- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmit.online
- spaceflight@sh.itjust.works
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmit.online
- spaceflight@sh.itjust.works
Boeing says it can’t make money with fixed-price contracts::“Rest assured we haven’t signed any fixed-price development contracts, nor intend to.”
Doing work with government, I understand why - ten billion different stakeholders to wrangle, strained budgets (probably not as big of an issue in defense but rampant throughout the rest of gov’t), lawmakers changing things mid-project that have a material effect on how the project is carried out, and endless redtape throughout the process. I don’t propose FF for gov projects either because inevitably they violate our assumptions by not getting their shit in order which kills the timeline, adds a ton of overhead, and results in a change order anyway which then just starts the whole process of approvals all over again.