Virgin Galactic Fires Back at Boeing Over Failed Mothership Deal

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. escalated a legal battle with Boeing Co. over their broken partnership on a space tourism project.

Two weeks after Boeing took Richard Branson’s company to court in Virginia, Virgin Galactic fired back Thursday with a complaint in Los Angeles, saying that “poor quality control and mismanagement” at the plane maker was what sank the joint effort to develop a so-called Mothership jet carrier.