Pentagon Complains About Contractor Quality -- Military.comThis article first appeared in Aviation Week & Space Technology.
Complaints from Pentagon officials -- from Defense Secretary Robert Gates down through the ranks -- are mounting about the quality of products from the aerospace industry.
David Altwegg, executive director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), grabbed journalists' attention during his Fiscal 2011 budget briefing on Feb. 1. He railed that contractors had been delivering poor quality. "We continue to be disappointed in the quality that we are receiving from our prime contractors and their subs -- very, very disappointed," he said. "Most of these contracts are cost contracts . . . [a problem that] costs the taxpayer more."
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