Boeing Co to face independent ethics probe over lunar lander bid
Boeing Co is submitting to an independent review of its compliance and ethics practices, according to an agreement struck with NASA and the US Air Force and seen by Reuters, part of widening fallout from its behaviour in bidding to supply lunar landing vehicles.
The agreement, signed in August, comes as federal prosecutors continue a criminal investigation into whether NASA’s former human exploration chief, Doug Loverro, improperly guided Boeing space executive Jim Chilton during the contract bidding process.
By agreeing to the “Compliance Program Enhancements”, the aerospace heavyweight staves off harsher consequences from NASA and the Air Force – its space division’s top customers – such as being suspended or debarred from bidding on future space contracts.
