US Army Halts Apache Deliveries After Boeing Finds Improper Record-Keeping

Soldiers work on an AH-64E Apache at Camp Taji Military Complex, Iraq, in July 2017. U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY STAFF SGT. ISOLDA REYES 

Defense One: Army Halts Apache Deliveries After Boeing Finds Improper Record-Keeping At Helicopter Factory 

It’s the latest quality-control issue for the nation’s largest planemaker. 

The U.S. Army has stopped accepting Apache helicopters from Boeing after the company found that an employee kept “improper” records concerning parts installed on the aircraft.  

It’s the latest quality-control issue to bedevil America’s largest planemaker, which is trying to shift its company’s culture and repair its public image after two deadly airliner crashes and a production line that left tools and trash inside new tanker aircraft. 

“At this time the Army is still conducting a comprehensive review of a number of Boeing processes, production, and manufacturing plans for critical safety items applicable to all AH-64E aircraft production,” Lt. Col. Brandon Kelley, an Army spokesman, said in an emailed statement. 

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Update: Army halts deliveries of Apache attack helicopters over sacked factory employee's 'improper records for critical safety items' - in latest blow to hit Boeing (Daily Mail) 

WNU Editor: The problems keep on piling for Boeing.

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