As is well known, Boeing is in crisis, but the aircraft manufacturer may have discovered a lucrative source of income to improve its ailing finances. According to the Pentagon, the company overcharged the U.S. Air Force by 7,943 percent for soap dispensers for C-17 transport aircraft.
That means the Air Force is expected to pay more than 80 times the price of comparable commercially available dispensers.
A million dollars overpaid for donors
The soap dispensers are one of about a dozen replacement parts for which Boeing overcharged, the Defense Department report said. According to the authority, the cost of the usury is almost $1 million.
It has not been disclosed how much a single Boeing soap dispenser costs the Air Force. However, in total, the Air Force overpaid $149,072 for all soap dispensers.
Inspector General: “Internal controls necessary”
“The Air Force must establish and implement more effective internal controls to avoid overpaying for spare parts for the remainder of this contract, which runs through 2031,” warned Defense Department Inspector General Robert Storch. The usury could prevent other spare parts from being purchased under the contract – and that could reduce the C-17’s global readiness, the official warned.
Boeing said it wanted to investigate the allegations in the report. The company announced it would provide a detailed response “in the coming days.”
According to the Air Force, the Boeing Globemaster C-17 is “the most flexible cargo aircraft”. It can transport large pieces of equipment and groups of people for military, humanitarian or peacekeeping missions. US authorities own approximately 220 of these machines.
Source: Krone
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