Originally Posted by
SansAnhedral
In the rotorcraft industry, there has always been much rejoicing across all disciplines whenever engineers are instructed not to team with Boeing.
Just to be clear. Personally I like Boeing Vertol engineers. It is their management I find lacking.
I didn’t know that Boeing had asked for responsibility for the rotors in the V-280 original work split. But it does not surprise me.
A few months after Boeing broke off from Bell teaming on the V-280, but before they announced teaming with Sikorsky, Bell contacted Boeing to see if they would like to build the V-280 fuselage under contract to Bell. Boeing had the audacity to tell Bell that they would only build the fuselage if they were given responsibility for the V-280 flight control systems also.