March 2007: Dispatches
HOOD RIVER
Seattle-based Boeing
inked a deal with the Port of
Hood River to lease 11,730 square feet of the former
Homeshield building. Boeing has an option for extension of the
lease, which runs until the end of June. According to Mike
Doke, the port’s marketing manager, Boeing is using the
space for its work on ScanEagle, an unmanned aerial vehicle
system used by the military for surveillance in places such as
Iraq and the U.S./Mexico border. Insitu Group, located across the
Columbia River in Bingen, Wash., owns ScanEagle. While no new
workers have been hired as a result of the lease, Boeing has
relocated three of its own employees to the area.
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