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Boeing Agrees To $51 Million Settlement To Resolve Export Violations That Include China And Russia

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, February 29th, 2024

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Boeing Agrees To $51 Million Settlement To Resolve Export Violations That Include China And Russia

An F-15E Strike Eagle, deployed to the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, prepares for takeoff on Dec. 30, 2020 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Boeing [BA] has agreed to pay a $51 million civil penalty to the U.S. government to resolve 199 arms export control violations, including technical data related to aircraft and missiles, the State Department said on Thursday. The Charging Letter released by the State Department says that the violations include the downloading of files between 2013 and 2017 by three “foreign person employees” from China working from Boeing facilities in that country. The files were controlled under U.S. Munitions List categories…

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