| 2025-12-26 | China Sanctions Epirus and Palmer Luckey (Anduril) Over Taiwan Arms Sales — Third 8VC-Network Entity Hit in 12 Months After Saronic (Dec 2024)
8 src Palmer Luckey · Anduril Industries · Joe Lonsdale · Northrop Grumman · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-26 | Commerce Secretary Lutnick Discloses Trump Considering Equity Stakes in Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Palantir
3 src Howard Lutnick · Trump · Lockheed Martin · Boeing · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-05-21 | Trump Administration Officially Accepts $400-500 Million Luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar as Air Force One Gift, Sparking Constitutional Crisis Over Foreign Emoluments and Bribery
5 src Donald Trump · Qatar · Chuck Schumer · Pam Bondi · +7 |
| confirmed |
| 2024-05-14 | DOJ Finds Boeing Breached Deferred Prosecution Agreement After Door Plug Blowout
3 src Department of Justice · Boeing |
| confirmed |
| 2024-05-01 | Second Boeing Whistleblower Joshua Dean Dies Suddenly at 45 from MRSA Infection
4 src Boeing · John Barnett |
| confirmed |
| 2024-03-09 | Boeing Whistleblower John Barnett Found Dead During Deposition, Ruled Suicide
4 src John Barnett · Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2024-01-05 | Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 Door Plug Blows Out at 16,000 Feet, Exposing Continued Boeing Safety Failures
4 src Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2024-01-05 | Boeing 737 MAX Scandal Summary - 346 Deaths, $2.5B Fine, Zero Executive Prosecutions
4 src Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration · 346 crash victims · Department of Justice · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2022-04-26 | Warren Report Reveals 672 Pentagon and Congressional Officials Now Lobby for Defense Contractors
3 src Elizabeth Warren · Boeing · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2021-02-04 | Biden Administration Pauses $760 Million Raytheon and Boeing Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Over Yemen
4 src Joe Biden · Raytheon · Boeing · Saudi Arabia · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2021-01-07 | Boeing Pays $2.5 Billion in Deferred Prosecution Deal, Zero Executives Charged for 346 Deaths
4 src Department of Justice · Boeing · 346 crash victims |
| confirmed |
| 2020-09-16 | House Committee Report Documents Boeing-FAA Regulatory Capture That Killed 346 People
4 src Federal Aviation Administration · Boeing · 346 crash victims |
| confirmed |
| 2020-09-08 | Northrop Grumman Wins $13.3 Billion Contract for Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Nuclear ICBMs
3 src Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · Boeing |
| confirmed |
| 2019-07-24 | Trump Vetoes Congressional Resolutions Blocking Raytheon Saudi Arms Sales, Protecting Defense Contractor Profits
4 src Donald Trump · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · Boeing · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2019-05-24 | Trump Declares Fake Emergency to Ram Through $8.1 Billion Raytheon Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia
4 src Donald Trump · Mike Pompeo · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2019-03-13 | FAA Finally Grounds 737 MAX After 51 Other Countries Act First, Exposing Regulatory Capture
3 src Federal Aviation Administration · Boeing |
| confirmed |
| 2019-03-10 | Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Crashes Due to MCAS Malfunction, Killing All 157 Aboard
4 src Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2018-10-29 | Lion Air Flight 610 Crashes Due to Boeing 737 MAX MCAS System Malfunction
4 src Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2018-10-11 | Trump Vows to Continue Raytheon, Lockheed Arms Sales Despite Khashoggi Murder and Yemen Atrocities
4 src Donald Trump · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · Boeing · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2018-06-06 | Northrop Grumman Acquires Orbital ATK for $9.2 Billion, Creating Solid Rocket Motor Monopoly
3 src Northrop Grumman · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Department of Defense · Boeing |
| confirmed |
| 2017-05-16 | Boeing Delivers First 737 MAX Despite Internal Safety Concerns About MCAS
3 src Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2016-11-01 | Boeing Obtains FAA Approval to Conceal MCAS System from Pilot Manuals and Training
3 src Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2015-10-27 | Northrop Grumman Wins $80 Billion B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Contract
3 src Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · Boeing · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2015-01-01 | Boeing Rushes 737 MAX Development to Beat Airbus, Cutting Development Time in Half
3 src Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2013-08-01 | FAA Safety Official Ali Bahrami Leaves for Aerospace Industries Association During Boeing 737 MAX Development
3 src Federal Aviation Administration · Boeing |
| confirmed |
| 1997-08-01 | Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger Approved: Defense Contractor Consolidation Creates Oligopoly
3 src Boeing · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 1967-01-01 | Vietnam War Defense Contractor Profiteering Reaches Peak as Congressional Investigations Expose Waste and Corruption
3 src Halliburton · Lockheed · Boeing · General Dynamics · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1950-09-08 | Defense Production Act Institutionalizes Korean War Industrial Mobilization, Defense Budget Quadruples to $50 Billion
3 src Harry Truman · Boeing · Lockheed · General Electric · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1945-08-15 | WWII Defense Contractors Convert to Peacetime Economy While Maintaining Pentagon Subsidies and Infrastructure
3 src Boeing · Lockheed · General Dynamics · War Production Board | | confirmed |