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Ask HN: Is DoD worried about Boeings military contracts due to civilian issues
The civilian side of Boeing has been going through a long set of
serious to catastrophic quality / maintenance / design issues
for at least the last 3 years.
Unfortunately, it appears that there is still more to come.
Should / is the DoD concerned about the military side of Boeing also
experiencing serious quality / maintenance / design?
I have not read about any Boeing military aircraft problems
but I might well have missed it.
As far as I understand it, a lot of the military aircrafts
are versions / adaptations / variants of civilian aircrafts
and they might have started life in the same manufacturing
process as the regular civilian models?
- PaulHoule 3y agoThere is this ongoing disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_V-22_Osprey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidents_and_incidents_involv... which you don't hear as much carping as you could because the USMC seems less inclined to complain when it gets ripped off by contractors as other military branches.
- ThinkBeat 3y agoYeah this has been going on a for a long time with that specific airplane. But what about all the others. I watched a recording of President Biden arriving in somewhere in eastern US by helicopter. I was surprised to see at least 4 V22 Osprey used as part of the massive protection detail. Given their tendency to crash, I figured it would not be considered safe around Potus. But at least 2 POTUS have been transported in one during specific trips usually to war zones or at least places the US has military amred conflicts. I was surprised by that as well.