
The Pentagon said on Friday that it is examining what steps to take to ensure quality control on Boeing [BA] aircraft for the military services as a result of the company plea agreement this summer with the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a case of conspiracy to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The case related to the company misinforming the FAA about the 737 MAX's Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System software function that activated before two 737 MAX crashes in…