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When Lockheed left the civil aircraft market after the TriStar it was largely because the three-way competition with Boeing and McD was unviable. Given that, t
by dingaling 2y ago
When Lockheed left the civil aircraft market after the TriStar it was largely because the three-way competition with Boeing and McD was unviable.
Given that, the subsequent merger of McD with Boeing should not have been approved.
- 9659 2y agoThe commercial aircraft part of McD was dead when the merger happened. The had a cash cow called the "MD-80", which was a derivative DC-9. That had stopped selling. Boeing got more value out of the defense part of McD.