lucklucky Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023/05/24/gao-blasts-t-7-delays-cites-tenuous-air-force-boeing-relationship/ Quote WASHINGTON — Boeing’s effort to build a new trainer aircraft for the Air Force is plagued by safety problems, schedule and testing delays, and the risk the T-7A Red Hawk could fall even further behind schedule, the Government Accountability Office said in a scathing report. Boeing’s relationship with the Air Force has also been strained by the T-7′s issues, GAO said in the May 18 report, with service officials describing their ties as “tenuous.” As the program proceeds and Boeing losses, which already exceed $1 billion, mount, GAO said, program officials expect more disagreements between the Air Force and the contractor. While the Air Force waits for the T-7 to be delivered, its own costs related to maintaining older jets could grow, the report warned. Boeing said in a statement to Defense News it plans to keep working with the service to fix the problems highlighted in the report, but did not address specific issues asked about by Defense News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawes Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Boeing seems to be carrying on the tradition of the KC-46. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucklucky Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 A bit more on specific issues. https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023/04/20/escape-system-problem-causes-t-7-deliveries-to-slip-to-end-of-2025/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 2 hours ago, Dawes said: Boeing seems to be carrying on the tradition of the KC-46. Boeing has been batting 0 since the beginning of the decade, with every military project I can think of and their own. KC-46, T-7A, Orca UAV, 737 NEO, 787...I've no idea how that company managed for fuck itself six ways to sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawes Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Wasn't Boeing the principle contractor/systems integrator for the Future Combat Systems flop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep854 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 18 hours ago, Josh said: Boeing has been batting 0 since the beginning of the decade, with every military project I can think of and their own. KC-46, T-7A, Orca UAV, 737 NEO, 787...I've no idea how that company managed for fuck itself six ways to sunday. Replacing engineers with accountants at the top... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Worse still. MBAs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 This is ain't far from how the current USian defense industry works; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 One of the most terrifying videos one can find in Youtube. It even makes one to appreciate E5M's approaches to problem solving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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