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Boeing

U.S. aerospace company that makes airliners and military aircraft.

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  1. developed MCAS 2012–2016
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According to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

According to William D. Hartung

Legal records

United States v. The Boeing Company

  1. 7 Jan 2021 Charged by U.S. Department of Justice: conspiracy to defraud the United States 1
  2. 7 Jan 2021 Settled with U.S. Department of Justice: $2.5B, deferred prosecution agreement: Boeing agreed the Statement of Facts is true and accurate 12The total comprises a $243.6 million penalty, $1.77 billion for airline customers and $500 million for the heirs of the crash victims.
  3. 6 Nov 2025 Charge dismissed by U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas: dismissal of the information at the Government’s request, with Boeing’s consent 3The judge wrote that he did not have the authority to refuse.

A charge is an accusation, not a finding of guilt.

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CEO

  • Dave Calhoun Primary record 45

    Chief executive from January 2020. By April 2025 Boeing’s chief executive was Kelly Ortberg, per the families’ filing.

  • Dennis Muilenburg Primary record 6

people who worked here

  • Mark Forkner until 2018 chief technical pilot for the 737 MAX Scholarship & press 7

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settled with

  • U.S. Department of Justice 7 Jan 2021 $2.5B, deferred prosecution agreement: Boeing agreed the Statement of Facts is true and accurate Primary record 12

    The total comprises a $243.6 million penalty, $1.77 billion for airline customers and $500 million for the heirs of the crash victims.

contracts from

  • Lion Air Nov 2011 $22B, order for 230 737s, 201 of them 737 MAX Primary record 8
  • U.S. Department of Defense 2020 $21.7B, Pentagon prime contracts, fiscal year 2020 Scholarship & press 9

    Hartung’s Table 1 lists $15.6 billion for fiscal year 2019 and $21.7 billion for 2020.

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Timeline 8 dates
  1. Nov 2011 Lion Air awarded a contract to Boeing
  2. 2012–2016 Boeing developed MCAS
  3. until 2018 Mark Forkner worked at Boeing
  4. 2020 U.S. Department of Defense awarded a contract to Boeing
  5. 7 Jan 2021 Boeing signed Boeing deferred prosecution agreement (2021)
  6. 7 Jan 2021 Boeing charged by U.S. Department of Justice
  7. 7 Jan 2021 Boeing settled with U.S. Department of Justice
  8. 6 Nov 2025 Boeing charge dismissed by U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Proof 14 sources
  1. Deferred Prosecution Agreement, United States v. The Boeing Company, No. 4:21-CR-005-O (N.D. Tex.), with Statement of Facts, U.S. Department of Justice, 7 Jan 2021. Primary record
    charging the Company with Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371
    Amount to be paid by the Company pursuant to this Agreement is $2,513,600,000
    facts described in the Statement of Facts are true and accurate
    enter into this deferred prosecution agreement (the “Agreement”)
    To fix this pitch-up characteristic, Boeing created MCAS and incorporated it as a part of the 737 MAX’s flight controls.
  2. Boeing Reaches Agreement with Department of Justice, Boeing, 7 Jan 2021. Self-published
    The agreement is based on the conduct of two former Boeing employees and their intentional failure to inform the FAA Aircraft Evaluation Group (AEG)
  3. Memorandum Opinion and Order granting the motion to dismiss, United States v. The Boeing Company, Doc. 358, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 6 Nov 2025. Primary record
    the Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 312) is GRANTED.
    Boeing breached the DPA for “failing to design, implement, and enforce a compliance and ethics program to prevent and detect violations of U.S. fraud laws throughout its operations.”
  4. Written Testimony of David L. Calhoun, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, David L. Calhoun (U.S. Senate hearing record), 18 Jun 2024. Self-published Archived copy
    I’ve served as President and CEO of Boeing since January 2020.
  5. Objection of crash victims’ families to the Government’s motion to dismiss, Doc. 318 (court filing; copy hosted by Reason), Counsel for families of crash victims (court filing), 18 Jun 2025. Primary record
    questioned Boeing’s CEO, Kelly Ortberg, about the victims’ families being “very worried about
  6. Hearing: The Boeing 737 MAX: Examining the Design, Development, and Marketing of the Aircraft (30 October 2019), U.S. House of Representatives, 30 Oct 2019. Primary record
    TESTIMONY OF DENNIS MUILENBURG, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THE BOEING COMPANY
  7. Former Boeing test pilot found not guilty of deceiving FAA (Associated Press, as published by HeraldNet), The Associated Press, 23 Mar 2022. Scholarship & press
    Forkner was Boeing’s chief technical pilot for the 737 Max, giving him a key role in determining pilot-training requirements.
  8. Final Committee Report: The Design, Development & Certification of the Boeing 737 MAX, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (Democratic staff), 16 Sep 2020. Primary record
    In November 2011, Lion Air signed a $22 billion order with Boeing for 230 units of the 737—including 201 737 MAX aircraft—the largest single order in Boeing’s history.
    Boeing failed in its design and development of the MAX, and the FAA failed in its oversight of Boeing and its certification of the aircraft.
    In the case of the 737 MAX, in 2013, the FAA originally delegated 28 of 87 tasks to Boeing.
  9. Profits of War: Corporate Beneficiaries of the Post-9/11 Pentagon Spending Surge, Costs of War Project, Brown University, 13 Sep 2021. Scholarship & press
    Boeing 15.6 21.7
    The benefits of the post-9/11 surge in Pentagon spending have been highly concentrated. One-quarter to one-third of all Pentagon contracts in recent years have gone to just five major weapons contractors: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman.
  10. Aviation Investigation Report AIR-25-04: In-Flight Separation of Left Mid Exit Door Plug, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, National Transportation Safety Board, 11 Jul 2025. Primary record
    The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the in-flight separation of the left mid exit door (MED) plug due to Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ failure to provide adequate training, guidance, and oversight
  11. Aircraft Accident Investigation Report, B737-MAX 8, ET-AVJ (Ethiopian Airlines flight 302), as hosted by the French BEA, Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau of Ethiopia, 23 Dec 2022. Primary record
    The manufacturer failed to provide procedures regarding MCAS operation to the crew during
  12. Final Aircraft Accident Investigation Report, PT. Lion Mentari Airlines, Boeing 737-8 (MAX), PK-LQP, KNKT.18.10.35.04 (quotes checked against a copy hosted at aviation-is.better-than.tv, same 322 pages; the KNKT original is the url, with an archive copy), Komite Nasional Keselamatan Transportasi (Indonesia), 25 Oct 2019. Primary record Archived copy
    During the design and certification of the Boeing 737-8 (MAX), assumptions were made about flight crew response to malfunctions which
  13. Letter to the Court on the status of the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (breach determination), Doc. 199 (court filing; copy hosted by a law firm), U.S. Department of Justice, 14 May 2024. Primary record
    the Government has determined that Boeing breached its obligations under DPA Paragraphs 21, 22, and 26(d)
  14. Boeing’s reply on the Government’s motion to dismiss, Doc. 335 (court filing; copy hosted by Reason), The Boeing Company (court filing), 2 Jul 2025. Primary record
    Representatives of more than 110 individuals who perished in the MAX accidents support, or otherwise do not oppose, this resolution.
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