Rise of Australia
Chapter 696

Unexpected Proposal and Douglas

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Scott's purpose in proposing this was quite simple: to prevent the US Government from acquiring Boeing Company's aircraft technology.

As one of the earliest aircraft companies to consider biplanes as having no future, Boeing Company had already made some progress in the research and development of monoplanes.

Although only Arthur knew Boeing Company's future development, the current Boeing Company was also one of the famous aircraft manufacturers in the United States.

If they could absorb Boeing Company's technology and cause Americans to completely lose Boeing Company, it would be entirely worthwhile even if it cost 10 million dollars.

Because if the United States wanted to acquire the technology developed by Boeing Company again, it would be completely impossible without investing tens of millions of dollars in its own research and development.

And they also had to consider human and time costs, which would drastically reduce the time it took for the United States to acquire advanced aircraft and delay the progress of US aviation technology.

Moreover, considering some of Boeing Company's advantages in aircraft design, if Boeing Company's technology could be integrated with the technology of Australasia's Royal Aircraft Manufacturing Plant, the newly developed generation of military aircraft would be even more powerful.

With Boeing Company's aircraft designers and builders, Australasia's capabilities in aircraft research, development, and production would also be further strengthened.

Something like this that could both enhance one's own path and weaken the United States was completely worthwhile at a strategic level, even if it cost far more funds than Boeing Company's market value.

"Relocate the headquarters?" William Edward Boeing asked, somewhat stunned. In his opinion, as a military aircraft company, relocating the company headquarters during an economic crisis was definitely not a suitable business strategy.

Whether they could secure military orders was certainly not determined by

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