Boeing to Weigh Options for Future of Popular 737

Military or Commercial...the money ends up in Boeings coffers. There are two sides to every story. You will note that the WTO also rejected 70% of Boeings original claim in the final report."In Brussels, Mandelson argued that Boeing has received more than $29 billion in support from U.S. federal and state governments, defense contracts and launch investment since 1992, compared to Airbus, which has only received $3.7 billion.According to the European Commission trade office, Boeing has received $3.2 billion worth of tax incentives and $4.2 billion in subsidies for infrastructure from Washington state, $1.6 billion in launch investment from Japan and more than $20 billion from research and development funding from NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense."Source - http://www.spacedaily.com/news/aerospace-4zg.html"Like Boeing, Airbus parent EADS has a defense business, but it is a far smaller proportion of revenue and not as profitable."Source - http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/11/wto-airbus-ruling-business-oxford-analytica.html"The core of the EU's challenge is the lavish R&D support provided by the US Department of Defense and NASA through various means, as well as Boeing-specific support provided at state and local level, such as subsidy packages tailor-made for Boeing in the states of Washington, Kansas and Illinois," the EU says in a statement.It estimates the total value of subsidies offered by the US Government and US states to Boeing at $23.6 billion. "The support clearly aims at weakening Airbus' position and competitiveness and boosting that of Boeing," it adds. Source - http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/09/27/217255/ec-puts-forward-counter-case-in-wto-airbus-boeing-dispute.html