unfortunately in-flight Wi-Fi from Boeing is on its way out. The Connexion service which had been offered for the past few years to air carriers is being discontinued. No major US airlines were interested in the service, reportedly due to its high cost to users (approximately $30 per flight). Luckily several other companies are working on different programs to make surfing the net while flying a common occurrence.

Boeing has also been awarded a contract to build the first section of a computer tracking system which will catch anyone crossing certain sections of the border between the USA and Mexico. It’s good to know that we are one crucial step closer to freaky Aeon Flux style border crossing. All we need now are killer robots with no sympathy for border crossers and some very dexterous super-spies. We’re talking Aeon Flux from 1995, as the 2005 version left a lot to be desired.