Their defense and space contracts are not going well. KC-46 tanker replacement w... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

mnau on March 10, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. is said to open criminal inquiry into Boeing

Their defense and space contracts are not going well.

KC-46 tanker replacement was a fixed-price contract and Boeing lost $7 billion on that.

Starliner is a similar story, $1.5 billion down the hole.

EDIT:

T-7A Red Hawk trainer: $1 billion in losses. Air force one VC-25B program: Its losses are now at about $2.4 billion. T-38 Talon trainer, MQ-25...

Yea, it's not going well for them. Other programs are still fine, e.g. F-35, but fixed price contracts are in a dump.

epolanski on March 10, 2024 [–]

They also losing gargantuan amounts on the new air force one.

mcv on March 11, 2024 | [–]

Maybe Air Force One should switch to Airbus too.

mnau on March 11, 2024 | | [–]

Airbus wisely decided to forgo AF1 sham of a competition.

The experience of mrtt a330 it bid for tanker replacement was enough. It of course went to Being KC-46.

Consider applying for YC's Fall 2025 batch! Applications are open till Aug 4
Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact