Boeing Company 787 demonstrator at Washington National in May 2010. Photo: Andrew Thon – OPShots Contributor //
Boeing Co stood by the troubled lithium-ion battery technology that this month grounded its new, high-tech 787 Dreamliner and said on Wednesday that the grounding had no significant impact on its 2013 financial forecast.It’s “business as usual,” CEO Jim McNerney said as the Chicago company posted market-beating profits for the fourth quarter.Responding to revelations that the 787 battery has had more problems than previously disclosed, Boeing said it will speed up production of the jet as planned and that it had not advised suppliers to slow down shipments of pieces for the 787, the most widely outsourced jet in the company’s 97-year history.
via Boeing forecast assumes little impact from 787 problems – Yahoo! Finance.
