Boeing
Cov neeg sib tw zoo li Lockheed Martin
Richard Aboulafia, tus thawj coj ntawm AeroDynamic Advisory hais tias "Boeing yog qhov tsis zoo rau kev ua haujlwm thiab lwm yam nqi," hais tias. "Lub dav hlau muaj feem cuam tshuam txog kev lag luam poob qis thiab 737 MAX kaw tau ua rau cov nyiaj tau los ua lag luam nyuaj, ua rau cov ntawv cog lus tiv thaiv nyiaj ploj mus nyob ib leeg, thiab tam sim no lawv ua rau lub tuam txhab raug nqi ntau."
Tus thawj ntawm lawv yog cov teeb meem ntev KC-46A dav hlau refueling tanker, uas Boeing tau booked ib tug $1.2 billion mus txog-forward poob nyob rau hauv lub quarter thib peb, coj nws tag nrho cov nqi ntawm qhov kev pab cuam txij thaum 2014 mus rau $6.6 billion. Boeing yeej lub US Air Force daim ntawv cog lus los tsim thiab tsim lub tanker nyob rau hauv 2011 nrog ib tug lowball kev sib tw los yeej tawm Airbus uas tau txhawb los ntawm lub siab xav kom nws European arch-tus neeg sib tw los ntawm tsim cov chaw tsim khoom nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas, hais tias Loren Thompson, ib qho kev lag luam. tus kws pab tswv yim thiab tus thawj coj ua haujlwm ntawm Lexington Institute. Qhov yeej tau ua pov thawj Pyrrhic, raws li Boeing tau ntsib ntau xyoo ntawm kev ncua sij hawm ntawm lub tanker thiab tawm tsam los txhim kho qhov tsis pom kev tsis pom kev uas tso cai rau cov neeg ua haujlwm coj cov refueling boom mus txuas nrog lub dav hlau, thaum Airbus xaus rau kev tsim lub Hoobkas hauv Alabama qhov chaw nws tau sib sau A320 thiab Lub dav hlau A220 neeg nrog caij.
Boeing kuj tau them $ 285 lab hauv kev poob ntawm Air Force T-7 tus kws qhia nws tab tom txhim kho, daim ntawv cog lus nws kuj tau muab tso rau hauv qhov kev sib tw qis kom yeej hauv 2018, nqa tag nrho cov nqi ntawm qhov kev pab cuam mus rau $ 1.1 billion, raws li Lub Limtiam Aviation; thiab $ 351 lab ntawm Navy MQ-25 refueling drone ($ 867 lab rau hnub tim), kev sib tw uas tseem raug nqi hnyav, yog tias tsis yog tib yam li KC-46 thiab T-7, hais tias Aboulafia, a Forbes pab txhawb.
Lub tuam txhab tseem tau them $ 766 lab hauv kev poob ntawm ob lub dav hlau tshiab thawj tswj hwm nws tau hnav - lwm daim ntawv cog lus tus nqi kho uas tam sim no tau noj $ 1.9 nphom hauv cov nqi overruns.
Ob yam tseem ceeb txhawb nqa Boeing qhov kev sib tw qis: xyoo ntawm cov txiaj ntsig rog ntawm nws 737 thiab 787 cov neeg caij dav hlau thiab ib txoj hlua ntawm kev poob hauv kev sib tw riam phom loj, suav nrog Kev Sib Tw Sib Ntaus Sib Tw (yeej los ntawm Lockheed) thiab Long-Range Strike Bomber (Northrop Grumman.
Raws li CEO Dennis Muillenburg, lub tuam txhab tau ua qhov kev sib tw nrog T-7 thiab MQ-25 kev sib tw uas txhua qhov kev poob nws yuav tshwm sim hauv kev txhim kho yuav raug cuam tshuam los ntawm xyoo ntawm kev muag khoom thiab cov nyiaj tau los ntawm kev pabcuam.
Qhov kev twv txiaj ntawd tau ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj rau 737 MAX ntau lawm tom qab ob qhov kev sib tsoo tuag ua raws li Covid kev sib kis thiab kev poob qis hauv huab cua mus ncig thiab dav hlau xaj, uas ua rau muaj kev txiav txim siab tsis zoo ntawm cov chaw tsim khoom hauv aerospace thiab airframers uas lawv tseem tab tom tawm tsam. thim rov qab ntawm kev lag luam nruj rau cov neeg ua haujlwm txawj.
Boeing tseem tuaj yeem hloov tau cov txiaj ntsig ntawm KC-46A txoj haujlwm, hais tias Aboulafia - yog tias nws tsis poob qhov kev sib tw Air Force rau txog 160 lub nkoj thauj khoom mus rau kev sib tw los ntawm Lockheed thiab Airbus.
Cov txiaj ntsig tau zoo rau T-7 yuav nyuaj ua tiav, nws hais. "Lub Air Force tau kaw nyob rau hauv ib pawg ntawm cov dav hlau ntawm tus nqi txhoj puab heev."
Cov kev tawm tsam ntawm Boeing ib zaug-muaj peev xwm ua lag luam aviation lag luam nyob rau hauv peb lub xyoos dhau los ncua sij hawm cov thawj coj loj los ntawm kev cuam tshuam cov teeb meem festering hauv nws txoj kev tiv thaiv, hais tias Thompson, a Forbes pab txhawb. Txoj haujlwm tau raug xa mus rau Ted Colbert, uas tau raug xaiv tsa CEO ntawm Boeing Defense & Chaw nyob hauv lub Peb Hlis tom qab 2.5 xyoo khiav Boeing cov khoom tom qab muag khoom thiab kev pabcuam.
Thompson hais tias "Yog tias nws ua tau zoo, ces nws yuav yog tus neeg sib tw los ua Boeing tus CEO tom ntej," Thompson hais. "Tab sis ua ntej, nws muaj kev ntxhov siab nws yuav tsum kho."
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2022/10/27/boeing-is-haunted-by-years-of-aggressive-bidding-on-defense-contracts/