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Boeing To Pay $8 Million To Settle Allegations Of False Claims Related to V-22

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, September 29th, 2023

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Boeing To Pay $8 Million To Settle Allegations Of False Claims Related to V-22

An MV-22 Osprey takes off from the flight deck of the USS Nassau. (Photo by National Museum of the U.S. Navy)

The Justice Department last Thursday said that Boeing [BA] has agreed to pay the government $8.1 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations related to the company’s contracts with the Navy on the V-22 Osprey aircraft. The settlement covers the period from 2007 through 2018 during which time the government alleges Boeing did not comply with some contractual manufacturing specifications related to composite components at the company’s facility in Ridley Park, Pa. Boeing was supposed to conduct “monthly testing on…

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