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16th Jul 2013, 07:13
Received this from a techie friend. Boeing 787 problems include electrical system flaws
Boeing 787 problems include electrical system flaws | Wichita Eagle (http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/04/2663670/boeing-787-problems-include-electrical.html)
This is one of the Comments after the article which could explain a lot of things.
If counterfeit parts are in military equipment supplied by Boeing contractors then the Dudliner would be no different.
· Does any of this sound familiar...
"The problem goes well beyond the lower tier of suppliers, however. The Pentagon’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft is a modified version of the Boeing 737 commercial airliner. As described by the Armed Services Committee investigation (November 2011), the aircraft is riddled with illegal Chinese electronic parts....While BAE notified Boeing about the suspect parts in January 2010, it took Boeing more than a year and a half to notify the Navy.” It was only because of the Senate investigation that any of the parties acknowledged the situation...The Boeing P-8A was plagued by other Chinese counterfeits, including field programmable gate arrays in Honeywell-supplied distance measuring equipment. In that case, too, the Committee staff described the runaround it got from Boeing...Rockwell Collins also was implicated in counterfeits used on the Boeing P-8A. The company had purchased parts from MVP Micro and Labra Electronics, “two independent distributors whose operators were indicted in October 2009 for conspiracy, trafficking in counterfeit goods and mail fraud in connection with the importation of counterfeit electronic parts from China,” says the Armed Services report...On April 4, 2012, Boeing notified the Committee of another suspect counterfeit part,” according to the staff. This one was associated with parts supplied by Xilinx on two digital video recorder units provided to Boeing by L3 Communications Systems."
The current situation is no surprise to those familiar with their past supply chain failures. It's time to tighten things up. Every nut, bolt and screw should be marked
and traceable to its' original manufacturer for starters.Can anyone say whether the same problems might or might not apply to the RAAF's 737-based 'Wedgetail'?
Boeing 787 problems include electrical system flaws | Wichita Eagle (http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/04/2663670/boeing-787-problems-include-electrical.html)
This is one of the Comments after the article which could explain a lot of things.
If counterfeit parts are in military equipment supplied by Boeing contractors then the Dudliner would be no different.
· Does any of this sound familiar...
"The problem goes well beyond the lower tier of suppliers, however. The Pentagon’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft is a modified version of the Boeing 737 commercial airliner. As described by the Armed Services Committee investigation (November 2011), the aircraft is riddled with illegal Chinese electronic parts....While BAE notified Boeing about the suspect parts in January 2010, it took Boeing more than a year and a half to notify the Navy.” It was only because of the Senate investigation that any of the parties acknowledged the situation...The Boeing P-8A was plagued by other Chinese counterfeits, including field programmable gate arrays in Honeywell-supplied distance measuring equipment. In that case, too, the Committee staff described the runaround it got from Boeing...Rockwell Collins also was implicated in counterfeits used on the Boeing P-8A. The company had purchased parts from MVP Micro and Labra Electronics, “two independent distributors whose operators were indicted in October 2009 for conspiracy, trafficking in counterfeit goods and mail fraud in connection with the importation of counterfeit electronic parts from China,” says the Armed Services report...On April 4, 2012, Boeing notified the Committee of another suspect counterfeit part,” according to the staff. This one was associated with parts supplied by Xilinx on two digital video recorder units provided to Boeing by L3 Communications Systems."
The current situation is no surprise to those familiar with their past supply chain failures. It's time to tighten things up. Every nut, bolt and screw should be marked
and traceable to its' original manufacturer for starters.Can anyone say whether the same problems might or might not apply to the RAAF's 737-based 'Wedgetail'?