https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/06/supplier-sues-boeing-over-alleged-theft-of-sls-rocket-tools/
A Colorado-based company, Wilson Aerospace, is suing Boeing for what it claims to be "theft" of its intellectual property. At issue is a specific tool, known as a Fluid Fitting Torque Device-3, that Wilson developed and Boeing said it needed to attach four main engines to the Space Launch System rocket.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in US District Court in Seattle, where Boeing was originally based. The lawsuit alleges that Boeing reached out to Wilson in March 2014 after learning that the company had created the special torque device, which can precisely install high-torque fittings and nuts in tightly confined spaces.
[...] For example, the lawsuit states, "Boeing's mismatched tools of inferior quality were a cause of the leaks experienced in the SLS projects, and likely caused leaks in equipment of Boeing's joint venture partners and licensees, which discovery will uncover."
Also at CNBC
Also see Complaint PDF
(Score: 2, Flamebait) by choose another one on Monday June 12, @12:47PM (5 children)
...you want me to believe that Boeing:
1. designed a "new" platform out of old parts, that they couldn't make work (or build) properly because of the design
2. decided to "save money" with a cheap fix to workaround the limits of their own poor design
3. bodged the cheap fixed and ended up costing many millions maybe billions
I mean what jury is going to believe that about Boeing?
[Yeah, I know, Boeing ain't Boeing since '97, it's a McD now - cheap poor quailty and leaves a bad taste...]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Monday June 12, @01:38PM (1 child)
https://youtu.be/O_ceEJUnETo?t=1447 [youtu.be]
Let me guess, Boeing is one of the companies contracted to study crashed alien spacecraft but can't make a MAX or Starliner without killing a lot of people. Typical.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday June 13, @02:36AM
They pulled the full version from their YouTube channel.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/we-are-not-alone-the-ufo-whistleblower-speaks/ [newsnationnow.com]
Timestamp is 24:07.
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(Score: 5, Informative) by RamiK on Monday June 12, @04:53PM (2 children)
No the point here isn't that Boeing screwed up their design and implementation as that's a given considering all the cost overruns and missed deadlines. The point here is that Boeing then went and stole another third party's tool to fix the problem since their own engineers could come up with with solutions of their own.
compiling...
(Score: 3, Touché) by SomeRandomGeek on Monday June 12, @08:43PM
No, the point here is that after getting caught doing all of that, Boeing decided that instead of coming clean and doing the right thing, they were going to lawyer up and try to stonewall.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 13, @01:12AM
Allegedly.