Boeing Hit by $51 Million Fine After Warplane, Missile Data Leaked to Foreign Employees

Boeing has agreed to pay a $51 million fine after its foreign employees in China and elsewhere downloaded sensitive data related to military aircraft like fighter jets, attack helicopters, and the plane that carries the U.S. president. The fine would resolve a total of 199 violations of federal arms export laws and rules identified in an “extensive” compliance review into the aerospace company, the U.S. Department of State said on Friday. Some of the violations occurred between 2013 and 2017, during which three Chinese employees at Boeing facilities in China downloaded data related to three fighter jet models: F-22, F-18, and F-15. Those unauthorized downloads also involved technical files about the E-3 airborne warning and control system, the AH-64 “Apache” attack helicopter, the AGM-84E cruise missile, and the AGM-131 short-range nuclear missile....