Boeing and Virgin Galactic have settled a lawsuit stemming from Boeing's work on Virgin Galactic's space tourism 'mothership,' according to a Thursday filing in Virginia federal court.
Virgin Galactic attorney Brett Williamson and Boeing said in emails that the lawsuit was "satisfactorily resolved by mutual agreement of the parties."Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group Ltd., speaks during an interview following Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc.'s initial public offering on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019.
A docket entry in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said the case had been resolved after a settlement conference held earlier that day. Virgin Galactic attorney Brett Williamson and Boeing said in emails that the lawsuit was "satisfactorily resolved by mutual agreement of the parties."Virgin Galactic's mothership jet carrier delivers sightseeing vessels into suborbital space. The company completed its first commercial flight last year.
Virgin signed a contract with Boeing's Aurora Flight Sciences in 2022 to help design a new mothership. Boeing later said that the mothership would cost more and take longer to develop than expected., accusing it of stealing trade secrets and refusing to pay $25 million owed for Boeing's work. The lawsuit said Virgin took proprietary information from Boeing including test data and math equations.in April, claiming Boeing performed "shoddy and incomplete work" on the aircraft.
The case is The Boeing Company and Aurora Flight Sciences Corp v. Virgin Galactic LLC, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, No. 1:24-cv-00456.
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