Boeing had what is being called a “sole-source” contract to replace five refrigerators on Air Force One aircraft for $23.6 million. The Air Force has canceled the contract stating that alternatives are available. More
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$5 mill per fridge? Damn things better be shittin’ gold and pouring endless lager.
Makes a $500 hammer look insignificant!
Boeing has forgotten there’s a new Sheriff in town.
But it keeps things really, really cold for a really, really long time.
-Boeing PR Department.
If they include some complimentary $500 covfefe mugs with that purchase it sounds like a good deal. (and some free tableware and artwork) Sheesh.
Just sayen, to be fair you need to look at the Specs. This is administered through the DLA and no doubt has some damn old archaic specs attached to it written in 1955. It drives costs re inventing the wheel. And as far as engineering support the DLA is a black hole.
$24 million for two refrigerators? $25,000 I would believe, maybe $50,000 (they are on an aircraft after all) but $24,000,000?
Another of many “Trump” moments. MAGA.
Whoa, hold off on ridiculing the cost, re; the price point, folks!
Those refrigerators were spec’d to have a small nuclear reactor in each so that all would be isolated form any mishap the others might suffer.
They are to keep hors d’oeuvres frozen and wine and liquor compartment cold for not less than 150 years. Of course they cost more than an under-counter like you get from Lowes for your kids to take to college. Sheesh, what were you thinkin’?
No surprise why the F-22 raptor costs 339 million each. Cost over runs and upgrades are all ways to funnel additional tax dollars to the insiders.
Me and my BBA degree and 40 years of manufacturing experience could save billions in one year working in government purchasing. The waste is so large that those employed there can’t see it.
“Me and my BBA degree and 40 years of manufacturing experience could save billions in one year working in government purchasing”
You’d be working in the wrong department. I constantly see parts made out of 5000 (Marine Grade) aluminum alloys that are no longer are readily available. They’re placing orders for small quantities of parts waiting over 18 months for a custom mill run for those alloys. The cost of a custom mill run is obscene. These are legacy parts that need engineering updates. Usually from the 50’s. That’s just one example. The DLA needs a shit load of engineers reviewing and updating specs and drawings. They’d pay for themselves in no time.
if i were president I’d have them pack in ice in coolers. Can buy a lot of ice for 23 mill. Unless you have to buy ice from boeing too.
Hillary didn’t get elected, they should only need one.
These refrigerators must be built from Moon rocks!!
The refrigerators cost a normal amount. It’s the unbelievably long cords that drive up the cost.
$5 million refrigerators? who is the subcontractor, Yeti?
I imagine retrofitting new refrigeration units onto an older aircraft that already supports a lot of sophisticated electronics not found on any other jetliner would be expensive. Throw in unnecessarily luxurious specs from the previous administration and cost are going to go through the roof.
That said, good for the administration to recognize these royalty like provisions for our elected leaders and not giving the blood thirsty press something to feast upon.
Dr. Tar
Exactly, and that plane isn’t like something South West Flies. Anything electrical needs RF shielding so it doesn’t interfere with God knows what kind of electronic and counter measure devices they have on that thing.
I heard the refrigerator magnets are a million a pop.
Over priced Govt contracts aren’t so much the work of the contractors. It’s also a way to hide other money spent by the Govt they’d rather not reveal.
That’s why we have $10,000 left-handed screwdrivers. Not because they bid that thinking it was a fair bid or that it was accepted as the best deal out there.
I see this as a sign of an honest President.
And then they discovered after million of dollars spent on studies that the best pen for outer space was a 50 cent pencil.
Well shit. Now I have to put these fridges on ebay…