Wearing a toy whale hat, whale tie and a whale motif shirt, Hideki Tokoro spends much of his days thinking about the world’s largest mammals. But he doesn’t want to protect them. He wants to hunt them. To do that his company Kyodo Senpaku has built and launched a brand-new whaling $48 million “mothership” – […]
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Boeing files lawsuit against Virgin Galactic over development of new mothership aircraft
Boeing and its subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences are suing Virgin Galactic over unpaid work and the misappropriation of trade secrets. The suit alleges that Virgin Galactic has not paid $26.4 million in invoices for work related to the development of a new “mothership” aircraft intended to power Virgin’s next-generation suborbital space planes. The suit was […]
Boeing Sues Virgin Galactic Over Stalled Mothership Work
Boeing is dealing with a lot of problems at the moment but that doesn’t mean the aerospace company is going to let its partners get away with allegedly hoarding trade secrets and stiffing it on the bill. According to Space News, Boeing and its subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences have filed suit against Virgin Galactic, Richard […]