There is a scene in every Bond movie where the star must collect
his latest apparatus from Q, so clich�d a scene that Mike
Myers sent it up lovingly in Wayne's World. Most of us will never
take up the mantle of Sean Connery. The nearest we can get to
starring in that scene is to visit the Environmental Tectonics
Corporation's Somersworth, Pennsylvania (suburban Philadelphia)
headquarters.
Harry Stonecipher is stepping up as Phil Condit's in the
top spot at Boeing. He says his first job will be to restore the
Defense Department's faith in his company. That may not be easy.
Boeing is being shadowed these days by at least three scandals
involving its defense business. One centers on the recent
procurement of a $16 billion contract to sell the Air Force
modified 767s as air tankers. Boeing's CFO and a former Air Force
official who went to work for the company have been fired as the
investigation continues.
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