If we "blacklist" major defense contractors for system failures, we can add the following to the list:
- Aircraft Carrier Alliance (BAE Systems, Babcock International, Thales Group, builders of the Queen Elizabeth class - propulsion issues)
- Austal USA (Freedom class - propulsion issues)
- BAE Systems/United Defense (M2 Bradley - live-fire testing found the initial design to be fatally under-armored)
- Boeing (KC-46 Pegasus - this nightmare led to the jailing of a Boeing procurement executive)
- Boeing/Hughes Helicopters/McDonnel Douglas (AH-64A Apache - initially delivered significantly underpowered)
- Ford Aerospace (M247 Sergeant York - canceled after failing 22 of 163 contract requirements, and 22 serious failures in operational readiness)
- Martin Marietta (Independence class - hull cracks)
- General Atomics (EMALS for Ford class development delays)
- General Dynamics Land Systems/Chrysler Defense (M1 Abrams engine damage due to insufficient air filtration)
- Grumman/Pratt & Whitney (underpowered TF33 engines cited as the cause of 28% of F-14 Tomcat accidents)
- Ingalls Shipbuilding/Bath Ironworks (Burke-class cost and scheduling problems)
- International Harvester/Caterpillar (M9 ACE hull cracks and transmission failures)
- Lockheed Martin (Freedom class, F-35 - crippling development delays and cost overruns)
- Newport News (Ford class - crippling development delays and cost overruns)
It's quite common for a major defense contractor to have very serious problems. Blacklisting everybody who does will result in no one available to make anything.
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