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Air Force

Pentagon to ‘Monitor and Assess’ Boeing Performance

Frank Wolfe

Friday, September 27th, 2024

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Pentagon to ‘Monitor and Assess’ Boeing Performance

Travis AFB, Calif.'s 60th Air Mobility Wing received its first KC-46A Pegasus on July 28th last year. Boeing said this month that the wing now has eight of 88 KC-46As delivered to the Air Force (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Pentagon said on Friday that it is examining what steps to take to ensure quality control on Boeing [BA] aircraft for the military services as a result of the company plea agreement this summer with the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a case of conspiracy to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The case related to the company misinforming the FAA about the 737 MAX's Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System software function that activated before two 737 MAX crashes in…

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