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Boeing suspends work at its futuristic NeXt innovation unit
Innovation Sep 18, 2020
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Boeing is halting operations at Boeing NeXt — its 2-year-old innovation unit focused on futuristic manned and unmanned air mobility — as it cuts spending on peripheral projects. “Our goal is to move to a full pause as swiftly as possible,” Steve Nordlund, the head of St. Louis-based Boeing NeXt, wrote in an internal letter to his team Tuesday. Boeing NeXt was launched at the Farnborough Air Show in 2018, toutedas a small, agile division that would focus on future forms of air transportation, including urban air taxis, last-mile delivery drones and supersonic aircraft. Your browser is set to private mode. To continue reading, log in or subscribe. Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in now.
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