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Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> 	Unless things have changed severely -- GE Aviation (formerly Smith's
> Aerospace, formerly Lear Siegler) produces the 737 FMS software (and also
> the processor boxes).

Don't know if this is the FMS but it sounds like things may have changed:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boeing-s-737-max-software-outsourced-to-9-an-hour-engineers

It remains the mystery at the heart of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max crisis: how
a company renowned for meticulous design made seemingly basic software
mistakes leading to a pair of deadly crashes. Longtime Boeing engineers
say the effort was complicated by a push to outsource work to lower-paid
contractors.

The Max software -- plagued by issues that could keep the planes
grounded months longer after U.S. regulators this week revealed a new
flaw -- was developed at a time Boeing was laying off experienced
engineers and pressing suppliers to cut costs.

Increasingly, the iconic American planemaker and its subcontractors have
relied on temporary workers making as little as $9 an hour to develop
and test software, often from countries lacking a deep background in
aerospace -- notably India.

...